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Child feeds directly from a cow

A 18 months old child feeds directly from a cow as her mother went to seek work in Thailand because a storm destroyed the family home in Cambodia.

Sep 12 3:19 pm | Posted in Health,Video | Read More »

Recommendations for lose weight without effort

Tricks to lose weight effortlessly are few and very specific. A study published in the British Medical Journal said that “people who eat fast and until being satisfied had a body mass index higher.

Aug 29 9:46 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Ectasy could be used to treat cancer and leukemia

Ecstasy could be used to treat blood cancers and could help with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Aug 21 12:12 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

Fifteen daily minutes of exercise increase life expectation

Fifteen minutes of daily exercise reduce the death risk in 14% and increase the life expectation in three years.

Aug 16 11:01 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Smoking poses a risk for women

A group of scientist warned yesterday that “women who smoke have a 25% higher risk of developing cardiac disease in comparison with men who smoke”.

Aug 11 9:41 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

WHO: “Going to a hospital is riskier than take a plane”

The World Heath Organization (WHO) said that go to a hospital is riskier than take a plane. Million of people die every year due to medial mistakes and infections caught in medial centers”.

Jul 22 1:12 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

The cause of male infertility was discovered

A group of American specialists from the University of California Davis did a new study on masculine infertility. They would have found the cause for it.

Jul 21 10:48 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Collesterol and Diabetes: A new medicine was found

cientists are developing a drug which can fight both heart disease and Type 2 diabetes – and could be more effective than statins

Jul 19 11:54 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

The new “miracle boy”

Joshua Baker gives a hearty grin – after the five-year-old “died” for 40 minutes then amazed medics by making a full recovery.

Jul 7 10:01 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Botox could be a beneficial treatment for asthma patients

As confirmed by a group of Australian scientists, “Botox, the botulinum toxin type A used to stretch the wrinkles and facial lines by relaxing the muscles, could be a beneficial treatment for patients with asthma.”

Jul 1 9:38 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Women who work sitting have greater risk of dying sooner

According to the Daily Mail, “Women who work sitting for more than forty hours a week have a 40% risk of dying than those who only spend three hours working sitting during the day, according to a study done by the American Cancer Association”.

Jun 26 12:57 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

Common drugs are associated with an increased risk of dementia and death in elderly

Researchers at the University of East Anglia conducted studies and found that “Some medications used for common diseases are being associated with an increased risk of dementia or death in elderly patients.”

Jun 24 2:51 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

Images of the birth of sextuplets

These wonderful images show the miraculous moment when Heather Carroll gives birth to sextuplets at a time interval of three minutes.

Jun 21 1:51 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

Controversy over the issue of assisted suicide (see video)

There was great controversy over a documentary about assisted suicide after BBC broadcast in prime time the last hours of billionaire Peter Smedley, 71, when he consumed a lethal dose of drugs to end his life after being affected by motor neurone disease.

Jun 14 10:01 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Experts discover how nicotine keeps weight off

A group of scientists at Yale University discovered by chance that nicotine stimulates a group of neurons that suppresses appetite.

Jun 10 2:10 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

Mental exercise increases intelligence

Experts at the University of Michigan presented a simple mental exercise that increases the ability to reason and solve new problems.

Jun 8 2:46 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

WHO confirms mutation of the bacterium E. Colli

The World Health Organization confirmed the existence of two mutations of the bacterium Escherichia coli, which has killed 17 people in Germany and one in Sweden.

Jun 2 9:38 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »

The origin of cucumbers contaminated with the bacterium E. Coli is still unknown

June 2, 2011: An unknown source has caused the outbreak of the cucumbers contaminated with the bacterium E. coli. The European Commission raised ‘health warning against Spanish products for having not found evidence that they were the cause of the epidemic, but authorities are still looking for the true source of the outbreak that each [...]

Jun 2 9:47 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

May 31st, World No Tobacco Day

Graphic pictures persuade people to quit smoking.

May 31 7:13 am | Posted in Health | Read More »

Gay men are more likely to have anal cancer

A U.S. investigation found that “Gay men have a higher prevalence of cancer than heterosexual men.

May 10 1:26 pm | Posted in Health | Read More »