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A new program on P.E.I. is helping smokers take up healthier lifestyles. The Learn to Run for Smokers Program teaches smokers how run, get motivated, and the hope is that will eventually lead them to quit.The running for smokers program started in Nova...

It’s Independence Day here in America, and what better way to celebrate than to kick your co-dependency habits to the curb, and focus on your own personal independence in your relationship. Some people believe that a relationship means losing yourself...

Happy Birthday U.S.A. – Image Credit: Wikipedia Yeah, I know it’s Thursday, and I publish on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. But in fairness to all of you, I was late on Monday and Wednesday this week. And on Monday, I got to rave a little about my...

We are in a constant war with reality: perpetually dissatisfied with what is, we are desperately trying to perfect it. We have been taught to chase the unattainable: to be more than what we are at any given point in time. We are a culture of idealistically...

There is an epidemic of “burnout” in this country. We are all overworked and overstressed. We suffer from “time poverty.” And yet, there are individuals who seem able to withstand the stresses and strains that are burning out the rest of us. What is the...

Treatment of low-dose aspirin (LDA)-induced small-bowel injury has not been established. Polaprezinc, a chelate of zinc and L-carnosine, may be efficacious for such injury. We conducted a pilot randomized controlled study to investigate whether polaprezinc...

The uptake of guideline recommendations in general practice can potentially be improved by designing implementation interventions that are tailored to prospectively identify barriers. However, there is insufficient evidence regarding the most effective...

In most modern bony fishes (teleosts) hearing improvement is often correlated with a closemorphological relationship between the swim bladder or other gas-filled cavities and thesaccule, or more rarely with the utricle. A connection of an accessory hearing...

Scientists have identified the genetic cause of a rare skin condition that causes the hands and feet to turn white and spongy when exposed to water. The study, led by researchers from Queen Mary, University of London, has provided scientists with an insight...

Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that the transcription factor Nanog, which plays a critical role in the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells, is expressed in a manner similar to other pluripotency markers. This finding contradicts the...