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Biomechanical performances of old-fashioned leather and modern football helmets
The authors evaluated leather and modern football helmets by performing a series of 20 drop tests that represent a variety of impacts that could occur during a football game. An anthropometric… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/biomechanical-performances-...
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Using anticholinergics for as few as 60 days causes memory problems in older adults
The study of 3,690 older adults is among the first to explore how length of use of this group of drugs affects the brain. The study is available online in advance of publication in a print… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/using-anticholinergics-for-as-f...
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Dr. Manny: Governor Christie is adding years to his life by having lap-band ...
I am very pleased that Gov. Chris Christie came out publicly to talk about his weight-reduction surgery. I know that for years he has struggled with his weight, but one thing is for sure now: He will add… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/dr-manny-governo...
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AUDIO: UK TB infection an 'urgent problem'
Rates of tuberculosis across the UK have doubled in the past decade with London now known as the TB capital of western Europe. A report by MPs found that progress in getting rid of the disease is “painfully slow” and claims that drug-resistant strains...
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Touted Alzheimer's disease treatment fails
Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The company says that people who received 18...
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Touted Alzheimer's disease treatment fails
Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The company says that people who received 18...
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Fluids may prevent constipation better than fiber
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK | Tue May 7, 2013 12:08pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Everyone knows that getting enough fiber is a secret to staying “regular,” but a large new study finds that people who got plenty of fluids were the least likely to…...
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Twins' rare, unnamed illness causes blood vessels to shred
Twin brothers Forrest and Daniel Thiess had always wanted to serve in the U.S. military, but because of a rare illness, they can’t, WKRC reported. Both men, who live in Mason, Ohio, enlisted at the age of 17 – Forrest as a Marine, Daniel as an Army medic....
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Twins' rare, unnamed illness causes blood vessels to shred
Twin brothers Forrest and Daniel Thiess had always wanted to serve in the U.S. military, but because of a rare illness, they can’t, WKRC reported. Both men, who live in Mason, Ohio, enlisted at the age of 17 – Forrest as a Marine, Daniel as an Army medic....
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Dr. Manny: Governor Christie is adding years to his life by having lap-band surgery
I am very pleased that Gov. Chris Christie came out publicly to talk about his weight-reduction surgery. I know that for years he has struggled with his weight, but one thing is for sure now: He will add years to his life. By doing this at the age of...
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Aid convoys roll slowly in Syria despite urgent need: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Bureaucratic hurdles still hamper delivery of aid in Syria where nearly one in three people need help, half of them children, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Aid requirements have risen dramatically in the past...
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Aid convoys roll slowly in Syria despite urgent need: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Bureaucratic hurdles still hamper delivery of aid in Syria where nearly one in three people need help, half of them children, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Aid requirements have risen dramatically in the past...
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Take The Stress Out Of Traveling With Diabetes
Getting through airport security checkpoints can sometimes be a lengthy, stressful affair — an experience that can be compounded when carrying medical equipment or medication that falls outside the TSA’s 3.4 ounce limits. Read the whole story at BostonHerald.com...
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How To Trick Yourself Into Eating Less When You're At A Restaurant
By Jena Pincott We all know that restaurants tend to use more oils, fat and sugars in their food preparation. These seven lab-tested strategies for cutting back when dining out (or anywhere) go beyond sharing entrées and skipping dessert. Loading Slideshow...
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Take The Stress Out Of Traveling With Diabetes
Getting through airport security checkpoints can sometimes be a lengthy, stressful affair — an experience that can be compounded when carrying medical equipment or medication that falls outside the TSA’s 3.4 ounce limits. Read the whole story at BostonHerald.com...
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Jamie Lauren Zimmerman: What I Learned From Wayne Dyer
Last weekend, I spent several days with Dr. Wayne Dyer in Denver (as part of the HayHouse Writing From Your Soul seminar). Although at a writing conference, Wayne taught some wonderful lessons on how to live a fully enriched life. Here are several of...
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Hastings Center calls on health care professionals and organizations to meet standards for good care near the end of lif
The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life, just released by Oxford University Press, updates and significantly expands the… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/hastings-center-calls-on-health-car...
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Holby actor Ben Richards, 41, reveals shock at being diagnosed with bowel cancer and says he was a 'total bloke' who ignored the symptoms
Ben ignored symptoms of bloody stools and irregular bowel movements Despite having no history of the disease and eating healthy diet he was diagnosed with cancer after doctors discovered 6cm long… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/holby-actor-ben-richards...
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U.S. weighs new vehicle-safety ratings to help older drivers
DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Wade,” and I went into a convenience store near our home that we frequent regularly. A new employee — a pretty, much younger girl — stared at Wade with an expression of recognition and surprise on her face. When I asked him what...
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China kills all poultry at Shanghai market as sixth bird flu death reported
BEIJING – China announced Friday a sixth death from a new bird flu strain while authorities carried out the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat. The mass bird killing is the first so...
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China kills all poultry at Shanghai market as sixth bird flu death reported
BEIJING – China announced Friday a sixth death from a new bird flu strain while authorities carried out the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat. The mass bird killing is the first so...
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AMAZING: Have Scientists Found A Cure For Cocaine Addiction?
The National Institute of Health and the University of California, San Francisco released a paper Wednesday revealing that researchers may have discovered a cure for cocaine addiction. In a recent study, researchers found that activating certain parts...
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Protein maintains order in the nucleus
4-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | ] Contact: Dr. Patrick Heunheun@ie-freiburg.mpg.de 49-076-151-08717Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Researchers in Freiburg identify a protein responsible for the correct arrangement of the chromosome centromeres in the nucleus This press...
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Want To Be Happy? Have Sex 106 Minutes A Day
The key to happiness isn’t money, it’s daily sex — at least 106 minutes every 24 hours. Researchers recently used a technique called the Day Reconstruction Method to focus on the pleasure derived from each of our daily activities and then extrapolated...
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Listening Is a Ministry and Discipline
Listening with the heart does not ask that you do it “right”, but only that you do it with attention and intention. If listening is genuine, healing takes place. The listener holds the energy of ideas, confusion, joy, pain, or questions until the speaker...