Health & Fitness

10 Small Businesses You Can Start Today

Monday, June 17, 2013 In fact, if you research small business ideas, youll find hundreds of potential small businesses you can start. But how do you know which is right for you?Many consultants suggest you start a business youre passionate about - something you love to do. I dont consider this a requirement for bu ...

Natural remedies doctors use to stay in tiptop shape

Monday, June 17, 2013 Im often in contact with sick people, so I eat lots of colorful veggies to prevent illness, says Dr. Kulze. Carrots, peppers, sweet potatoes, kale...colorful vegetables are the true superstars for boosting immunity. The more colorful the better -- because its whats in the plants pigment that ...

Is It Better to Walk or Run?

Monday, June 17, 2013 Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.Walking and running are the most popular physical activities for American adults. But whether one is preferable to the other in terms of improving health has long been debated. Now a variety of new studies that pitted running directly against walking are ...

WHO issues interim guidance TB drug

Saturday, June 15, 2013 The World Health Organisation WHO has issued interim policy guidance for the use of bedaquiline in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB.The interim guidance provides advice on the inclusion of bedaquiline in the combination therapy of MDR-TB in accordance with the exist ...

How to spell father

Saturday, June 15, 2013 Tomorrow is Fathers Day and to all the fathers, I say a Happy Fathers Day to us all. To mark Fathers Day, I want us all to pause and spell Father and in so doing see what we can learn to become better fathers. So, here is how to spell Father.F - Firm: A father has to be firm - firm ...
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This is your brain on coffee

Friday, June 14, 2013 For hundreds of years, coffee has been one of the two or three most popular beverages on earth. But its only recently that scientists are figuring out that the drink has notable health benefits. In one large-scale epidemiological study from last year, researchers primarily at the National Cance ...

Is barefoot-style running best? New studies cast doubt

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Barefoot-running enthusiasts long have believed that running without shoes or in minimalist footwear makes running easier, speedier and less injurious. But a surprisingly large number of new studies examining just how the body actually responds when we run in our birthday shoes or skimpy footwea ...

Scientists map key memory protein

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Scientists have discovered more about the role of an important brain protein which is instrumental in translating learning into long-term memories.Writing in Nature Neuroscience, they said further research into the Arc proteins role could help in finding new ways to fight neurological diseases. ...

World's largest cancer database launched

Thursday, June 13, 2013 The worlds largest database of cancer patients is being set up in England in an attempt to revolutionise care, Public Health England has announced.It will collate all the available data on each of the 350,000 new tumours detected in the country each year.The aim is to use the register to he ...

Up To 12% Of Women Could Be 'Allergic To Semen'

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Dr Carroll believes that while very few people have been diagnosed with a semen allergy, it could be common problem.He and his colleagues have carried out an unpublished survey which suggests that as many as 12 women per 100 could be affected.In another paper, published in the journal Human ...

Top 3 Ways Women Sabotage Their Chances At Finding Love

Monday, June 10, 2013 Love is challenging enough to find without self-defeating behaviors. As such, many women cant find a successful relationship and they become their own worst enemy. After discussing the issues with over 250 women on Facebook, many were awakened to their own behaviors and how they were subconscio ...

Vitamins: stop taking the pills

Monday, June 10, 2013 Everyone loves vitamins. Derived from the Latin word vita, meaning life, vitamins are necessary for the conversion of food into energy. Millions of people believe that taking daily vitamins makes them feel better and live longer.Thirteen vitamins have been identified. When people dont get eno ...

Early Down's test 'more sensitive'

Monday, June 10, 2013 A more accurate test for Downs syndrome which can also be given earlier in pregnancy than current checks has been developed, say experts.A study of 1,000 pregnancies found the test of foetal DNA in maternal blood can show a baby is almost certainly affected or unaffected by Downs.The Kin ...
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