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Overweight children eat healthier food than normal weight children: Study

A new study has found that obese children eat more healthy foods such as fruit, vegetable and fish along with low energy cheese and yoghurt in comparison to normal weight children.

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Men using laptop in laps may be risking fertility

Men who use their laptops while keeping them in their laps could be risking their fertility, a new research has found.

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Money, Math & Medicine: Grunt work for drug companies

Quintiles founder Dennis Gillings has made a fortune doing the grunt work for drug companies. It’s a big business, but not without controversy.

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Proportion of women having both breasts removed for cancer has grown ten-fold in 10 years

The proportion of women having both breasts removed when breast cancer appears in one has increased more than ten-fold over a 10-year period, despite a limited amount of evidence showing a survival benefit for the procedure, researchers reported Wed…

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Looking Older Than Your Age May Not Be A Sign Of Poor Health

Common practice of linking health to how old a person looks not an accurate indicatorEven though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael’s Hospital shows that looking older d…

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A loaf of wheat bread may soon cost $23 due to skyrocketing food price inflation

(NaturalNews) Within a decade, a loaf of wheat bread may cost $23 in a grocery store in the United States, and a 32-oz package of sugar might run $62. A 64-oz container of Minute Maid Orange Juice, meanwhile, could set you back $45.71. This is all acco…

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Global sugar prices soar as Brazilian crop impacted by heavy rains

(NaturalNews) The price of sugar is nearing an all-time high as heavy rains in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer of sugar, have caused a significant reduction in crop yields. According to a recent Bloomberg report, sugar production in Brazil’s Cente…

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Even glass jars can contain BPA chemical due to lid lining

(NaturalNews) Bad news has emerged for those hoping to avoid exposure to the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) by canning their own vegetables: BPA can also be found lining the lids of canning jars.BPA is a synthetic chemical widely…

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Flu vaccination in school kids helps protect everyone

Giving flu vaccines to as many school-age children as possible, by delivering it at school, for example, can help protect an entire community from flu, according to a new study.

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No new cases of HIV in porn stars

An adult film actor who tested positive for HIV last month hasn’t infected anyone through sexual contact, according to testing at the San Fernando Valley clinic that discovered the case.

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Ambit Biosciences Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Ambit Biosciences Corporation (“Ambit”), announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering…

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Hard work improves taste of food

The harder we have to try to obtain something, the more we realise its worth. This applies even to food we normally find unappetising, a study shows.

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Weak at maths? Try zapping your brain!

Jolting the brain with an electric current can make it good or bad with numbers, depending on the spot where it is applied, study shows.

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Popular teeth-whitening methods can rob you of your smile

Popular home treatments for teeth whitening, using baking soda, ash and hydrogen peroxide, can strip tooth enamel and cause lasting damage to the gums, dentists say.

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Mobile phone kits to diagnose STDs

• Plan aims to cut UK’s rate of infection among young• Many with symptoms ‘too embarrassed to go to GP’Mobile phones and computers will soon be able to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases under innovative plans to cut the UK’s rising rate of herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea among young people.Doctors and technology experts are developing small [...]

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