Foods high in sugar and fat have a similar effect on the brain as alcohol and other drugs of abuse.
Do you think you’re addicted to chocolate? It’s unlikely you cut yourself off from your friends because you’re too embarrassed to scarf down Hershey bar after Hershey bar in front of them.
Continue reading… “Addiction is the same whether it’s drugs or food: Study”
People of European origin are more likely to gorge on junk food.
It has been discovered that people of European origin are more likely to have genes which urge them to gorge on fatty foods, beer and wine, than Asians according to scientists at Aberdeen University.
People who drank hot tea or coffee were about half as likely as non-drinkers to harbor MRSA bacteria in their nostrils.
A new study suggests that people who regularly drink tea or coffee may be less likely to carry the antibiotic-resistant “superbug” MRSA in their nostrils.
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Men are more at risk of developing cancer.
Men in the U.S. who are diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease than women, due to a higher initial risk and later detection, U.S. government research showed.
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A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reveals a listing of “adverse events” regarding use of mifepristone (RU-486). According to the data, 14 women have died using the abortion drug and 2,207 American women have sustained injuries. Approx 1.5 million women have taken the drug so far.
Continue reading… “The untold story behind abortion drug RU-486”
Rising up the social ladder can help to make you healthier as well as wealthier.
Those who are climbing up the social ladder cut their chances of suffering from high blood pressure by a fifth, compared with siblings who stay on the same rung.
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The widespread sexually transmitted disease Gonorrhea used to be easy to treat, but not anymore. For the first time, scientists have identified a strain of this bacteria in Japan that is resistant to all known antibiotics.
The researchers don’t know how far this strain has spread in the wild, but they fear it could be far and wide soon….
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Spain has become a world leader in organ donation.
Spanish doctors have carried out the world’s first double leg transplant. They gave new lower limbs to a patient who lost both legs at mid-thigh in an accident, officials said Monday.
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80% of people younger than 30 have colorful dreams.
Almost everyone dreams in bright, vivid colors no matter what you are dreaming about. But as you get older most of your dreams will be a bland black and white, according to a study published in Dreaming.
Continue reading… “Dreaming in color fades as we age: Study”
The study explains why many find it so hard to cut back on salt.
A new study has found that salt is addictive in the same way as cigarettes or hard drugs.
White pine trees, a species under assault by Imprelis.
Unruly herbicides are making headlines again: A couple weeks ago, it was the fact that the world’s top-selling weedkiller was causing birth defects. This time, it looks like the brand new herbicide Imprelis, manufactured by the chemical giant DuPont and okayed for use by the EPA, is causing mass tree deaths in a number of vulnerable species across the US…
Continue reading… “New Weedkiller may be causing mass tree deaths in U.S.”
Secrets are revealed in the most amazing places.
A first-aid kit found on a 2,000-year-old shipwreck has provided a remarkable insight into the medicines concocted by ancient physicians to cure sailors of dysentery and other ailments…
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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