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Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

...e and the president is actually not in the best of shape that he would like to be - as he leaves the white house. The medical report was released on Friday after Clinton underwent an examination at the Bethesda naval hospital at suburban Maryland. The biopsy report is awaited and the official word is tha...

CDC reveals relationship between prepregnant weight and heart defects in infants

Keeping fit and in to be in shape is not only good for the individuals themselves but also for their siblings. Over weight, which is of course the predisposer of majority of the illness such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension etc., is now being studied in depth, the reason is t...

Watch your weight when pregnant

...unnecessary hassels.They should work to be in good shape for a normal delivery....

Stuttering and brain anatomy

... New Orleans. In addition, irregularities in the shape of the brain were much more prevalent among the pa... attempting to determine a correlation between the shape and size of brain features and stuttering, the study soought to determine whether sex and hand writi...

Male infertility in relation to cancer

... between 1960 and 1989. Sperm count, motility, and shape were assessed. Cancer rates were also studied and compared with those expected for the whole population of Britain to determine levels of risk. Researchers said the risk remained constant over time, suggesting that sperm abnormalities had been prese...

Voice may be improved by surgery

...tion called uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) - the shape of the throat and nose cavity is altered. Since the way your voice sounds depends on the way vibrations from the larynx resonate in this cavity, you might expect UPPP to affect the voice. Researchers at a number of centres in the US looked at the v...

Have sex and stay young

... make more of an effort to keep themselves in good shape for their partners and will also benefit from the physical and emotional effects of sexual intercourse. "There are physiological factors too," said Dr Weeks. "Sex is the most intense kind of pleasure and that triggers certain chemicals. In women it...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

...as calculated accurately that these changes in the shape of the lens capsule should produce a focal range of 10 dioptres - as good as a healthy lens in a young person.“In principle it could work,” says George Waring, an ophthalmologist at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta. But cells left behind after sur...

Immune cells halt round in space

...ions, tumors and immune system organs. The changed shape could also make it harder for cells to communicate...might play a larger role in determining the cell's shape in the absence of Earth's gravity. They say finding out is important to both astronauts and people ...

A new recovery for heart attacks

...roline amino acid on this domain. This changes the shape of the protein and makes it less likely to be degr... amino acid on this other domain. This changes the shape of the protein and allows it to activate the genes. "The finding has implications for treating hear...

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...unnecessary hassels.They should work to be in good shape for a normal delivery....

Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

...e body, an be engineered// to assume s string-like shape at room temperature and then transform into a medially useful shape when warmed by body temperature, said Robert Langer, o-author of a study in the journal Science. La...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...ty. "I don't think this study suggests in any way, shape or form that being exposed to ozone makes you infertile." "It just suggests that exposure to air pollution is not good for sperm." It's not the ozone, per se, that is causing the damage, Sokol added. Ozone, once inhaled, is rapidly metabolized. Ozon...

Best ways to split a pill

... or may even be hazardous. Next look at the pill shape and design. Some are already scored for easy splitting and should present you with no problem. But other pills are difficult to split and for these you need the right tool - a dedicated pill splitter, in fact, available from the drugstore. Don't use ...

Novel computer model for breast cancer

... DNA levels, the number of dividing cells, and the shape of the cell nuclei. The fully tested new system, the most advanced of its kind - could help doctors identify those women who need the most aggressive treatment of their breast tumor....

Many factors influence sexual potency

...formance, especially as one ages. - Being in good shape physically can certainly affect sexual desire and performance. Those wishing to enhance their sex life should seek to restore physical fitness. - Worry, depression, excessive stress and dissatisfaction in life can play a part in sexual satisfaction....

Watch your weight when pregnant

...unnecessary hassels.They should work to be in good shape for a normal delivery....

Focussed treatment for Hodgkin's disease

...adiation, where the beam is conformed to the size, shape and location of the tumour. So more radiation goes to the cancer tissue and less to healthy tissue. Working with three patients for which detailed tumour information was available, the researchers showed that IMRT would allow them to increase the d...

Less is more for preserving teeth and gums

... offered his five tips for ivory castles: get the shape of your brush right. and change it when it gets manky. check your technique with the dentist. do not scrub, brush; floss or use interdental brushes; and brush on the two minutes/150 grams formula at least once a day....

The 'lazy man's yoga"

... minutes later, his back moves into an arch in the shape of the letter "C." Sahakian barely lifts a finger, or a leg for that matter. His instructor does the work for him, performing a Thai massage, an ancient technique characterized by lots of contorting and moving, with ironically little work on the cli...

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