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Mandy Moore Won't Mind Slimming Down for a Film

...er steps to change her looks. "If I have to slim down now for a film, I don't mind. I just look at it like I'm just changing my hair or something. If that's what I have to do for the character, then that's what I have to do," she said. Loosing a little weight is fine, but the actress makes sure that i...

Advancement in DNA Research may Bring Back Woolly Mammoth

...ikely to happen, because all parts of a cell break down over time, even in mammoths that have been encased in ice since they died. But, researchers working on cloning have contacted me wanting to get a hold of mammoth tissue so they could try to clone a mammoth,' he said. According to Hendrick Poinar o...

Too Much of Acidic Foods can Cause Permanent Damage to Teeth

...to teeth. Its known as tooth erosion, the break down of tooth structure caused by the effect of acid on the teeth that leads to decay. Early diagnosis and prevention of the effects of tooth erosion are fundamental to keeping teeth healthy for life. Sipping or holding acidic drinks in the mouth before...

Jolie Laughed Her Way Through Childbirth!

...she began laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her face. "They were trying to put the IV in me, and I began laughing so hard, with tears rolling down my face. I was out of my mind, Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. Her laughing spree continued ev...

Brazil Government New Health Offer

...r consumption and advertising it in order to crack down on heavy drinking. He faced a lot of opposition when he when he criticized popular samba singer Zeca Pagodinho's frequent appearances in ads for Brahma beer. Dora Kramer, a prominent columnist for the conservative Estado de S.Paulo, newspaper gav...

Blunders in Epilepsy Care Cost Lives, and Money UK Report

...t a national level, rather than shifting the blame down to local level." Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disease in England, affecting 382,000 people. According to the APPG, misdiagnosis rates stand at 20%-31% and cost around 134m a year. Epilepsy seizures occur when too many nerve...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

...peeds reaching 54 miles per hour. Six Flags shut down similar rides at parks in St. Louis; Gurnee, Illin...air Entertainment Co. of Sandusky, Ohio, also shut down drop tower rides at five of its amusement parks for inspection after the accident....

New Drug Could Keep High Blood Pressure Under Control for Several Months

...t. The drug also lowered diastolic pressure went down by 13 mmHg. We can certainly reduce blood pressure, but whether it's enough to be clinically meaningful we can't say yet," New Scientist quoted Martin Bachmann of Cytos, as saying. Four months after the shot, only half of the antibodies were left...

Britain is Now Europe's Cocaine Capital

...s have dropped to 44 pounds a gram, nearly a third down on 65 pounds a gram in 2000....

Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn

...1, the number of smokers in the country would come down dramatically, by as much as 600,000. But anti-smoking campaigners are not so sure. "The affluent in their smoke-free pubs and restaurants are likely to forget that, for most disadvantaged people, rates of smoking are still very high," says Debor...

Antidepressents may Lower Bone Density in Older People

...blasts, cells responsible for the regular breaking down and rebuilding of bone in the body. Our findings suggest that, in this cohort, use of SSRIs is associated with increased rates of hip bone loss, the authors conclude. Although some of this association may have occurred because women who were prescr...

New Methods to Quit Smoking

...o stop smoking succeed in putting their cigarettes down for good, says Director of the UK Cochrane Centre, Professor Mike Clarke from the University of Oxford....

Boffins Identify Gene That Helps Regulates Body Weight

...eived the same dose of sirtinol, a drug that shuts down the SIRT genes. Researchers found that mice with CD38 that were treated with resveratrol for two weeks were protected from high-fat, diet-induced obesity. By contrast, the protective effect against high-fat, diet-induced obesity in the absence of C...

Childhood Cancer can Lead to Chronic Health Problems Later in Life: Study

...mours had the most health problems to contend with down the road - far more than kids who beat leukemia or Wilms tumour (a tumor of the kidney). Their analysis also showed that radiotherapy, as a stand-alone treatment, was associated with a much higher disease burden later in life than either stand-alon...

Giant Microwave That Recycles Plastic Back into Diesel, Gas

... the plastic and rubber in the material are broken down into diesel oil and combustible gas. "Anything that has a hydrocarbon base will be affected by our process. We release those hydrocarbon molecules from the material and it then becomes gas and oil, said Jerry Meddick, director of business developme...

Bamboo Seed: Viagra and Food for Mizos

...erything, spent about Rs.800,000. I was completely down and hopeless,' Thara said. But one day a neighbour told the couple about the bamboo seed's qualities. Thara bought two pods, boiled them and the couple ate it together. The following month, in April 2005, his wife Dawngi was in the family way. ...

New Study That Small Amount of Teenagers Drinks on a Regular Basis

...nk on a regular basis - at least once a week - cut down from 50% to 44%. On the other hand a third of thos...etween 14 and 17 who purchase their own alcohol go down from 40% in the 2005 poll to 28%. The Trading Standards Institute which planned the survey in the no...

Chilean President's Cousin Successfully Tests Allergy 'Knockout' Technique on Mice

...e effect on mast cell activity, virtually shutting down the cell from unleashing allergic responses. The identified protein receptor is widely found throughout the immune system and, just like steroids, targeting it could result in undesired, overall immune suppression with serious consequences. Wit...

Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures

...this spartan rural clinic. Both have been struck down by dengue fever that has killed almost as many chi...ays the children's mother, Chhiv Thy, as she wipes down the 13-year-old girl's body with wet towels. For five days they have lain on crude wooden beds in ...

Naps in the Afternoon may Harm Your Kids

Putting your kids down for a nap in the afternoon may give you a bit of a well-deserved rest after all that running around, but researchers are warning that it could prove harmful for your kids. The study of 27 kids had researchers at the University of Florida led by Dr...

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