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Getting Old No Laughing Matter: US Study

...es," she said. "Our study basically gets at this idea of the relationship between mental abilities and how well someone understands humor," Mak told AFP. "People know that there are certain mental abilities that decline as we get older. Our memory at 80 is probably not going to be as good as our memor...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...hat we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce enough food through organic...hout putting more farmland into production. The idea to undertake an exhaustive review of existing data about yields and nitrogen availability was fueled...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...be learned from them. "Someone may have a bright idea but the betting is against it," he said. "Our advice from the experts said the results from the (radiation) monitors that were recovered are sufficient to establish that ionizing radiation was not the cause of the cluster," he said. However, form...

Arthroscopic Treatment of Tennis Elbow is Successful

... year and cant get better, then it would be a good idea to investigate having this procedure done by an orthopaedic surgeon skilled in arthroscopy. Patients should get better with very few complications, if any, continues Dr. Baker. Dr. Baker adds that there are other advantages to arthroscopic surgery:...

Rounding Up Rodeo Injuries Helps in Prevention

...catastrophic injuries in pro rodeo to get a better idea of how frequently cowboys around the world are ser... accurate, he says, but it can at least give us an idea of how often this might have occurred in the past. Butterwick hopes to use this information to sup...

Queen Latifah Set to Open Burger Joint

...ach diner revealed that she has been hooked to the idea of FatBurger since the time she was in college. "That was part of my L.A. education - on Sundays in California... everybody would come out... in all these low-riders (cars)... FatBurger was, like, the centrepiece for it all," Contactmusic quoted La...

Singapore's Dr. Love Brings Good Sex to Indonesia

...what communities really want to know and turns the idea of preaching to students at school about sex on its head. Dr. Love is upbeat about the prospect of Indonesians getting involved, saying they are more relaxed about such things than their reputedly straitlaced Singaporean neighbours. "The Singapor...

India Plans Hospices for HIV Positive Women

...cation in schools and denounced those opposing the idea as hypocrites. It is moral hypocrisy and just posturing on the part of those who are opposing it," the minister said. "We have a one billion population and we don't want to talk about sex. We have to be vocal on such issues. If we don't, then it w...

Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...t cancers. Counters group is actively pursuing the idea that such an antibody may inhibit pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models. If these results are positive, this will open the door for Duke oncologists to organize a clinical trial to test the agent in human cancer patients. Secreted proteins promo...

Drink Milk for a Healthy Heart

... and the heart. But growing evidence suggests this idea is false. "We are reviewing worldwide studies on the link between dairy (product) consumption and effects on vascular disease, including rates of heart disease and stroke, and there is no doubt in my mind of the benefits."The evidence shows a very p...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...tic surgery to deal with their sagging faces. The idea of men letting themselves go with age is no longer accurate. Weve seen a dramatic increase in men of this age coming to our clinics, said Liz Dale, director of the Harley Medical Group. The Men's Health Forum said advertising and the media were reinf...

Researchers Developing smart Wardrobe' to Download Songs to smart Shirts

...cations might sound frivolous, but it gives you an idea of how broad the applications of the smart wardrobe could be. On the less frivolous side, a smart wardrobe could be used to manage shirts with accelerometers in them to check on how active kids are during the day, said Prof. Thomas. Smart clothes c...

Treat Every Patient as a Potential Organ Donor, British Health Official Says

...s suggest up to seven out of 10 people support the idea of donating their organs. But only a fifth of the population, 13 million people, have actually added their names to the NHS register. Doctors say more patients are going abroad for transplants and coming home with serious complications. "These tr...

Evolution of HIV from African Greek Monkeys

...ion of HIV. The new research also challenges the idea that one ancient SIV was transmitted vertically, down through time, and evolved into many SIVs as its original host diverged into many different species. Wertheim and Worobey suggest various SIVs arose because SIVs were transmitted horizontally, bet...

Vitamin C may Not Help You from Getting a Cold

...ery time you feel a cold starting isnt such a good idea after all, for a new study has found that you will most probably end up getting the sniffles . The news comes from an updated review of 30 studies conducted over several decades and including more than 11,000 people who took daily doses of at least...

Reducing Smoking - Mixed Messages and Latest Findings

...completely. Little attention has been given to the idea of helping them reduce their use. This is partly for the fear of creating the false impression that reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke a day will lead to an equivalent reduction in a persons risk of smoking-related disease. Even so, the t...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

...se the smoking habits of those taking part. "The idea is to make it clear to people that they are actually addicted," said Karin Joder. In many cases this means destroying the illusions associated with the smoking habit. The counsellor has little time for nicotine substitutes such as patches, sprays a...

Alcohol may Help You to Be Cool

... won a round they gave their opponent a shock. The idea was to see how alcohol affected the mens belligere...imultaneously perform a difficult memory task. The idea was to see if they could distract those who were under the influence from their hostile situation. ...

Chain Smokers Prepared to Lessen Their Daily Cigs Rather Than Quitting

...pletely. But, little thought has been given to the idea of helping them reduce their use. This is partly for the fear of creating the false impression that reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke a day will lead to a corresponding reduction in a persons risk of smoking-related disease. Nonetheless, ...

Sensible Diet, Exercise and Weight Control Increases Longevity

...ome as a bit of a shock for the researchers. The idea that insulin reduces lifespan is difficult to reconcile with decades of clinical practice and scientific investigation to treat diabetes, he said. In fact, based on our work on one of the insulin receptor substrates, Irs2, in liver and pancreatic b...

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