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Norwegians Take in the Sun in Spain on Doctors' Orders

...ains often. You can understand why they are better off here," the tanned head of the centre, Torild Thorv...ldsen. "My doctor told me that I would be better off here," said 63-year-old Wenche Larsen who gets around in a wheelchair. "There is sunshine, the sky...

Rising Sea Levels Could Disintegrate Antarctic Ice Sheet

...rs would have lifted the buoyant ice sheet's edges off its rocky base, causing pieces to detach and melt. Today, meltwater from western Antarctica and Greenland is swelling oceans, so eastern Antarctica could easily experience such calving again, Mackintosh said. "The sheet is so large that even smal...

US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

...ram at RPI to get their company, Ecovative Design, off the ground....

Physical Activity can Be Increased by a Motivating Mail

...tivation can play a crucial role in getting people off to a good start. Researchers found feedback deli... not have been as effective as the contact tapered off through the maintenance phase. Future studies should examine whether the combination of the print ...

Revealing the Secrets of Gut Ecosystem

... profile. "It almost doesnt matter where you start off because we all end up in the same place. There are some bacteria that are really well suited for your gut and they're going to win no matter what."...

Japan's All-star Speed Eater Suffers Professional Injury

...ashamed that I couldn't notice the alarm bells set off by my own body," he said. "But with the goal to win another title with a new record, I couldn't stop my training so close to the competition. "I was continuing my training and bearing with the pain but finally I destroyed my jaw." Kobayashi, who ha...

SARS Patients Experience Mental Health Decline

...ntario Nurses Association, said some nurses remain off the job because of the emotional trauma they experienced. "They have anxiety disorders such as panic attacks. It's a general feeling that they have even just driving by a hospital. They have an overwhelming sense of panic and fear," she said The ...

The Doctor Parents of a 15 Year Old surgeon Arrested

...lation and Prevention and Misuse) Act,What started off as a Guinness attempt has ended up as notoriety and, worse, the lead actors in the story could have to spend some prison term too. A doctor couple in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have been remanded to 15-day judicial custody for allowing...

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

...ed about its possibilities. Teenagers would get up off the couch and exert themselves while playing. The game system has also been used in physical therapy and in retirement communities, where elderly residents are using it to play virtual golf and bowl. Now that the system has been out for a while, the ...

Street-protesting Polish Nurses Threaten to Stay Put

...en the government and the OZZPP have failed to get off the ground, with each side accusing the other of bad faith. Government spokesman Jan Dziedziczak said that Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski would not begin negotiations unless four nurses ended their occupation of a room in the government's office...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

...lead to total blindness. The lack of oxygen sets off a biological alarm, but when the child's eyes try ...eased oxygen supply to the retinal tissue switched off the "alarm" signal that lead to pathological growth of vessels, he said. To be sure that the impro...

Carmen Electra Has Double-jointed Hips!

...oted Electra, as saying. Meanwhile Electra showed off her sexiest ever dance moves at a TV awards show recently. Wearing a black bra and panties set, fishnet suspenders and knee-length leather boots, the 'I Want Candy' actress wowed a live Los Angeles studio audience with her racy performance for the f...

First Gene Linked to Scoliosis Identified

...e gene is turned on. They think the gene is turned off more often than it should be, which reduces the amount of CHD7 protein produced. "The change in the amount of the protein produced is subtle, which correlates with the onset of scoliosis, which typically happens very gradually. This particular defe...

Theory of How HIV Attacks is Wrong: Study

...ch recognize infections so the body can fight them off -- by causing infected T cells to produce virus pa... But if this were so, the T cells would be killed off far too quickly, the researchers found. Using a simple mathematical model, researchers in the Unit...

Galapagos on UN Endangered List

...threatened too. Isolated some 1,000km (620 miles) off of Ecuador's coast, the islands contain much unique plant and animal life. They were protected by UNESCO 1978, with the boundaries extended in 2001. The volcanic islands inspired British naturalist Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. It is Ecuado...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

...ille when a cable broke loose on the ride, cutting off the girl's feet above the ankles, authorities said. State officials were investigating the incident. "The parents of Kaitlyn Lasitter would like to acknowledge everyone across the country that have been supporting their daughter with many positiv...

Giant Microwave That Recycles Plastic Back into Diesel, Gas

...ease all the hydrocarbons, which strips the casing off the wire, said Meddick. Not only does the process produce fuel in the form of oil and gas, it also makes it easier to extract the copper wire for recycling, he said. Similarly, running 9.1 kilograms of ground-up tyres through the Hawk-10 produces...

Chandigarh Set to Be No-smoking Zone from July 15

...ted that instead of using an ash tray for flicking off ash, use it for plantation," he said. But a few vendors believe the ban will affect their business. Kamal Sharma, a vendor, said: They have decided to implement the ban. Now if we have to shut the shops, we will be unemployed. This cannot be contro...

Same Sex Pair Get Relief in Pakistan

...t was the only way Tariq could avoid being sold off to pay the gambling debts of her uncle. But the brides relatives went to court saying it was against Islam for two women to marry and wanted the marriage to be annulled. At Lahore, Tariqs family had a measure of success. The High Court ordered an e...

Desertification, a Major Threat, Says UN

...nvironmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands. The report called on governments in arid regions to revise rules on land use to halt overgrazing and unsustainable irrigation practices. It also urged better coordinated policies to address the ...

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