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Chinese medicine leaflet broke advertising code

A leaflet claiming that traditional Chinese medicine was safer than western alternatives // has breached the advertising code in the UK, an industry watchdog said on Wednesday. The leaflet could dissuade patients from seeking essential treatment from qualified doctors for serious medical conditions, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said. The leaflet, produced by Ever W...

Sudden Opioid Withdrawal Results in ‘Broken Heart Syndrome

Two new studies published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings revealed a link existing between sudden opioid withdrawal and cocaine use with the onset of cardiac syndromes.// ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’, which was characterized by chest pain, shortness of breath mimics heart attack. The findings shed light on ‘broken heart syndrome,’ a still somewhat uncommon disorder first described i...

A Broken Heart can Break Lifeline

London: Acute stress on the heart due to bereavement could make the aggrieved die from a broken heart, scientists// said. A British team found that sections in the brain in charge of memory, learning and emotion can upset the cardiac muscle in people who are grieving. They say that important regions in the brain get caught up in a negative loop which could cause heart rhythms to go...

People from Broken Homes Prone to Psychotic Illnesses

People whose parents had separated in childhood could face an increased risk of developing psychotic illnesses than common people//, says a new study. The traditional view has been that psychosis such as schizophrenia is largely a genetic brain disease, and most psychiatrists have believed that social factors cannot have a major impact on them. The new study by the Institu...

Schwarzenegger Undergoes Surgery for Broken Leg

Actor and governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone surgery for his broken leg. Schwarzenegger broke his right femur while skiing in Sun Valley// in Idaho Dec 23. The surgery took place three days later and doctors used screws and cables to fix together broken fragments of bone. It is possible that the governor will attend his second inauguration ceremony next month...

Bone in Woolmer’s Neck Found Broken, Say Police Source

Suspicions that Pakistan’s cricket coach Bob Woolmer might have been murdered are strengthening.// A bone in his had been found broken and it indicates that he might have been strangled in his hotel room, it is claimed. Less than 24 hours after Pakistan’s stunning defeat at the hands of Ireland in the World Cup preliminaries on Saturday, the legendary Woolmer was found unco...

Study Offers Clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

The causes of "broken heart syndrome" remain a mystery, but doctors will soon have an easier time recognizing and treating this rare, life-threatening condition, thanks to data being reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 912, 2007, in Orlando, FL. Researchers from Brown University in Providence, R...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

America, the land of extremes, boasts of almost a thousand no-sex-till-marriage organizations. Take for example the abstinence program-Virginity Rules . Its brand ambassador beautiful teen Jami Waite, has been an emblem of sexual abstinence for the group, which has risen from a single operation in Longview, Texas, to become an eight-county abstinence franchise. People can be abstinent...