Health

Run Don't Walk

The calf muscle is that highlighted at the back of the lower rear leg, otherwise referred to here as the medial gastrocnemius via Shutterstock Biomedical engineers Dr. Gregory Sawicki and...

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Calories, not protein, causes weight gain

Nutritional Facts via Shutterstock It's the New Year and so there is a chance that one of your New Year resolutions is to lose weight. You will be interested to...

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Avoiding accidents on ice

People ice skating via Shutterstock A warning has gone out for people - and their pets - to stay off ice, after several fatal accidents in America. Spells of relatively...

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Breast cancer and the environment

X-ray mammogram via Shutterstock These days, all over the world and in the United States in particular, breast cancer is one of the most common health risks for women. It's...

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The drawback of eating starch

Breast cancer via Shutterstock I know more than a few women who have survived breast cancer - for at least one of them it took a mastectomy to save her...

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Seaweed could help weight loss treatments

Seaweed via Shutterstock Seaweed could help you lose weight - not with some magical calorie-shrinking chemical reaction but by making you feel fuller. The research was carried out by scientists...

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The ups and downs of anxiety

Anxiety via Shutterstock Anxiety is quite normal. Everyone feels anxious when faced with a situation that is threatening or difficult, whether it is a simple day-to-day activity, such as crossing...

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Mediterranean diet tests prove health benefits

Mediterranean food via Shutterstock While the economies of southern Europe are giving the world's financial markets the jitters and causing real hardship for their citizens, a scientific study has confirmed...

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Ban smoking in cars, say doctors

Smoking in a car via Shutterstock Smoking should be banned in private vehicles, say UK doctors. The British Medical Association (BMA) has produced research to show smoking in vehicles exposes...

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