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In Kirstie Alley’s advert for QVC's Organic Liaison, the actress is shown before and after her extreme weight loss

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In Kirstie Alley’s advert for QVC's Organic Liaison, the actress is shown before and after her extreme weight loss. In her advert, Kirstie Alley, 61,...

A race to unlock genetic clues behind living to 100 is set to begin next year, after a US team announced it will compete for the $10 million Genomics X Prize

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A race to unlock genetic clues behind living to 100 is set to begin next year, after a US team announced it will compete...

A Dutch study has found that severely obese children are putting their heart at danger even while they are still in primary school

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A Dutch study has found that severely obese children are putting their heart at danger even while they are still in primary school. Heart disease...

Scientists used an electric current to shock the Medusoid into swimming with synchronized contractions that mimic those of real jellyfish

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Scientists in the US have created a free swimming artificial jellyfish using silicone as a base on which to grow heart muscle cells that...

Honestly Healthy. Eat With Your Body In Mind, The Alkaline Way, by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson

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It seems the hottest new healthy food fad is “eating alkaline”as the actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Kirsten Dunst have recently revealed they “eat alkaline”. Jennifer...

Drug-resistant HIV has been increasing in parts of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade

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Experts writing in the Lancet have explained that drug-resistant HIV has been increasing in parts of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. Studies on 26,000...

Too much salt is bad for blood pressure and can lead to heart disease and stroke, but it can also cause cancer

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World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has advised that cutting back on salty foods such as bacon, bread and breakfast cereals may reduce people's risk...

Scientists have found that man’s cerebral cortex shut down almost immediately after orgasm

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It is well known that many men nod off straight after sex and now scientists conducted research which involved scanning the brains of men...

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has considered the use of Glybera to treat lipoprotein lipase deficiency

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Europe is on the process of approving a gene therapy for the first time, in what would be a landmark moment for the field. Gene...

Egg allergies are one of the most common allergies and are thought to affect up to 2.5 percent of children

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US researchers claim that omelettes, meringues and pasta could one-day be back on the menu for some people with egg allergies after they are...

About a third of adults are not doing enough physical activity, causing 5.3 million deaths a year

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A new study published in Lancet suggests that a lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world. The report,...

Truvada is the first drug approved by FDA to be used for HIV infection prevention

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Truvada is the first drug approved by Food and Drug Administration to be used for HIV infection prevention. Truvada, made by California-based Gilead Sciences, can...

A simple walking test could show if Alzheimer’s patients have the disease

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A simple walking test could show if Alzheimer’s patients have the disease, say researchers after they found a link between the two. In one test...

Getting too much or too little sleep increases your mental age by two years

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Scientists say that having regular lie-ins in old age can bring on dementia. Getting too much or too little sleep increases your mental age by...

Every extra weekly hour spent by children in front of a TV could add 0.5 mm to their waist circumference and reduce muscle fitness

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Children who watch TV an increased number of hours between the ages of two and four years old risk larger waistlines by age 10. A...

Jewish and Muslim groups living in Europe have joined forces to defend circumcision for young boys

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Jewish and Muslim groups living in Europe have joined forces to defend circumcision for young boys on religious grounds after a German regional court...

A team at Washington University School of Medicine has assembled a "timeline" of the unseen progress of Alzheimer's before symptoms appear

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A team at Washington University School of Medicine has assembled a "timeline" of the unseen progress of Alzheimer's before symptoms appear. Scientists looked at families...

Limiting the time we spend sitting to just three hours a day could add an extra two years to our life expectancy

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Scientists found that limiting the time we spend sitting to just three hours a day could add an extra two years to our life...

Prof. Philip Low is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof. Stephen Hawking

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US scientist Prof. Philip Low is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof. Stephen Hawking which he says could help...

A patient has been diagnosed in Havana, days after three people died in a rare outbreak in the south-eastern town of Manzanillo

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A patient has been diagnosed with cholera in the Cuban capital, Havana, days after three people died in a rare outbreak in the south-eastern...

Scientists have developed EP67, a new spray that helps boost the immune system can fight off flu in just two hours

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Scientists have developed EP67, a new spray that helps boost the immune system can fight off flu in just two hours - even before...

The magic in BioElixia is a “delivery system” which penetrates active ingredients deeper into the skin than rival creams

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A new anti-cellulite cream, called BioElixia Bodyshaper, has found word-of-mouth success since its high street launch. The magic in this latest potion is, apparently, a...

Robot avatars have got a step closer to being the real world doubles of those who are paralyzed or have locked-in-syndrome

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Robot avatars have got a step closer to being the real world doubles of those who are paralyzed or have locked-in-syndrome. Scientists have made a...

A ballot measure proposing that adult production actors in Los Angeles County wear condoms during filming will be put to voters in November's election

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A ballot measure proposing that adult production actors in Los Angeles County wear condoms during filming will be put to voters in November's election. The...

French academics in an IVF clinic found that time-lapse photography has shown that embryos of smoking women develop more slowly

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French academics in an IVF clinic found that time-lapse photography has shown that embryos of smoking women develop more slowly. Experts took regular pictures of...