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Job strain linked to an increased risk of heart attack

Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination

Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, British researchers have found. They analyzed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found “job strain” was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease. The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, t…

New swine flu strain outbreak alert in US

Health experts said the new swine flu strain would most likely respond to osteltamivir (Tamiflu)

A new swine flu strain put U.S. health officials on alert for more cases after it was found in three children in Iowa this month. It was reported that ten people in the U.S. have been infected since July by S-OtrH3N2 viruses that picked up a gene from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. The new flu strain (S-OtrH3N2) combines a rare influenza virus (H3N2) circulating in North American pigs and the…

Deadly bird flu was deliberately created in the laboratory

Last month it was reported that there were fears the modified strain of the H5N1 virus is more dangerous than anthrax

Dutch researchers who developed a deadly strain of bird flu to help create vaccines have been told their research is a terrorist threat. Scientists have for the first time been able to mutate the H5N1 strain of avian influenza so that it can be transmitted easily through the air. Previously it was thought that H5N1 bird flu could only be transmitted between humans if they came into very close phy…

Demi Moore still shows the strain of the split from Ashton Kutcher

Demi Moore, 49, appeared gaunt as she was seen running errands in Hollywood on Saturday afternoon

…ictures appeared on the US celebrity website, RadarOnline today. For more than seven years Demi Moore has been considered the flag bearer for older celebrity women who have younger partners, as she is 16 years older than her estranged husband who is 33. Related search articles:elene sofia ricci word celebrity fakes does demi moore have cellulite american women hired by Sultan Brunei grannie kim p…

Varroa mite helps lethal virus wipe out billions of honeybees

A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that the Varroa mite helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a disease called deformed wing virus

Parasitic Varroa mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees throughout the globe, say scientists. A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that the Varroa mite helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a disease called deformed wing virus. The mites act as tiny incubators of one deadly form of the disease, and inject it directly into the bees’ blood. This has led to “o…

China Bird Flu Outbreak: All You Need to Know About H7N9 Virus

Six people died in China since the outbreak of a new strain of bird flu

Six people died in China since the outbreak of a new strain of bird flu and health experts there are scrambling to contain the spread of H7N9 virus. How deadly is it? The new strain of bird flu has killed six out of the 16 people diagnosed with H7N9 virus – mostly older adults and young children. Sufferers demonstrate flu-like symptoms such as fever, runny nose, and an itchy throat. So far…

Hard Boiled Eggs: How to make perfect eggs for Easter

Perfect hard boiled eggs

How to make perfect hard boiled eggs Cook time: 12 minutes If you want hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel, make sure they are several days old. If this is Easter time, and everyone is buying their eggs at the last minute, buy your eggs 5 days in advance of boiling. Hard boiling farm fresh eggs will invariably lead to eggs that are difficult to peel. If you have boiled a batch that are diffic…

Research on mutant bird flu stopped amid fears of bioterrorism

H5N1 flu virus was altered to be passed easily between ferrets, during the joint research by Erasmus University in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US

…ls in forthcoming publications. A government advisory panel suggested the data could be used by terrorists. Biosecurity experts fear a mutant form of the virus could spark a pandemic deadlier than the 1918-19 Spanish flu outbreak that killed up to 40 million people. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) recommended key details to be omitted from publication of the research, w…

Man-made flu virus that could wipe out civilization created at Erasmus Medical Centre

A group of scientists from Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus that could potentially wipe out civilization

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China: man dies after he was dignosed with bird flu more than one year ago

…mortality, killing up to 60% of humans infected with it. Positive tests on a dead market chicken last week prompted nearby Hong Kong’s government to issue an alert. Hong Kong authorities culled 17,000 chickens after three birds were found to have died from the H5N1 bird flu strain. It also banned imports and the sale of live chickens for three weeks after the infected chicken carcass was fo…

How to cure different forms of headaches

A headache can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck

…Many sinus headaches subside on their own within a few days. Over-the-counter medicines including ibuprofen or paracetamol can help reduce inflammation. See your GP if symptoms continue beyond ten to 14 days, as you may need antibiotics. 4. LIGHT-HEADED HEADACHE Symptoms: Pain and light-headedness sometimes accompanied by nausea and nervousness. Possible cause: Coffee lovers and people who drink…

EP67 nasal spray can fight off flu in just two hours

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

Scientists have developed EP67, a new spray that helps boost the immune system can fight off flu in just two hours – even before symptoms. The drug, delivered by a nasal spray, contains a synthetic protein that triggers the immune system to fight the flu before the body normally would. Once a person is exposed to the flu, current treatments are designed to target the current circulating str…

Christmas Recipes: Roast Goose With Sage

Roast goose with sage

Roast goose with sage INGREDIENTS ( Serves 8) 1 x 4.5-5.5 kg (10-12 lb) oven-ready goose, with giblets reserved for stock Handful of apple peel, lemon rind and sage For the giblet stock 1 onion, unpeeled and quartered 1 celery stick, roughly chopped 1 large carrot, roughly chopped Parsley stalks 6 black peppercorns For the gravy 25 g (1oz) plain flour 600 ml (1pt) giblet stock Roast goose with…

H3N8 flu virus associated with harbor seals death in US

US scientists have identified a new strain of influenza in harbor seals that could potentially impact human and animal health

…rces. US scientists have identified a new strain of influenza in harbor seals that could potentially impact human and animal health Researchers were puzzled by the mysterious deaths from pneumonia of 162 harbor seals around the coast of New England last year. Autopsies on five of the marine mammals indicate that they died from a type of H3N8 influenza A virus that is closely related to a strain c…

Demi Moore turns 49 today, as Ashton Kutcher has found himself embroiled in another scandal

Demi Moore was seen clutching an energy drink as she stepped out in Beverly Hills one day before her birthday, while Ashton Kutcher has found himself embroiled in another scandal

…te night tweet The Two And A Half Men star went on to explain that he did not have the full facts before posting the tweet about the acking of Pennsylvania State University coach Joe Paterno. At about 12:30 a.m. yesterday morning, Ashton Kutcher wrote on his official account: “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye [the University of Iowa football team] fan I find it in poor ta…

US government tracks people using “sensitive” words on Twitter, Facebook and blogs

An online privacy group says that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for “sensitive” words – and tracking people who use them. According to the privacy group, simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s “watch” list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate y…

RoseMarie Terenzio, JFK Jr’s assistant, reveals she urged Carolyn Bessette to board that ill-fated flight

In her book, “Fairy Tale Interrupted”, RoseMarie Terenzio reveals that the couple was having serious troubles in their marriage and Carolyn Bessette had initially refused to join JFK on that ill-fated flight on July 16, 1999

RoseMarie Terenzio, John F. Kennedy Jr.’s assistant, has revealed how she talked his wife Carolyn Bessette into taking the flight the couple perished on 12 years ago. RoseMarie Terenzio, 44, was JFK personal assistant, publicist and one of his closest confidantes during the last five years of his life. In her book, “Fairy Tale Interrupted”, RoseMarie Terenzio reveals that the couple was having se…

Paula Broadwell’ harassing emails sent to Jill Kelley detailed David Petraeus’ movements

FBI agents left Paula Broadwell's Charlotte home on Monday evening with documents and computers

Harassing emails sent by Paula Broadwell to her love rival, Jill Kelley, contained confidential information about David Petraeus’ movements, a law enforcement source has revealed. After Jill Kelley contacted the FBI, agents launched a massive in-depth investigation into who was sending the emails because they shared this detailed information that was not publicly available. The catty emails…

Edwarda O’Bara, longest coma patient ever, passes away after 42 years

Edwarda O'Bara, the world's longest coma patient, who had been called the Sleeping Snow White during the 42 years she remained comatose, has died at the age of 59

Edwarda O’Bara, the world’s longest coma patient, who had been called the “Sleeping Snow White” during the 42 years she remained comatose, has died at the age of 59. Edwarda O’Bara was a cheery high school student in 1970 when she suddenly fell ill, threw up her medicine and slipped into a diabetic coma. But before she became comatose Edwarda O’Bara turned to her mother and plea…

The Hobbit: cinema-goers complain 3D effects and camera speeds caused headaches and dizziness

Cinema-goers have complained of feeling sick and dizzy after watching early screenings of The Hobbit

…he Desolation of Smaug will be released in 2013 with There and Back Again released the following year. What 48 frames per second means? Movies have been filmed in 24 frame per second (fps) shots since 1927. It means each second of picture contains 24 still images that create the illusion of movement when put in sequence. American film director Doug Trumbull invented and promoted a 60 frame per sec…

Chelsea Clinton left without power and hot water in her $4 million Manhattan apartment

Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky have been left without power and hot water in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Chelsea Clinton lives in a $4 million apartment in one of Manhattan’s most prestigious buildings but she has still been left without power and hot water – just like the rest of lower Manhattan. Chelsea Clinton, 32, lives with her husband Marc Mezvinsky in the Flatiron district of the city. Yesterday she revealed that the couple had been battling through the past few days without moving out of the…

Giuliana Rancic tweets picture of her baby boy Edward Duke

Giuliana Rancic took to Twitter to share a picture of two-month-old Edward Duke happily poised on top of husband Bill's stomach

…I know what he needs.” “We just stare at him all the time,” Giuliana Rancic revealed on the Today show not long after Edward was born. “He’s got big eyes and he’ll just stare at you for 10 minutes at a time. It’s just unbelievable…When the baby came into the world, we just started hysterically crying tears of joy.” Giuliana and Bill Rancic are already planning to expand…

Tom Cruise lost 14 lbs in three weeks after split from Katie Holmes

Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs

Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs   Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs. Pictured on July 10 on the set of Oblivion 2, Tom Cruise, 50, looked quite beefed out…

Demi Moore’s girls consider restraining order over their mother

Demi Moore was spotted showing the strain of the family drama on the set of her new movie Very Good Girls in Brooklyn

…er own thoughts as she took a break in between takes for the film, which also stars Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen. It was reported at the beginning of July that Rumer, 23, Scout, 20 and Tallulah, 18, told their mother they “need a little distance”, after sticking by her side through the split and supporting her in rehab. Apart from Tallulah’s graduation ceremony in mid-June, Demi Moore…

Truvada, the first HIV prevention drug approved by FDA

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

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 be used by those at high risk of infection and anyone who may engage in sexual activity with HIV-infected partners, said FDA. Studies showed the drug reduced the risk of contracting HIV by up to 73%. Truvada is the first drug approved…

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