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Squatting is better than sitting when pooping

That may sound like a bunch of Internet quackery, but there's now some empirical evidence for the claim that defecation posture affects your body. The more extreme assertions about squatting—that it prevents cancer, for example—remain untested. But when it comes to hemorrhoids—a painful swelling of the veins in the anal canal that affects half of all Americans—new research suggests that you may want to get your butt off the toilet.
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Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds

But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable variables - socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support and so on - the researchers (a six-member team led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin) found that over a 20-year period, mortality rates were highest for those who had never been drinkers, second-highest for heavy drinkers and lowest for moderate drinkers.
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High fructose corn syrup is causing heath problems

he data suggest that the best choice is to reduce intake of all sweeteners containing fructose. That includes not only the evil HFCS, but also natural cane sugar, molasses (which is just impure cane sugar), brown sugar (ditto) and honey. Even “unsweetened” (no added sugar) fruit juices need to be considered when limiting your family’s fructose intake.
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Ontario Parents: School Wi-Fi is making our kids sick

A group of central Ontario parents is demanding their children's schools turn off wireless internet before they head back to school next month, fearing the technology is making the kids sick.
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Vicks VapoRub can be unsafe if used in nostrils

A Several years ago, we started warning readers not to put Vicks VapoRub in their nostrils. A pulmonologist alerted us to the possibility that one of the ingredients in Vicks, petrolatum, could get into the lungs and cause chronic inflammation. We got quite a few indignant responses from people who said they had been doing this for years. Here is just one example: "I read your warning not to put Vicks VapoRub in your nose. That's stupid. I've been stuffing my nose with Vicks for years, and I have never once come down with pneumonia. You can tell that to your know-it-all doctor. You shouldn't buy into everything that doctors tell you."
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FDA approves 5-day after pill, do you?

Federal health officials on Friday approved a new type of morning-after contraceptive that works longer than the current leading drug on the market. The pill ella from HRA Pharma reduces the chance of pregnancy up to five days after sex. Plan B, the most widely used emergency contraceptive pill, begins losing its ability to prevent pregnancy within three days of sex.
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People returning from India are carrying superbug

People traveling to India for medical procedures have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.
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Belly bulge is deadly, even if your weight is normal

One of the largest studies to examine the dangers of abdominal fat suggests men and women with the biggest waistlines have twice the risk of dying over a decade compared to those with the smallest tummies. Surprisingly, bigger waists carry a greater risk of death even for people whose weight is "normal" by the body mass index, or BMI, a standard measure based on weight and height.
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State health law shuts down home brew contest

When the 2010 Oregon State Fair opens on Aug. 27, there won't be an amateur beer-brewers competition for the first time in 22 years.
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Totally banning smoking in all restaurants - your vote?

More than half of America would like to see smoking totally banned in restaurants, and only 4% are OK with unrestricted smoking.
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Diet Cola is bad for your bones

The research, led by Dr. Noelle Larson, studied the levels of calcium in the urine of 16 women aged 18-40 who were assigned to drink either 24 ounces of water or diet cola on two separate days. They found that among the diet cola drinkers, there was a statistically significant increase in the amount of calcium present in the urine compared to the water drinkers. The researchers concluded that drinking diet cola produced a “negative calcium balance” in otherwise young, healthy women, that could contribute to lower bone mineral density (BMD) over time with chronic use.
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Cancer cells feed on fructose, study finds

Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same. Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found.
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