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Your Mouthwash can cause Cancer

The study was done related to alcohol containing mouthwashes. Some mouthwashes contain as high as 26% alcohol. It’s a well established fact that independent alcohol consumption(in all edible forms) is a major risk factor for causing oral cancer, but [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Vitamin D prevents lots of disease, claims Vitamin D salesman

"Vitamin D appears to reduce your risk of dying from virtually ANY disease," he wrote on his popular Web site. His recommendation? Get more sun, relax in a tanning bed or try supplements such as "Sunshine Mist," a vitamin D spray he sells. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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CT scan may increase cancer risk

Annual radiation doses from medical imaging have soared sevenfold since the early 1980s, according to a report last year from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Meanwhile, as many as 14,500 people a year may end up dying [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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You’re Less Likely to Get Sick If You Actively Socialize

Isn’t that an oxymoron? More sociable people are more exposed to germs, after all. Yet a study by Sheldon Cohen and his colleagues published in Psychological Science (2003) showed that less sociable people caught colds more often than those who soci [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away free female condoms

The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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To Cut Calories, Eat Slowly

In a study last month, scientists found that when a group of subjects were given an identical serving of ice cream on different occasions, they released more hormones that made them feel full when they ate it in 30 minutes instead of 5 . The scientist [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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1 in 4 Germans would have microchip implanted, would you?

In all, 23 per cent of around 1000 respondents in the survey said they would be prepared to have a chip inserted under their skin "for certain benefits". Around one in six (16 per cent) said they would wear an implant to allow emergency services to [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Fighting Germs With Plasma Gases - NYTimes.com

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Instead of scrubbing, the workers would put their hands into a small box that bathes them with plasma — the same sort of luminous gas found in neon signs, fluorescent tubes and TV displays. This plasma, though, is at room temperature and pressure, a [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Whole Foods incentivizes workers to be healthy with discounts

Upscale grocer Whole Foods has a new voluntary program to reward workers who don’t use nicotine and meet specific numbers for body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol during in-store screenings. Have the right numbers, and you get up to 30% o [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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How Public Policy Can Prevent Heart Disease

The results were stunning. In six months, participants lost an average of 2.6 pounds and boosted their estimated life expectancy by 3.1 years. Even more impressive, health-care claims for city and school employees fell for the first time in a decade†[more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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A Study Finds Anti-Psychotic Benefit of Fish Oil

After a year of monitoring, 2 of the 41 patients in the fish oil group, or about 5%, had become psychotic, or completely out of touch with reality. In the placebo group, 11 of 40 became psychotic, about 28%.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Scientist David Ho: The Man Who Could Beat AIDS - TIME

Can he do it? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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