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Calcium may help you live longer: study

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their peers who took in the least calcium from food. None of the men took calcium supplements.

The findings are in line with previous research linking higher calcium intake with lower mortality in both men and women, the researchers point out in a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

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Female Sex Chromosomes, Not Just Hormones, Help Regulate Blood Pressure

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Researchers have determined that something in female sex chromosomes appears to trigger a rise in blood pressure after the onset of menopause. This finding challenges the current belief that sex.

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Studies provide more support for health benefits of coffee

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as “the devil’s brew,” coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially

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1 gene lost = 1 limb regained? Scientists demonstrate mammalian regeneration through single gene deletion

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate regeneration in mammals. The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing potential in mice long thought to have been lost through evolution and reserved for creatures like flatworms, sponges, and some species of salamander. In a report published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from The Wistar Institute demonstrate that mice that lack the p21 gene gain the ability to regenerate lost or damaged tissue.

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Obesity: The killer combination of salt, fat and sugar

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Our favourite foods are making us fat, yet we can’t resist, because eating them is changing our minds as well as bodies.*I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream.

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Tiny test finds disease early

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The early detection of life threatening diseases such as cancer, bacterial or viral infections is essential for effective treatment.  It is also crucial in the control of pandemics such as influenza and Dengue.

Now a research team at James Cook University funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council has successfully developed a new ultrasensitive diagnostic technology.

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Obesity and passive smoking reduce oxygen supply to unborn baby

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Babies born to mothers with obesity and exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have health problems than others. This conclusion is based on evidence of elevated levels of nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical …

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