| Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study
The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short...
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| Occasional High Blood Pressure May Pose Higher Stroke Risk
Having high blood pressure occasionally may pose a higher risk of having a stroke than having consistently high readings: a series of UK-led research papers published this week in leading...
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| Joint Role Of Obesity And Alcohol In Increasing The Risk Of Liver Disease
Obesity and alcohol act together to increase the risk of liver disease in both men and women according to two studies published on bmj.com today. These findings have significant clinical...
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| What Is Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)? What Causes Hyperhidrosis?
Hyperhidrosis, also known as polyhidrosis or sudorrhea means excessive sweating; sweating too much. Hidrosis means sweating, while hyper means too much, or excessively. The excessive sweating may be either localized...
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| Donating Kidney Doesn't Shorten Lifespan
A study of over 80,000 American live kidney donors found they were likely to live just as long as people who have two healthy kidneys and that the procedure carries...
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| Decoding Patient's Genome Found Gene For Inherited Neurological Disorder CMT
Heralding what they hope is a new era of personalized genomic medicine, experts in the US have identified the gene behind a patient's inherited neurological disorder, in this case a...
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| Destroying Cancers By Exploiting Their Architecture
After making a diagnosis of cancer, clinicians have a number of treatment options. Most of these involve coordinating multiple attacks on the tumor using an arsenal of cancer-killing therapies. Chemotherapy,...
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| What Is Rabies? What Causes Rabies?
Rabies is a deadly virus. It is usually transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal, into the bloodstream. The rabies virus is an infection of the central...
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| Meat And Colorectal Cancer Risk: Scientists Suggest Potential Mechanisms
Scientists in the US who undertook a large study to investigate what biological mechanisms might be behind the already established link between colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed...
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| Vaccinating Kids Against Flu Protects Whole Community, Canadian Study
A new study carried out in Hutterite communities in Canada revealed that giving kids and teenagers flu shots led to lower rates of flu in communities that followed such a...
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