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What Makes Broccoli Healthy?
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The one food that can fill us up, without filling us from out is broccoli. It packs the most nutritional punch of any vegetable and this is what makes broccoli healthy. This hearty, tasty vegetable is rich in dozens of nutrients. Broccoli primarily belongs to the cabbage family that is popularly known as cruciferous vegetable. So, here are some of the facts that will prove what makes broccoli healthy.
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Veg diet may increase risk of heart-related diseases
Posted by admin on Feb 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment
According to a study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, the vegan lifestyle may increase people’s risk of blood clots and the hardening of arteries – conditions which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
The study out of Hangzhou, China, was based on a review of dozens of articles on the biochemistry of vegetarianism published over the last 30 years.
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Gender does not increase risk of death from heart attack: Study
Posted by admin on Feb 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
A study led by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center shows being a woman may not increase your risk of dying from treatment for a severe heart attack.
U-M researchers and colleagues in the Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium found women who received treatment such as an angioplasty had higher unadjusted in-hospital heart attack deaths.
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Youngsters use Facebook, Twitter to show they’re ‘cool’
Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Social-networking obsessed Australian youngsters have admitted that they use tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Smartphone apps to appear ‘cool’ rather than communicate.
A new research has shown that image-obsessed mobile phone wielders were prepared to embellish or lie about their activities to boost their credibility among friends, reports the News.com.au.
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Scientists claim crucial breakthough in breast cancer cure
Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Scientists claim to have achieved a key breakthrough in the hunt for a cure for breast cancer by discovering how to stop the disease from spreading.
A British team, led by the Institute of Cancer Research, has identified the enzyme that promotes the spread —— changing the tumour from a single, more treatable one, to a number of separate cancers threatening other organs.
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Eggs are good for the heart ?
Posted by admin on Feb 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Eggs are not bad for heart health, say experts. US egg expert Dr Don McNamara insists that their bad reputation is no longer warranted and even Heart Foundation has lifted its recommended intake to six eggs a week.
“Seniors have been afraid to eat eggs because for 40 years they have been worried about the dietary cholesterol,”” the Herald Sun quoted nutritional biochemist McNamara as saying.
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Red wine ‘can help breast cancer chemo patients’
Posted by admin on Feb 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Laboratory tests show an organic compound in the wine called resveratrol can double the effect of the chemotherapy drug rapamycin.
Cancer cells often develop resistance to rapamycin, an immunosuppressant which can also slow the growth of cancerous tumours, stop them or make them smaller.
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Chcolates most searched word on Google search
Posted by admin on Feb 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
According to Google Insights for Search ‘The week of love’ has gained tremendous eyeballs on the Internet this month of Februaury.
In the week of Love, netizens have searched the most for ‘Chocolate Day’ and ‘Kiss Day’ as compared to other days such as ‘Rose Day’, ‘Propose Day’, ‘Hug Day’, ‘Teddy Day’ and ‘Promise Day’.
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Lonely on Valentine’s day?
Posted by admin on Feb 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Everyone experiences loneliness at one time or another. But prolonged feelings of loneliness are toxic for your health, much less happiness, experts say.
On February 8 UCLA researchers reported that lonely people are at higher risk for certain types of inflammatory disease. The new study follows another from last year, published in the journal Psychology and Aging, that found a link between chronic loneliness and accelerated...
Women like to target men who are already in relationships
Posted by admin on Feb 09, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A scientific study has found evidence that women like to target men who are already in relationships. Researchers at Oklahoma State University in the US use the term ‘mate poaching’ to describe this phenomenon. During the study, they showed a picture of a moderately attractive man or woman to participants.
Half of the participants were told that the prospective mate was single, while the rest were told that...
