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New Study Finds That Watching TV Shortens Your Life
August 16, 2011 Two steps forward and three steps back? A new study shows that every hour of television watched by persons over the age of 25 shortens their life by 22 minutes.
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What’s the Key to Living to 100?
According to a new study, people live to 100 because of good genes and luck, not healthy living habits.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York interviewed 477 Ashkenazi Jews between the ages of 95 and 112 on their lifestyle choices. They found that this long-lived group was just about as likely to smoke, drink, eat poorly, be obese and shun exercise as a control group of about 3,000 people who had been born around the same time, but didn’t end up living as long.
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What Are the Most Depressed Countries in the World?
According to a multi-national survey of over 9,000 adults by the World Health Organization, France and the United States are the two most mentally depressed countries in the world.
Twenty-one percent of French citizens have had a major depressive episode, followed by the United States, at 19.2 percent. Belgium, New Zealand and The Netherlands are also among world’s most depressed nations, by this metric.
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9 Strange But True Health Tips
August 1, 2011 I love these home methods of doing things. These are different. These aren't secret methods of curing cancer, these are everyday tricks.
Break a High Fever With Your Armpits
Anything up to 102°F is mild and can be treated by drinking plenty of fluids
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Restaurant Customers Are Eating Healthier
April 14, 2011 Americans are eating healthier - even at some of the most unlikely restaurants.
This nutritional U-turn is taking place at some of the unlikeliest of eateries, including Denny’s, IHOP, Friendly’s, Sizzler and even at the nation’s biggest casual dining chain, Applebee’s, where the numbers are eye-popping
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US Man Receives Full Face Transplant
March 22, 2011 The wonders of medical science. I would imagine this young man will have years of rehabilitation ahead, but thanks to a donor and fantastic surgical team, he's been given a new lease on life.
A power line accident left a 25-year-old man horribly disfigured, but now he has successfully received the nation’s first full face transplant
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Spray On Skin [VIDEO]
I'm amazed how fast technology moves, and I'll admit to getting frustrated from time to time , but when I see amazing things like this "spray on skin" I'm reminded how cool and life changing or saving technology can be. Be warned there is a few quick graphic images in video.