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Weight loss surgery can weaken bones
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Weight loss surgery can weaken bones

Gastric bypass surgery - often applied to obese patients but unable to lose weight by other measures - can weaken their bones, Australian scientists warn.

December 14, 2018
Simple trick to live long
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Simple trick to live long

The oldest man in the UK, Reg Dean 110 years old in Derbyshire witty, said his long-term secret is ... lazy.

December 14, 2018
Restore heart tissue with stranger's stem cells
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Restore heart tissue with stranger's stem cells

American scientists say that stem cells from strangers can be used to restore heart tissue to patients after pain is as safe and effective as the patient's own cells.

December 14, 2018
Too little sleep increases your risk of diabetes
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Too little sleep increases your risk of diabetes

People who sleep too little often face fatigue and irritability. In the long term, insomnia also increases the risk of health risks, including obesity and type 2 diabete…

December 14, 2018
Technology to recycle blood for her birth
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Technology to recycle blood for her birth

The pregnant women in the UK can become the first people in the world to receive their blood lost in the process of childbirth but later recycled with a new, breakthroug…

December 14, 2018
Brain structure changes during exams
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Brain structure changes during exams

When the brain has to work hard, for example when the students and students enter the exam, the brain's structure will change itself to improve the exchange of informati…

December 14, 2018
Why do people crave 'eating bad'?
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Why do people crave 'eating bad'?

A new study revealed that not only pregnant women and children with pica syndrome - craving for non-food stuffs, have little or no nutritional value such as clay, nails,…

December 14, 2018
Hunger-causing hormones increase life expectancy
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Hunger-causing hormones increase life expectancy

Diet prolonged lifespan. That is the result of many research projects. Yet scientists at the Southwest Medical Center of the University of Texas (USA) have found a simpl…

December 14, 2018