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Small, dark Easter eggs may be good for your heart |
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 06:35 |
 By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Easter eggs may be good for you, but only if you eat small ones made from cocoa-rich dark chocolate, according to the latest in a string of scientific studies to show potential health benefits of chocolate.
German researchers studied more than 19,300 people over a decade and found those who ate the most chocolate -- an average of 7.5 grams a day -- had lower blood pressure and a 39 percent lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke than those who ate the least amount of chocolate -- an average of 1.7 grams a day.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 09:41 |
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Sex infection gonorrhea risks becoming "superbug" |
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Monday, 29 March 2010 19:35 |
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By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea risks becoming a drug-resistant "superbug" if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.
Catherine Ison, a specialist on gonorrhea from Britain's Health Protection Agency said a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Manila next week would be vital to efforts to try to stop the bug repeatedly adapting to and overcoming drugs.
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Nearly third of children globally are couch potatoes |
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Monday, 29 March 2010 18:30 |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - American children aren't the only couch potatoes with nearly one third of children globally spending three hours a day or more watching TV or on computers, according to study of over 70,000 teens in 34 nations.
From Argentina to Zambia, Regina Guthold of the World Health Organization in Geneva and her colleagues found most children aren't getting enough exercise and it made no difference if they lived in a rich or a poor country.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 09:41 |
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Judge in New York dismisses human gene patent |
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Monday, 29 March 2010 18:32 |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancers cannot be patented because they are a product of nature, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued in May to invalidate a patent on two genes held by Myriad Genetics on grounds those patents stifled the free flow of information and hampered research.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 09:41 |
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Infomercial fitness: Those six-pack abs as seen on TV |
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Monday, 29 March 2010 17:30 |
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By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK, March 29 - (Reuters Life!) You're bemoaning your tummy roll when on the TV appear exquisitely toned specimens working out with gadgets that promise to rock, roll or wheel those love handles into abs to die for. Should you go for it?
Experts say all infomercial machines are not created equal. Some are mere gimmicks, some actually work. But targeting one area, such as the midriff, is no way to get fit or lose weight.
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Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 18:42 |
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