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People often repeat stupid things they hear in pop culture that are obviously untrue. For example, when I tell someone I intend to lose weight by eating less I'm often confronted by someone who exclaims “You can't lose weight by not eating!”
Wrong! I've never met anyone that gained weight while fasting. It is a guarantee that you will lose weight if you fast. As a matter of fact, it's such a profoundly stupid statement that I assume they obviously don't really mean that someone that fasts will gain weight or maintain their present body weight. These people argue their point with such passion while refusing to deal with the basic laws of physics. It's like talking to the people who believe in water powered automobiles.
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Submitted by jasonn on February 12, 2008 - 12:27am.
You wouldn't think Kenya's biggest health problem, or primary health concern would be discouraging tobacco use. BBC reports the legal battle ensues over the government's legal right to ban smoking in public.
There has also been confusion about where people can smoke as the law is vague in defining a "public place".
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Under the ban, those caught smoking in offices, bus stations, airports and sports venue would face a fine of 50,000 Kenya shillings ($700; £375) or six months in prison.
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Submitted by jasonn on June 1, 2006 - 2:07am.
BBC reports an inventor helps his wife make it to the pub in time for tea, and creates an award nominated invention.
"My husband had this wonderful idea - he took off his rucksack, put a bungee on my foot and I covered the last two kilometres and got there in time for tea."
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Submitted by jasonn on April 30, 2006 - 1:41pm.
There seems to be legitimate research pointing to Viagra (sildenafil) as a potential treatment for heart stress.
Viagra prevented and reversed the long-term cardiac effects of chronic high blood pressure. - Forbes
It's an interesting article, and new excuse for Medicare to continue picking up the tab on this recreational drug.
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Submitted by jasonn on October 25, 2005 - 2:36pm.
Elderly people could use a simple cellular phone for medical emergencies. Everyone has seen the alert service ads for in-home emergencies. You know the one that sells the necklace with a red button on it. The old ads had a lady screaming "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!" Finally, a company claims the specific purpose of offering that service on a portable model. Gemini Technologies offers a small GPS tracking, emergency cell phone.
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Submitted by jasonn on October 5, 2005 - 6:48am.
I'm using the Memletics product to see how well I can improve my memory with their system. I'll report soon.
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Submitted by jasonn on June 22, 2005 - 3:58pm.
Oxycontin (oxycodone) is legal and prescribed to deal with pain. It continues to make headlines as abusers go to jail and commit all sorts of crimes while abusing it, obtaining it, and continuing to support their addictions to it. I could list dozens of drugs that are known to have successful alternate black market lives. Practically any opiate prescription you can name sells for top dollar on the street.
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Submitted by jasonn on June 16, 2005 - 6:32am.
Smoking accelerated the ageing of key pieces of a person's DNA by about 4.6 years. For obesity it was nine years. - BBC
So, I've done twice the damage to myself quitting smoking and gaining weight. That's truly depressing.
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Submitted by jasonn on June 14, 2005 - 1:01pm.
Canada likely has the best healthcare any nationalized plan has to offer. However, it doesn't stop Canadians from skipping across the border to try a little capital driven care in the US. In some cases, it may be more than just preference that drives Canadians to some of the most expensive medical care money can buy. It seems that timely care is expensive in the US, often unavailable or illegal in Canada.
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Submitted by jasonn on June 10, 2005 - 4:13pm.
Working with elements from HIV and the Ebola virus to cure cystic fibrosis seems kind of like enlisting two of the four horsemen to end world hunger.
Cystic fibrosis could be treated using elements of two potentially fatal viruses - HIV and Ebola - research has suggested.
The viruses are used to deliver a healthy version of the gene which is faulty in CF directly into lung cells.
The University of Pennsylvania researchers say tests on monkeys show the method is effective. - BBC
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Submitted by jasonn on June 9, 2005 - 6:52am.
