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Can you TRAIN your brain to quit sugar? Health hack to stop your sweet tooth
SUGAR has been branded by nutritionists and medical professionals as one of the most damaging items in the modern diet. Scientific research has linked sugar to obesity, diabetes, heart failure and even dementia. Brits are well aware the substance is rampant in cakes, chocolate and sweets. Thanks to recent health campaigns, the...
Teen No Longer Needs Lung Transplant After ‘Miracle’ Recovery
A high school senior is heading home after what she calls a "miracle" recovery from a lung disease, to the point that she no longer needs a lung transplant. Michelle Harris, of Chicago, has a rare autoimmune disease called granulomatosis with polyangiitis that affected her lungs. The 18-year-old high school...
A blood test before birth could predict your medical destiny
It was just after midnight on an autumn evening in 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis Lo made a discovery he knew would change modern medicine. Lo had discovered a "treasure trove" of valuable DNA floating freely in the bloodstream. His breakthrough would one day make it possible for pregnant women to safely screen their...
We should only be showering once a week
Donnachadh McCarthy writing for the Guardian says something in modern society stinks, and it's our habit of showering every day. He says he only bathed once a week when he was a kid and doesn't remember smelling, blaming "falsely imposed cultural norms" for our all-too-frequent showers. McCarthy says he's...
Pre-teen beauty vlogger with facial malformation goes viral
Nikki Christou, of the United Kingdom, was born with a malformation that has left a tinted bulge on one side of her face, but she hasn’t let the rare condition stop her from turning into a YouTube star. “This has really interfered with my life,” Christou, 11, who suffers from high-flow craniofacial AVM...
7 Cancer-Fighting Culinary Spices and Herbs
Ginger Ginger has long been used in folk medicine to treat everything from colds to constipation. Ginger can be used fresh, in powdered form (ginger spice), or candied. Although the flavor between fresh and ground ginger is significantly different, they can be substituted for one another in many recipes. In general, you can...
Houston 4-year-old suffers severe brain damage after being sedated at dentist
A little girl’s life has been changed forever after a trip to the dentist left her with severe brain damage. Nevaeh Hall, 4, has been left unable to speak or walk after sedation at Houston’s Diamond Dentistry went terribly wrong in early January. Her mother Courissa told KHOU that the girl went to Dr. Bethaniel...
‘Good’ cholesterol not always good, study suggests
Some people with high levels of supposedly "good" cholesterol are at much greater risk of heart disease, a study suggests. A bloodstream tussle takes place between "bad" cholesterol dumping fatty material in the arteries and good cholesterol taking it away. But a Cambridge University study in the journal...
Six wonderful reasons to wake up at 6 a.m.
People often link early risers to life success. Blogger Eghosa Aihie has been waking up at 6 a.m. for two years now, and he claims that the habit has changed his life. Here are six reasons that from Eghosa that should motivate you to wake up earlier. Maybe we’ll manage to become early birds soon — we can but dream!...
‘Shocking’ sugar levels in High Street hot drinks, warns charity
There are "shocking" amounts of sugar in some hot drinks sold in High Street cafes, a campaign group has warned. Action on Sugar analysed 131 hot drinks and found a third contained at least as much sugar as a can of Pepsi or Coca-Cola, which contains nine teaspoons. The charity said in some of the worst cases the...
Do e-cigarettes make it harder to stop smoking?
People trying to give up smoking often use e-cigarettes to help wean themselves off tobacco. Most experts think they are safer than cigarettes but a surprising paper was published recently — it suggests that people who use e-cigarettes are less successful at giving up smoking than those who don't. "E-cigarettes...