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Scientists Break Down Why Flying East Is Worse for Jet Lag
When it comes to flying, many avid travelers may notice jet-lag symptoms are particularly bad when heading east instead of west. That may seem to be a figment of your imagination, but it's actually a known phenomenon confirmed by science. Today researchers from the University of Maryland's Institute for Research in...
Doctors Use 3-D Models, Special Balloons to Separate Conjoined Sisters
Doctors at a Texas hospital explained today how they used 3-D modeling, injectable dye and special "balloons" to safely separate two conjoined sisters earlier this week. Sisters Ximena and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres were born connected at the waist, sharing a colon and bladder — a 1 in 50 million chance —...
A Doctor on Why Patients Lie to Their Physicians
April Fool’s is here and everyone has a get-out-of-free card for the most inventive lie. Aside from the holiday of hoax, most people lie on occasion to avoid consequences or spare another person's feelings. But your doctor will tell you that fibbing may be harmful to your health. While many people lie to doctors for...
Police who arrested Adam Johnson found ANIMAL PORN and STI medicine stash at his home
SHAMED England and Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson was previously arrested on suspicion of possessing ANIMAL PORN and had medicines for sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) locked in a safe at his country home, it can be revealed today. The disgraced ex-England winger, who was today jailed for six years for engaging in...