Heard some interesting news and immediately thought of Boomers and how much they are going to love it.
Also, just when you think medical science has hit a plateau and no more patents can be filed in a certain category, science hits you back with a big fat pillow. Literally.
Researchers have worked on developing a copper oxide pillow case, studies of which shows that those who used it for four weeks had fewer lines and wrinkles than those using conventional bedding.
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Posted on 21 July 2008
Tags: merck, Vytorin

After the Viox scandal, this would come as a big relief to pharmapsutical industry which had been taking a beating lately. (Albeit not in terms of revenues but goodwill).
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Posted on 16 July 2008
Tags: diet, Health
Just came across this study according to which if you avoid high glycemic load foods, then it could help acne sufferers clear up their skin.
So what exactly is glycemic diet. High glycemic load foods refer to foods that cause a sharp increase in blood glucose, or sugar, such as low-fiber carbohydrates.
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With little fanfare, three American hostages rescued from leftist guerillas in Colombia returned safely to the United States, more than five years after their plane went down in rebel-held jungle.
You must have already heard the rudimentary details about background of this event. Just to recap, 3 american contractors working for Northrop Grumman and deployed against the rebels and drug cartels in Columbia fell into the hands of their captors after the plane they were flying in crashed.
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Posted on 01 July 2008
Tags: Calamity
This is something which is more apt in a Third World rather than the most powerful and one of the richest (if not the richest) country in the world.
A surveillance camera footage shows a woman collapsing and dying on a hospital emergency room floor and then lying for an hour while staff walk past.
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Posted on 01 July 2008
Tags: infection
I have never heard of Red Rice before but then I never thought that in this country people could be throwing up and getting sick after eating tomatoes.
According to the latest report released by Consumer Lab, the organization tested 10 varieties of red yeast rice found that level of statin compound varied by more than 100 fold and in addition to this, 4 of the varities tested contained potentially toxic contaminant - citrinin.
Red rice is made through a fermentation process (isn’t that how beer is made as well?).
I still don’t know what this is, but I would stay as far away as possible and I recommend you follow the same.
The problems and scare tactics of salmonella inefcted are still fresh in the American mind. With FDA totally clueless so far about the infection outbreak crisis, its better everybody take precaution in their own hands and be careful about what they ingest.