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Woman Gives Birth Shortly After Finishing Marathon
Amber Miller finished the Chicago Marathon three hours off her pace on Sunday, clocking in at six hours and 25 minutes.
But there’s a good explanation for why.
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Addiction Vaccines Will Potentially Cure Nicotine and Drug Dependencies
Scientists in San Diego are developing new vaccines that will potentially cure addictions, allowing cigarette and drug abusers to kick their habits with a simple injection.
Dr. Kim D. Janda, a Scripps Research Institute professor, is one of the leading experts, having made addiction vaccines his main priority for the past 25 years. “We view this as an alternative or better way for some people,” he tells The New York Times in reference to rehab programs.
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Study Finds That Being Easily Embarrassed Is a ‘Sign of Virtue’
People who are quick to be moderately embarrassed are more trustworthy, more generous, and more likely to be monogamous, according to a study from the University of California at Berkeley.
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A Pink Ribbon Tattoo – A Lifetime Of Love
October 6, 2011
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. I would venture to say most people have been affected by the dreaded disease of cancer at sometime in their life. Whether it's themselves, a family member or friend, cancer has no rhyme or reason. It doesn't have a standard of income, age, sex or color. I know this firsthand as my sister Jeanne was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 42 in 2002.
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‘Stay Sober’ Pill In Development
A pill that eliminated all the effects alcohol on lab rats may one day be available to humans.
Researchers fed the rodents — who react to alcohol similarly to how people do — the new drug after having them consume enough booze to stumble and fall down. Then they measured the rodents for balance and reflexes, finding that the rats on the drug tested as if they were still sober.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month – 4 Groups You Can Donate To Right Now
National nonprofits and physicians’ organizations dedicate every October to the cause of breast cancer awareness — raising funds for research and helping ensure that all women are able to receive regular screenings.
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Perk Me Up!
So it seems anything you eat or drink these days effects you somehow negatively. There is always some study, somewhere, from some doctor, saying how all is BAD for you. Well a new study finds that women who consume a little extra java have a better time keeping off depression.
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Household Items That Could Save Your Life
So if you are anything like me, perhaps you have become a little too paranoid for your own good. How could you not feel that way with all those "gloom and doom" shows you can find on cable TV? You know, the "Top 10 Ways the Earth Will End" type TV shows? Boy, those are uplifting.
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Getting Low On Things That Give You Cancer? Try Juice!
Guess they're running out of things that give you cancer -- so now it's juice! Yep, scientists say what was supposed to be the healthy way to start the day might not be as beneficial as you think.
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Fatherhood Can Cause a Drop in Testosterone Levels
In the first study of its kind, researchers compared the testosterone level of men when they were single and childless to their testosterone level after they had had a child.
While testosterone always decreases when men age, the decline was much more pronounced among the men who had become fathers.
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I Ate What? Infographic Reveals What Americans Consume in a Year
From the fine folks at Daily Infographic comes this somewhat frightening visual representation of what the average American eats in a calendar year.
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Megan Fox Ditches Vegan Diet Because It Made Her Too Skinny
You can call Megan Fox the anti-Bill Clinton.
While the former president recently raved about the positive effects a vegan diet had on his health, the 25-year old actress went in the completely opposite direction during a recent interview with Amica magazine when she blamed going vegan for making her unhealthily skinny.