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Cuba offers free penis implants
Mon Nov 23, 12:20 / comments: 0
Sexual impotence is not inevitable for the Cubans for whom the Viagra has no effect, since the communist government decided to offer free implants, according to local media.
Influenza A transmissible to pets?
Tue Nov 24, 13:29 / comments: 0
Owners of animals infected with influenza A could transmit the virus to their pets.
Cannabis as a last remedy for an autistic child
Thu Nov 26, 13:09 / comments: 0
Cannabis as a last remedy to prevent her autistic child from starving: the solution adopted by a mother in California.
Considered in a coma, he was awake but paralyzed
Tue Nov 24, 13:18 / comments: 0
For 23 years doctors have thought he was in a coma. But, says the patient, he was awake, though unable to communicate because the body was totally paralyzed.
Getting rid of anesthesia and scalpel with powerful ultrasound
Fri Dec 4, 14:04 / comments: 0
New techniques can destroy tumors without anesthesia or scalpel with help of a device called ExAblate, developed by Israeli firm Insightec.
Pertussis: Not only children are affected
Wed Nov 18, 13:04 / comments: 0
Pertussis affects not only newborns. Certainly, it is more severe for them, but adults also can contract it and pass it to infants not yet immunized. One solution: adults need immunization too.
Anti smoking vaccine soon in the U.S.
Wed Nov 18, 13:14 / comments: 0
Now in the final phase of testing with humans, it could soon be allowed in the United States. GSK has initiated the Phase 3 trials expected to determine actual effectiveness of the vaccine on smokers.
A patch therapy against hay fever
Thu Nov 19, 11:40 / comments: 0
Team of Gabriela Senti at the University Hospital of Zurich, conducted a study on 37 adults sensitive to grass pollen with skin and nasal testing to provoke a hay fever reaction.
Down syndrome: a new hope
Thu Nov 19, 14:42 / comments: 0
Encouraging research on mice could potentially lead to treatments to improve the mental functioning of children with Down syndrome, according to a study released Wednesday.
The alcohol would help reduce cardiac risk in men
Sun Nov 29, 10:01 / comments: 0
Regular consumption of alcohol would reduce by about one third the risk of CHD (myocardial infarction, angina pectoris) in men, according to a Spanish study.
U.S. cinema: a 1610 calorie movie
Wed Nov 25, 12:33 / comments: 0
The most frightening monsters of American cinemas are not those from the big screen but the popcorn, soda and snacks with their large amount of calories and saturated fat, according to a U.S. study.
A mutant version of H1N1 detected in Norway
Sat Nov 21, 12:11 / comments: 0
The World Health reported that 3 cases of mutation of the H1N1 virus have been detected in Norway. The vaccine is still effective.
H1N1 influenza: Buying drugs via the Internet may be dangerous, experts say
Sun Nov 22, 12:18 / comments: 0
Buy Tamiflu against the H1N1 influenza on the Internet. Nothing more simple and users are more likely to do so. Beside the risk for health it enables cyber criminals to reap millions of dollars.
Let your kids get dirty
Wed Nov 25, 10:16 / comments: 0
Let your kids get dirty, they just activate their immune system, claim the scientists.
AIDS: new HIV infections fell by 17%
Thu Nov 26, 11:18 / comments: 0
According to new data published in The epidemic of AIDS in 2009, new HIV infections fell by 17% over the last eight years.
Food supplements: more harm than good?
Thu Nov 26, 12:12 / comments: 0
Should we add vitamins to foods in order to prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease? Folic acid and vitamin B12 may increase the risk of malicious tumors development, including lung cancer, a new study says.
More than 5 gramms of salt per day: Why is it really bad?
Fri Nov 27, 13:20 / comments: 0
Eating too much salt increases the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease, according to a study released November 25 on the website Bmj.com.
The tick could become the best friend of man
Mon Dec 7, 14:48 / comments: 0
The parasite's saliva contains a substance that prevents blood clots.
Fighting the stress with knitting needles
Thu Dec 3, 11:58 / comments: 0
Do knitting to combat stress! This is the new idea of doctors who are discovering the virtues of needlework to combat stress and endure chronic pain.
Digestion: Good reasons to follow set time of eating
Sun Nov 29, 09:24 / comments: 0
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies revealed that thousands of genes in the liver become active after food intake, not only at time defined by a biological rhythm, as has been commonly believed.
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