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Archive for January, 2009
Cutting Calories May Increase Memory
Jan. 31 | It is believed that that if you reduce your calorie intake by 30%, your memory may improve. There have been experiments done on rats to study whether or not a diet low in calories and high in unsaturated fatty acids cause the memory to improve. The volunteers...
Cutting calories may boost your memory
Jan. 30 | According to a study conducted by the University of Munster in Germany, reducing calorie intake by as little as one-third may work to help you remember more. Researchers took 50 volunteers whose average age was 60, and separated them into three groups....
Obama Reverses Abortion-Funding Policy
Jan. 30 | In what appears to be an ongoing tennis match between Republicans and Democrats with the lives of women around the world being used as the ball, Obama has once again reversed the Bush Administrations decision to not fund abortions to International organizations....
Patrick Swayze to Write Memoir with Wife
Jan. 27 | Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze is proving that he’s feeling better one week after being released from the hospital where he suffered a bout of pneumonia. Swayze rep, Annett Wolf, has confirmed to Usmagazine.com that the 56 year-old actor is planning...
New Director of CDC Chosen
Jan. 24 | Dr. Richard Besser was recently appointed as the interim director of the CDC, after Dr. Julie Gerberding, the previous director, resigned. Gerberding stepped down after the change in administration on January 20th, along with a few other officials, though...
National Study Shows Genes Influence Popularity and Social Status
Jan. 21 | A study led by researchers at Harvard University Medical School and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has found that the answer to why some people are highly social and popular, while others are shy and on the edge of their social groups,...
Risks Of Every Day Health And Lifestyle
Jan. 17 | In nutrition as well as any life aspect, many risks always threaten the health and lifestyle of every person. Even the most popular type of food has the ability to harm the consumer with a health incident even leading to death. In recent news, salmonella...
Katrina Darrell - American Idol’s “Bikini Girl”
Jan. 14 | If you watched the season premiere of American Idol, no doubt you missed the girl who came into an audition wearing only a very skimpy bikini. At first glance, most viewers probably thought she had a great body, but probably would not be able to sing,...
Non Prescription Weight Loss Pill Gets European Go Ahead
Jan. 13 | The weight loss drug Orlistat is slated to go on sale in European pharmacies without the requirement of a prescription within the next few months. Although early approval was first given several months ago in October 2008, the European Commission has...
