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Boosting immunity can start naturally

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:43:18 GMT

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Boosting immunity can start naturally

With flu season in full swing - and H1N1 looming large - some medical experts are encouraging preventative medicine to keep the immune system functioning optimally to keep seasonal illnesses at bay.

Garlic

The root's active ingredient, allicin, has antiviral and antibacterial properties.

Ginger

The root contains a number of volatile oils that warm the body and help it sweat, break a fever and eliminate toxins.

Honey

A natural antibiotic with antiseptic properties, honey also contains a number of immune-boosting and infection-fighting vitamins and minerals, including B-complexes, C,D, E vitamins and propolis.

Cayenne

High in vitamins C, A, B and calcium and potassium

Acidophilus and bifidus

Considered friendly bacteria

Go Green

Dark leafy green vegetables like kale, swiss chard, and spinach provide vitamins B12, folic acid, potassium, vitamins A, C and K,

bolster the immune system.

Acid and alkaline

promotes digestion and also aids in healing

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Med schools increasingly teach alternatives

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:34:59 GMT

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Med schools increasingly teach alternatives

By Marilynn Marchione • The Associated Press • December 6, 2009

Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It's another example of how alternative medicine has become mainstream, and it's often done with Uncle Sam's help.

The government has spent more than $22 million to help medical and nursing schools start teaching about alternative medicine — lesson plans that some critics say are biased toward unproven remedies.

Additional tax money has been spent to recruit and train young doctors to do research in this field, launching some into careers as alternative medicine providers.

Doctors need to know about popular remedies so they can discuss them nonjudgmentally and give competent advice, the government says, and many universities and medical groups agree.

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Google property portal threatens online housing market

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:44:24 GMT

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Google property portal threatens online housing market

Homebuyers looking to buy a property may be able to use Google under radical plans being considered by the world's most popular website.

The American website giant is understood to be planning to launch an online property portal in the next few months.

If the plan goes ahead, anybody looking to buy a property will be able to use Google to search for properties for sale in any part of the country.

Estate agents said they have been talking to the company about the plans.

The service currently operates in Australia, where buyers can use Google to view properties for sale

Ed Mead, commercial director of the estate agency Douglas & Gordon, said: 'It looks very simple.

'If it stays free, then Google has a massive winner on its hands as it will get the backing from estate agents currently paying for rival sites.'

Google refused to confirm its plans, and said it never comments on speculation about its new business launches.

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Breastfeeding 'dramatically cuts the risk' of mother getting diabetes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:35:51 GMT

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Breastfeeding 'dramatically cuts the risk' of mother getting diabetes

Mothers who breastfeed may be protecting themselves against diabetes in later life, research suggests.

Breastfeeding for one month can halve the risk of pre-diabetes, a condition which can lead to full-blown diabetes and heart disease, say researchers.

The 20-year study found mothers who did so had healthier levels of blood fats and glucose than those who were bottlefeeding.

The study of 704 women, who were all expecting their first child, looked at the development of Metabolic Syndrome, a pre-diabetes condition, in the two decades after they gave birth.

The findings, published in the journal Diabetes, showed breastfeeding lowered the risk by between 39 and 56 per cent depending on how long it lasted.

Women who developed gestational diabetes – where they have high blood glucose levels during pregnancy – got even greater protection in later life, with their risk of pre-diabetes cut by between 44 and 86 per cent.

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Nintendo DS launches first eReader for children

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:30:50 GMT

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Nintendo DS launches first eReader for children

With the Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader and British-made Cool-er jostling for space in the crowded electronic books market, it was only a matter of time before a company created an eReader for children.

Step forward Flips - a range of interactive books designed by EA Games for the Nintendo DS, which will be released tomorrow.

The makers of the Flips books say they encourage reluctant children to read with interactive features

Each games cartridge includes six to eight books by a popular children's author. The first four titles will feature authors Enid Blyton and Cathy Cassidy, the Artemis Foul books and Too Ghoul for Cool series.

'This encourages greater concentration and gives an incentive to finish every chapter,' an EA Games spokesman said.

They can interact with the world of storytelling with quizzes, moving animations and pop-up character boxes. Other features vary from cupcake recipes to code breaking games.

Read later

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Google set to charge to stream TV shows on Youtube

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:14:26 GMT

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Google set to charge to stream TV shows on Youtube

Posted by Adam Bunker on Wed 2 Dec 2009

'Preliminary discussions' underway

In its quest to squeeze as much cash as possible from the infinitely popular Youtube, owner Google has entered ‘preliminary discussions’ on the subject of offering paid-for streaming of full TV shows.

The idea would be to charge a small amount to stream full length shows sans commercials, or to pay a slightly larger amount to ‘rent’ the show for a few days. We’re knee deep in rumour and hear-say on this at the moment, but we’ll keep you posted as and when we hear more.

Link: Via TechRadar

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Magnetic Discs Could Kill Cancer Cells

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:17:07 GMT

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Magnetic Discs Could Kill Cancer Cells

Doctors may have discovered an unlikely tool to kill cancer cells: tiny magnetic discs, too small to be seen by the naked eye. The discs are just 60 billionths of a meter thick, said the French news agency AFP.

The so-called "nanodiscs" are made of an iron-nickel alloy, the agency reported. When they are subjected to a magnetic field, the discs vibrate. This movement damages the membranes of cancer cells and causes them to self-destruct.

Elena Rozhkova, who co-authored the new study, has high hopes for the clinical application of nanodiscs, said AFP. She said that subjecting the discs to a magnetic field for about 10 minutes was enough to destroy 90 percent of cancer cells in lab tests.

Another scholar, Jon Dobson of Britain's Keele University, speculated that the body's own defenses could be persuaded to cooperate with the discs, said the agency. He suggested that antibodies could be used to guide the discs to tumor cells.

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Probiotics for Weight Loss?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:55:15 GMT

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Probiotics for Weight Loss?

Believe it or not, the human body contains more bacteria living inside than individual cells: 100 trillion microorganisms live in our gastrointestinal tract as compared with a "mere" 10 trillion human cells in our body. And one of the best kinds of microorganisms we can have flourishing inside our bodies are the probiotics, the healthy bacteria that live in our intestines or gut. Now, new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital and Clinics suggests probiotics might even enhance weight-loss programs.

The Stanford researchers first noticed the beneficial effects of probiotics on weight when working with extremely obese patients who've had gastric-bypass surgery. But studies are showing that the benefits of probiotics are not limited to those who've had this medical procedure.

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What Is a Green-Collar Job, Exactly?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:12:29 GMT

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What Is a Green-Collar Job, Exactly?

Academics have released lots of studies trumpeting the potential for green jobs — one report by the RAND Corporation and University of Tennessee found that if 25% of all American energy were produced from renewable sources by 2025, we would generate at least 5 million new green jobs. But there are just a few questions: what is green-collar? What makes it different from blue- or white-collar? And where will those jobs come from?

Phil Angelides has the answers

Here's how he defines a green job: "It has to pay decent wages and benefits that can support a family. It has to be part of a real career path, with upward mobility. And it needs to reduce waste and pollution and benefit the environment." (Hear Angelides discuss the green-collar revolution on this week's Greencast.)

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Social media 'could transform public services'

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:59:13 GMT

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Social media 'could transform public services'

By Mark Ward
Technology correspondent, BBC News

Social media could transform the NHS and other public services in the same way that file-sharing changed the music industry, a conference has heard.

Growing use of tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, offered an opportunity to reinvent services, delegates heard.

The MyPublicServices event debated ways to harness these conversations, many of which are critical, to make services better and more inclusive.

If this was not done, many services would be undermined, speakers said.

"It's happened to the music and travel industries and it's going to happen to public services," said Dr Paul Hodgkin, founder of the Patient Opinion site that organised the MyPublicServices conference.

The conference heard from many people who had been moved by their frustration with current practices to set up a website or a service that can do something about it.

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Easy anti virus protection with H1N1 Destroying UV Wand

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:27:10 GMT

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Easy anti virus protection with H1N1 Destroying UV Wand

First of all it destroys many known and very dangerous bacteria and viruses. Second that is important that during laboratory tests UV Wand showed great result - after 5 seconds nearly 99.98% of the H1NI virus was destroyed.

The H1N1 UV Wand is made for use not only in medical institution, but rather for daily use of modern busy people. Now is so easy to sanitize the gadgets that might be in use by infected people and also as well as a preventive tool for keyboards, phones, other big and small gadgets. This wand is very practice and easy in use. If to describe it by few words - I can say that it comes as a stick shaped gadget, that easy to hold, user friendly and easy to operate.

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Essential Screening Tests Every Woman Needs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:06:35 GMT

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Slideshow: Essential Screening Tests Every Woman Needs

Breast Cancer

Screening With Mammography

Cervical Cancer

Screening for Cervical Cancer

A Vaccine for Cervical Cancer

Osteoporosis and Fractured Bones

Osteoporosis Screening Tests

Skin Cancer

Screening for Skin Cancer

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension

Cholesterol Levels

Determining Cholesterol Levels

Type 2 Diabetes

Screening for Type 2 Diabetes

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

HIV Screening Tests

Preventing the Spread of HIV

Colorectal Cancer

Screening for Colorectal Cancer

Glaucoma

Glaucoma Screening

Importance of Health Screening

Why Screening Tests Are Important

Getting the right screening test at the right time is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Screenings find diseases like cancer or diabetes early, before you have symptoms, and when they’re easier to treat. Which test you should have depends on your age and your risk factors. Learn more about the screenings your doctor may recommend for you.

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What Google Knows About You

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:39:29 GMT

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What Google Knows About You

November 4th, 2009

Finally, an inside look into Skynet, I mean Google.

Google as accidentally published a video detailing a new feature coming to your Google account: transparency. The feature, called "Google Dashboard" gives new insight and control into the data Google has on you.

You can find the feature at google.com/dashboard -- just not yet, because the site will serve you a 404 error. (The feature was apparently supposed to be under embargo until tomorrow.) -- Taylor Buley

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Difference Between Vista & Windows 7

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:13:08 GMT

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Difference Between Vista & Windows 7

From the out side, the all new Windows 7 closely resembles its predecessor Windows Vista. The major change that you will be able to see at first, in terms of UI, is the new taskbar also known as superbar, which now sports a battery of features.

f you have been running Vista, then obviously you want to know difference between Vista and Windows 7, before making the wise decision.

The list below takes you through a list of major Windows 7 features that are not available in Vista.

Simply put, Windows 7 is much faster, safer and better than any OS out there including its predecessor Vista.

Apart from all the changes that we have mentioned in the above list, there are many small, new features exist in Windows 7, which can only be experienced by installing Windows 7.

You can also refer our difference between windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions to know more about Windows 7 editions.

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Internet Use Changes Older Brains

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:36:29 GMT

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Internet Use Changes Older Brains

Adults with little internet experience show changes in their brain activity after just one week online, a new study finds.

The results suggest Internet training can stimulate neural activation patterns and could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults.

As the brain ages, a number of structural and functional changes occur, including atrophy, or decay, reductions in cell activity and increases in complex things like deposits of amyloid plaques and tau tangles, which can impact cognitive function.

Theses brain scans show activity in savvy Web users, above, and those with little experience, below. Note how in the second set of scans, done after a week of training, both groups show similar patterns of brain activity.

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