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Kathryn - Our health specialist likes to share with the readers the latest news from the field. Nobody understands better than her the relation between healthy mind and healthy body.
New Zealand’s immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 286 lbs, did not have an acceptable standard of health
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Albert Buitenhuis: South African chef faces expulsion from New Zealand for being too fat

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Drinking five or more cups of tea a day lowers the risk of advanced prostate cancer by a third
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Five or more cups of tea a day lowers risk of advanced prostate cancer by a third

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MERS is from the same group of viruses as the common cold and SARS, which killed 774 people
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MERS virus unlikely to reach same scale as SARS

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Doctors have long recognized that taking ACE inhibitors may slow the onset of Alzheimer’s
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ACE inhibitors side effect slows Alzheimer’s disease onset

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British scientists have discovered how allergic reactions to cats are triggered, raising hopes of preventative medicine
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Cat allergy cause uncovered

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Evolutionary geneticists from McMaster University say men's tendency to choose younger mates meant fertility became pointless for older women
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Menopause and its side effects can be blamed on men

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Avandia tablets, NLM Pillbox
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What is Avandia and why are Glaxosmithkline facing legal claims for its damaging effects?

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Debbie Martin, Angelina Jolie's aunt, has died of breast cancer, nearly two weeks after the Hollywood star said she had had a double mastectomy
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Debbie Martin: Angelina Jolie’s aunt dies of breast cancer at the age of 61

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SkyScreamer, the world’s tallest tower swing ride, was officially opened at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington
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SkyScreamer: World’s highest swing ride taking thrill-seekers up to 400 feet in the air opens at Six Flags Over Texas

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A new study claims that the excessive consumption of soda, even diet soda, affects your teeth as badly as ingesting two of the most dangerous narcotics on earth
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Soda consumption may affect your teeth as bad as most dangerous narcotics

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People with higher IQs are slow to detect large background movements because their brains filter out non-essential information
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Higher IQ linked to good concentration

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Powerful statins increase type 2 diabetes risk by 22 percent
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Powerful statins increase type 2 diabetes risk by 22%

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Polish doctors say they have performed a total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident with stone-cutting machinery
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Total face transplant performed in Poland

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A Tunisian man has died of the NCoV, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa
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Novel coronavirus kills Tunisian man

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Scientists have found that vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the laboratory
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Vitamin C kills multidrug-resistant TB in laboratory tests

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New research shows that spring cleaning can burn off even more calories than running a marathon
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Full spring cleaning burns more calories than running a marathon

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Starting with 2014, the European Commission will ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables
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EU bans refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables

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Controversy and criticism has surrounded work on the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
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DSM-5: Controversial updates to mental health manual to be published

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Mushroom-rich diet followed by Katy Perry, Kelly Osbourne and Roxanne Pallett can help women lose weight without shrinking their bust
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Recipe: Super slimming mushroom inspired meal

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The mushroom plan is being touted as the latest weapon for savvy celeb dieters who want to shed pounds quickly but still keep some of their curves
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Mushroom diet: M-Plan promises to help women lose weight still keeping their curves

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Kim Kardashian complained about her swollen feet when she tweeted a snap of them after wearing caged Givenchy boots all day
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Why do women’s feet swell during pregnancy?

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The technique used for human cloning, somatic cell nuclear transfer, has been well-known since Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned
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Embryonic stem cells: Milestone in medical human cloning

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Angelina Jolie is now planning to have her ovaries removed, following a double mastectomy after discovering she's a carrier of the BRCA1 gene
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Angelina Jolie plans to have her ovaries removed as she has 50% chance of developing ovarian cancer

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A Japanese study suggests women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly
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Why women live longer than men

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Angelina Jolie kept her family life as normal as possible for the sake of her children as she underwent a double mastectomy
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Angelina Jolie double mastectomy: How she kept a normal life for her children during three months of secret operations

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