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Kathryn R. Bown

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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 weight loss drink Slimsticks has been likened to a “gastric band in a glass”, due to the drink’s hunger busting properties
Health

Slimsticks: gastric band in a glass contains miracle ingredient Konjac

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Blue Book Online gives heart surgery patients access to their doctor's performances.
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Blue Book Online gives heart surgery patients access to their doctor’s success rate

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McDonald's celebrates St. Patrick's Day each year with their famous minty-green Shamrock Shake, which contains a whopping 820 calories
Health

Shamrock Shake: McDonald’s St Patrick’s Day treat calories are equivalent to one and a half hamburgers

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Celery is often proposed as a negative calorie food due to its low calorie count, high water density, and impressive fibre content
Health

Can foods have negative calories?

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An immediate treatment after HIV infection may be enough to functionally cure about a 10th of those diagnosed early
Health

HIV infection cured in up to 15% of cases after very early treatment

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is raising the alarm as at least 28 percent of schoolgirls in South Africa are HIV positive
Africa news

South Africa alarm over girls high HIV rate

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cosmetic surgery
Fashion & Style

Cosmetic surgery had an increased popularity in 2012

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Many of us believe eating sushi is a good way to get the recommended two portions of fish each week, but most of the products on the market contain very little protein
Health

How sushi makes you fat

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The new drugs are synthetic versions of resveratrol, found in red wine, an organic chemical believed to have an anti-ageing effect, by boosting activity of a protein called SIRT1
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Resveratrol: new drug that could help people to live to 150 by slowing the ageing process

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Malignant melanoma
Health

Why is melanoma resistant to treatment? Findings suggest possible strategy for improvement

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Chemicals found in bee stings could help prevent the spread of HIV
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Bee sting venom helps prevent the spread of HIV

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Chips are addictive, author claims.
Health

The more you eat, the more you crave them: crisps are addictive, author claims

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Manufacturers use aspartame and similar sweeteners in fizzy drinks such as Diet Coke
Health

Aspartame linked to cancer and premature birth

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A research team from King's College London took cells from adult human gum tissue and combined them with another type of cell from mice to grow a tooth
Health

New teeth grown from gum cells

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Health officials said diners at Copenhagen's Noma restaurant fell sick over a five-day period in February, suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea
Europe News

Noma restaurant, dubbed the world’s best eatery, sickens more than 60 people in Denmark

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Polish food inspectors have stopped meat production at Viola plant following claims that it was adding rotten meat to its products
Europe News

Poland: Viola plant halts production over rotten meat row

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A study of half a million people across Europe suggests that sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young
Health

Processed meat increases risk of dying young

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A quick and simple breath test can diagnose stomach cancer
Health

Breath test can diagnose stomach cancer

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A Norwegian study has found that people who have trouble drifting off to sleep may be at increased risk of heart failure
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Lack of sleep linked to increased risk of heart failure

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Ikea has decided to withdraw a type of almond cake from its restaurants after samples were found to be contaminated by coliform bacteria
Europe News

Ikea almond cakes withdrawn amid concerns of coliform bacteria contamination

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Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer than current therapies
Health

Oestrogen skin patches may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer

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A baby girl in the US, who was born with HIV, appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy
Front Page

HIV baby girl cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy

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Melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, is able to fend off the body's immune system
Health

Melanoma is able to fend off the body’s immune system

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CDC is warning doctors to be on the lookout for untreatable multidrug-resistant CRE superbug emerging in the US
Health

CRE superbug outbreak put US health officials in high alert

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British researchers have explained the way cancers make a chaotic mess of their genetic code in order to thrive
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How cancers make a chaotic mess of their genetic code in order to thrive

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