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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.
Being overweight is not just bad for your waistline but for your brain too
Health

Obesity linked to declining mental performance

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A new research reveals your long-lasting bright lipstick could contain a host of chemicals that may seriously harm your health
Fashion & Style

Why your lipstick may seriously harm your health

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Echinacea is an herbal remedy that should not be given to children under 12, the UK's drugs watchdog has warned parents
Health

Echinacea should not be given to children under 12

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US researchers who looked at a poll of 340,000 people found moods were no worse on Mondays than other working days, bar Friday
Health

Miserable Monday myth dispelled by new research

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A headache can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck
Health

How to cure different forms of headaches

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Researchers claim that swapping to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil could help protect your bones in later life
Health

Two years on Mediterranean diet in mid-life could protect your bones in old age

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A study of almost 2,000 men found prostate cancer cases rose dramatically in those who often ate meat cooked in a pan, with red meat being particularly dangerous
Health

Pan-fried meat increases risk of prostate cancer

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Family physician Emily Gibson said that removing the hair is like creating “open wounds” that are prone to infection and even sexually-transmitted disease, such as herpes, if in contact with another person
Health

Bikini waxing creates open wounds that are vulnerable to serious infection

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Scientists say they are a step closer in the difficult journey towards developing a male contraceptive pill, after successful studies in mice
Health

Male contraceptive pill shows successful results in mice studies

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A study in the journal Biology of Reproduction suggests that eating around two handfuls of walnuts a day improves sperm health in young men
Health

Eating two handfuls of walnuts a day improves sperm health in young men

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An analysis of 20 studies showed that eating dark chocolate daily resulted in a slight reduction in blood pressure
Health

Eating dark chocolate daily lowers blood pressure

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A new research has found that getting enough exercise in midlife will help protect your heart
Health

Getting exercise in midlife will help protect your heart

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Scientists found drinking around seven glasses a day was enough to ease pain and improve the quality of life in patients who regularly suffer headaches
Health

Drinking water can reduce the severity of headaches and migraines

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A new study has found that children who snore loudly at least twice a week are more likely to misbehave
Health

Snoring link to children’s naughty behavior

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Prostatic Artery Embolization can be done under a local anaesthetic using a catheter (a small plastic tube) to inject tiny plastic particles no bigger than a grain of sand into the blood vessels that feed the swollen prostate
Health

Prostatic Artery Embolization revolutionizes prostate surgery and ends post-op impotence

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Shanyna Isom has been labelled a medical mystery after falling victim to an unidentified illness which causes human nails to grow out of her hair follicles
Health

Shanyna Isom suffers from mystery illness which causes her to grow nails instead of hair

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New research has shown that when placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive
Health

Stressed men prefer heavier women

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Prone sleepers reported feeling sensations related to “sex” and “persecution” more frequently than anyone else
Health

Sleeping on your stomach makes it much more likely to have erotic dreams

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German magazine Der Taggspiegel pointed out that accused theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik have common ground in their lack of Facebook profiles
Health

Not being on Facebook is a sign that you’re abnormal and dysfunctional, say psychologists

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Bapineuzumab, made by Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, was designed to halt build-up of plaque in the brain
Health

Alzheimer’s drug bapineuzumab shelved after trial failure

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A new study suggests that chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells, which could explain why people become resistant
Health

Chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells

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The periods of eating very little or nothing may be the key to controlling chemicals produced by the body linked to the development of disease and the ageing process
Health

Starvation diet could actually be good for your health and makes you live longer

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A "spray-on skin" developed by Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells, could help healing leg ulcers
Health

Healthpoint spray-on skin helps healing leg ulcers

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Scientists believe they have discovered a clue to why women tend to live longer than men by studying fruit flies
Health

Why women live longer? Fruit flies offer DNA clue.

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Three separate studies on mice appear to have confirmed the view that the growth of tumors is driven by so-called cancer stem cells
Health

Tumors growth driven by cancer stem cells, new research discovers

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