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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.
Israeli scientists say they have managed to turn patients' own skin cells into healthy heart muscle in the lab
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Heart muscle cells grown in lab from skin cells

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Tests on animals, published in Nature Medicine, showed that auranofin was 10 times more effective than the best drug currently available
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Auranofin is more effective than the best drug currently available to treat amoebic dysentery

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The study investigated products from a range of OXY treatments using brown seaweed ingredient Phycosaccharide ACP
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Brown seaweed ingredient from OXY products can cut spots by two thirds

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Those born between 1945 and 1965 are most likely to be infected but it is thought only a quarter of this generation has been tested for hepatitis C virus
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US baby boomers advised to get tested for hepatitis C

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A British Medical Journal analysis has found that dieting in pregnancy is safe for women and does not carry risks for the baby
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Dieting during pregnancy is safe for women and has no risk for the baby, say researchers

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Experts have found that slimmers need to eat less than someone of the same weight who has not dieted to stay at their new weight
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Slimmers need to cut 300 calories a day to stay at their new weight

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Experts said the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test was safe and effective and its potential to prevent infections outweighed the risk of false results
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OraQuick In-Home HIV Test backed by US panel of experts

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Scientists at Yale University found that female cyclists may experience less pleasure during sex if the handlebars of their bike are lower than the seat
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How cycling is decreasing women’s sexual enjoyment

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A bionic eye which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California
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Bionic eye powered by light invented by scientists of Stanford University

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Scopolamine is made from the Borrachero tree (Brugmansia candida), which is very common in Colombia
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Colombian Devil’s Breath, the world’s scariest drug that blocks free will

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Cutting out calories changes your metabolism and brain, so your body hoards fat and your mind magnifies food cravings into an obsession
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Why dieting makes you fat?

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The Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee recommended US regulators approve Truvada for use by people considered at high risk of contracting the AIDS virus
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Truvada, HIV prevention pill, approved by experts for using in healthy people

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Early results from a US trial suggest it may be possible to use "stem cell shielding" to protect the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy
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Stem cells could be used as shield to protect the body from chemotherapy effects

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Taken while healthy, the test involves drawing lines between numbers in ascending order as fast as possible
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Drawing test may predict death risk after a stroke in older men

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Men lost an average of 16 kg over five years when testosterone levels were increased back to normal
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Testosterone supplements could shift excess weight in older obese men

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HPV infection can cause cervical cancer
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One in six cancers worldwide are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections

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Shinso Skin Care is made from 69 different Japanese herbs and botanicals, including grapefruit peel, honey and olive tree extract, plus water from the depths of the Sea of Japan
Fashion & Style

Shinso Skin Care, the miracle serum behind Simon Cowell’s youthful looks

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Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies
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Why Amish children from Indiana farms are nearly immune to asthma and allergies

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Why passion vanishes in your 30’s
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Why passion vanishes in your 30’s

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Extracted from the seed of the fruit, the rosehip oil is an anti-ageing ingredient that’s more potent, and far cheaper, than the more well-known face oils
Fashion & Style

Rosehip oil, the secret ingredient for a supermodel complexion

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Curcumin, a chemical found in curry, is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumors in patients
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Curcumin drug to be tested for cancer treatment

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Researchers at the University of Leicester uncovered how the build-up of proteins in mice with prion disease resulted in brain cells dying
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Alzheimer’s and a range of brain diseases could be treated all with a single drug

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Advances in nutritional research are beginning to shine a light on the potentially slimming effects of some of the most sinful foods
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How the most sinful foods may actually help you lose weight

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Antipsychotic drugs are seen as the most effective treatment of psychotic episodes, but they are also recognized to have devastating side effects
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Antipsychotics and their devastating side effects

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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst found that by the young age the babies were already discriminating against those of different races in their ability to recognize faces and emotional expressions
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White babies show signs of racial bias starting with nine months age

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