Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory (via AP)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | No Comments

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Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory

(AP) — Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the big picture and get creative.

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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS – (via Y! Health News)

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | No Comments

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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS

By PATRICK McGROARTY,

BERLIN – An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.

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BBC NEWS | Health | Lungs ‘boosted’ by breastfeeding

Monday, November 10th, 2008 | No Comments

BBC NEWS | Health | Lungs ‘boosted’ by breastfeeding

Lungs ‘boosted’ by breastfeeding

A woman breastfeeding a baby

Breastfeeding can be quite hard work for a baby

The sheer physical effort involved in breastfeeding may leave babies with stronger lungs well into childhood, researchers suggest.

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Cheers! Red Wine Keeps You From Aging (via ABC Health News)

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Cheers! Red Wine Keeps You From Aging

How Red Wine May Keep You Young

Property in Red Wines May Help Protect Body Tissues

By DAVID MUIR

A group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison says there is a new reason to toast to the benefits of red wine.

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BBC NEWS | Health | Drug ‘tricks body to lose weight’

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | No Comments

French scientists say they have found a drug that tricks the body into burning off fat even when on a high-fat diet.

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