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Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy |
 ...lassification brings to light many issues concerning drug policy with a more thoughtful approach and corresponding legal response.
Drug and alchohol abuse is more common than we think. Learn more about alchool or opiate
addiction by visiting a trusted detox site. A drug
addiction is usually a very difficult segment of one's life, but with the proper care,
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France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models |
 ...pressure against model agencies and the fashion industry, yet the Health Ministry opposed the pressure, by saying that the thinness of the girls became a symbol of fashion and there was nothing to do about it.
The story of anorexic models and fashion industry in general came back on front pages of many newspapers around the world in the beginning of this week. It was caused by the news that the daughter of Donatella Vers... |
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Algerian woman gave birth to septuplets |
| ...e hospital of capital city of Algeria. Sadly, the boy didn't survive and the rest six children needed medical supervision. Newborn children are in good condition. The leightest of the children weighs about 1.5 lb (700 g) and the biggest - about 3 lb (1400g), Al-Khbar newspaper reported.
It was the first pregnancy of 27 year old woman. The last three months before the children births she had to spend in the hospital. It... |
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Nano-nose to help identify illnesses |
 ...Nanoparticles are used by U.S. researchers to 'smell' the scent of illnesses in fluids of the body. The researchers used nanoparticles of gold with different coatings to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist.
According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thu... |
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Fake Products – a Trifle or Economic Crunch? |
 ... $100. But savvy customers think it's a bargain. If to take into account a working-class budget, it seems just fine to purchase such a 'high class accessory'.
The following are some alarming facts about counterfeiting:
Counterfeit goods production has risen by over 10,000 percent during the past two decades, partially as a result of existing consumer demand.
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A New Tech to Trace Your Habits From a Drop of Sweat |
 ...ct's sex and eating habits taking a drop of sweat and a fingerprint as a sample.
Researchers from Imperial College London discovered that person's fingerprints contain a lot of useful information about his or her habits and can even tell if the person is a vegetarian. The new technique that will be useful for police will reveal eating habits, gender, smoking habits and other personal details by making an analysis of ... |
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Levitation Possible in Real World |
| ...y cause revolutionary changes in the field of nano-technology as well as the construction of micro-machines.
The theory suggested by the British scientists is based on a quirk of nature that lets particles to pop into existence from actually nowhere. This phenomenon is known in science as the 'Casimir force'. Quantum physicists predicted the 'Casimir force' in 1948. It was measured for the first time in 1997. At presen... |
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Your Health is fine, Mr. Bush! |
 ... from time to time and takes multivitamins. The medical report also said that Bush didn't take any prescriptive drugs and that he preferred low-calorie diet drinks.
Examination showed that Bush lost about 4,5 pounds during last year and that his current weight was about 192 pounds. The Presidential blood pressure was 117/71 at the moment of examination.
The medical experts said that the President's health remains perfec... |
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Genes Permanently Turned On by Smoking |
 ...aking libraries. They used a special technique called serial analysis of gene expression. This technique serves for identifying patterns of gene activity.
It turned out that, at any given time, only about 1/5 of the genes in a cell are switched on, but such environmental changes like smoking can cause some changes in the activity of genes. Scientists discovered that there were some irreversible changes and changes that w... |
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Comments from Digg |
 ...A few weeks ago we have posted a short suggestion post about social networks implementing a quotes section. To remind you in brief what the idea was all about, here it is:
We suggested that it would be nice if today's most popular social networks, such as Digg.com, Netscape.com, Shoutwire.com and the like, would start a comments, or quotes, section, where users would promote the comments from the entire network.
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Doctors Prescribe Antidepressants for Babies |
 ... as they may cause heart problems.
Since 2000, the number of antidepressant prescriptions funded by the state has almost doubled to reach over a million a year. Antidepressant cost the Government about $30 million. Figures provided by Pharmac to the United Future Party suggest that 4728 antidepressant prescriptions were given for children under 10 in the period of 2004-05, having declined to 2425 in the last June year... |
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InfoNIAC Announces a New Service |
 ...ffensive or commercial content will be deleted (for more information on this, see our TERMS OF USE).
Thus, after you leave at least 20 comments, you will be authorized to submit your own news and articles and point to their sources via hyperlinks, if necessary.
Note that we do not support plagiarism in any form. If spotted, the author of the post will receive a warning, while his post will be deleted.
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Scientists Discover Clays to Fight Deadly Bacteria |
 ...ey also believe that the clays could attack bacteria through a physical rather than a biochemical process, implying that bacteria could never work out resistance. The scientists are really optimistic about their findings, hoping to save a lot of human lives.
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Recordings on Predicting the Existence of Parallel Worlds Found |
 ...nterpretations by too many unskilled readers."
The work of the physicist started one of the most confusing mysteries to from quantum mechanics. His theory includes a consequence stating that tiny particles, including electrons, are able to behave in a very interesting way, which permits them to be in 2 places at once. Later Bohr commented: "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."
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