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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
 ...Ambien and Lunest are often prescribed sleeping pills. These pills, however, cause the most strange side effects. The Food and Drug Administration reported yesterday such strange behavior as eating or driving while asleep.
These reports have provoked the F.D.E. to order the drug makers to make certain fliers for such sleeping drugs, where patients could read detailed instructions on how to use them.
The investigation of... |
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2.3 million alcoholics live in Russia |
 ...ichenko, Russia's chief medical officer, stated that the nation is currently facing a serious problem. Statistics show that in 2005 there were about 2,348,567 registered alcoholics in Russia. Besides drinking vodka and beer, Russiab alcoholics consume quite dubious liquid substances, including perfume and home-made vodka.
The expert at the psychiatric institute in Moscow, Alexander Nemtsov, told the Russian newspaper "... |
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School Runs - Danger Warning |
 ...irements of seat restraints for children in vehicles.
Sainsbury's Bank has conducted the survey that showed that there are more than 5 million parents driving their children to school between 8.30 and 9 AM, which is the busiest traffic time.
The head of car insurance bank and one of the researchers, Steve Johnson said that while conducting this poll it was revealed that 25% of parents admitted not to fasten their chil... |
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Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game |
 ...an Minar is leading the development of a new interactive mobile phone game for students in the UK to help them overcome the culture shock. This is expected to be achieved through pictures of students drinking alcohol or a couple kissing in public, integrated into the game - things not allowed in certain cultures.
The game is called C-Shock and it is being developed by Nipan Minar, who himself arrived five years ago fro... |
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Alcohol Consumption at Home Can Prevent Binge Drinking |
 ...r with their parents and at the same time received less than 10 pounds of weekly pocket money behaved better.
Another research on the issue have shown that the biggest problems linked with teenage drinking occur when the consume of alcohol takes place in public. This issues, however, does not occur very frequently in such countries as France and Italy, because youngsters typically drink with their parents during mealti... |
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Road Hogs: Is it Speed, Size or Life that Matters? |
 ...Are you the one who thinks that speeding is cool and macho? Be aware: new ads in Australia suggest the desire to be a speed-merchant is a way to compensate for a modest size of one's manhood.
The latest anti-speeding campaign have questioned the size of manhood of young Australian men addicted to speed-driving. In the new television ads a young man roars past some ladies who look scornfully to their friends wiggling ... |
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NASA Buys Russian Hi-tech Toilet That Turns Urine Into Drinking Water |
 ...NASA specialists buy Russian space toilet for $ 19 million that can even turn urine into drinking water.
The new toilet is going to be available for the crew on the International Space Station. The toilet that looks just like a common toilet will be introduced in 2008 and will provide the necessary facilities astronauts require in space. This is important for the crew that will be expanded to six members in 2009.
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8.2% Social Workers Took Drugs Last Month, Study Says |
| ...Study says every twelfth American employee took drugs at least once during last month.
The results are based on surveys conducted in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007. Each survey featured answers of 42,000 social, education and constructions' workers. Every employee was paid $30 for answering the researcher's questions.
According to the study, the most drug affected were restaurant workers (17.4%) and construction workers (1... |
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NASA's Rovers Threatened by Martian Dust Storm |
 ...During the three-and-a-half years that NASA has been on Mars, its rovers Spirit and Opportunity for the first time spotted a large-scale dust storm. The storm was so powerful that it has darkened the skies, putting NASA's rovers in danger they have never faced before.
Scientists discovered severe winds across Mars about a month ago. Such winds raised dust that later blocked the light from reaching the solar panels inst... |
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Father Killed His Sons to Make His Wife Suffer |
 ...With the aim of making his estranged wife suffer and hate every Father's Day all her life, a man killed his three young sons.
The Melbourne court was told that 38-year old Robert Farquharson allegedly murdered ten-year-old Jai, seven-year-old Tyler and two-year-old Bailey by driving his sons into a dam, located in south-west of Melbourne. The event took place on Father's Day 2005.
In the Victorian Supreme Court the... |
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Cars to Say 'No!' to Drunk Drivers |
 ...Volvo, a famous automobile maker from Sweden, has developed a device not to allow drunk drivers start their cars. The Alcoguard breath-analyzer looks the same as a TV remote-control handset. It is responsible for measuring the alcohol level in a driver's blood. In case the alcohol amount is above the legal maximum - that is less than 0.2 g/l in Sweden - the car will simply not start.
Volvo will initially produce 2,000... |
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Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks |
 ...ers do not suggest a complete ban on hands-free kits, they want the Government place a greater emphasis on warning drivers that talking at the wheel while using a hands-free device is as dangerous as drinking. They stress that a telephone conversation tends to be long-lasting and, requires a greater commitment and concentration from the driver.
According to the results of study carried out by the Transport Research Lab... |
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Women Are Interested in Puzzles More Than in Sex, Study Says |
 ...aces. Thus now men would have to take some time to make women become more affected with men than with other things such interesting things like puzzles, TV shows and Harry Potter books.
Furthermore drinking alcohol was among the most unpopular occupations for both sexes: it became the last thing women would do and the second last for men. However, experts say that men should start panic, as only 17% women said they have... |
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Hard-Rock and Classic Music Could Lead to Road Accidents, New Survey Says |
 ... driving could cause accidents. Scientists claim that some music genres in some cases are directly related to some serious car accidents. Among such dangerous music types are named hard-rock, hip-hop and classic music. However, drivers disagree with this statement as they say music helps them concentrate on the road.
British psychologists have come to the conclusion that a driver's concentration on the road depends direc... |
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