Health & Fitness
- Living More Than 100 Years Predisposes To Depression
[24 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Many scientists nowadays work upon the creation of the elixir of youth, based on the studying of genes of a long life. ...
- Migraine As Legacy
[24 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
There's no doubt that migraine is a partially hereditary disease. According to statistics, in 44 percent of patients one of the parents had previously suffered from this disease, and in 69 percent of them – both parents. ...
- Sleeping Pills Are More Harmful Than Cigarettes
[23 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Thousands of people all over the world suffer from insomnia nowadays. One third of them have this problem very often or all the time. Circa 15 per cent of the non-sleepers use sleeping pills – according to doctor's recommendations or as self-treatment. ...
- Social Networks Are Bad For Our Health
[21 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Social networking websites can harm one's health if they reduce the amount of time people communicate live, a British scientist reports. ...
- By Giving Up Smoking Women Start To Look 13 Years Younger
[21 Feb, 2009] comments (2)
Smoking epidemic had taken the lives of 100 million people during the 20th century. Nowadays, smoking is the cause of death of 5.4 million people each year. This number may increase up to 8 million by 2030. ...
- Lonely People Have Weak Health
[21 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Psychologists affirm that loneliness is not less dangerous for a person than smoking and overweight. The lack of relationships with other people not only makes us unhappy, but also influences negatively on our body and mind. ...
- White Wine Is Also Useful For Health
[18 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Scientists have given credit to those who enjoy drinking white wine: it results that these wines have the same positive influence on our organism as red wines. ...
- Doctors Succeeded In Saving A Girl Born With A Half Of The Heart
[17 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
According to the statistics, approximately 1 child out of 100 is born with one or other deficiency of the heart. But such a serious pathology as the one Mira Larrison was born with is a rarity. ...
- Not Only Age Influences The Appearance Of Wrinkles
[16 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Not only age adds wrinkles on one's face: a study made on 186 identical twins had showed that, apart from the genes responsible for the appearance, certain external factors may also influence the way we look ...
- Recession Decreases Sex Drive in Men
[16 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
According to a British doctor, recession could lead to lower level of testosterone in men. Men with chronic stress, caused by such problems as financial worries and unemployment, may register lower levels of the hormone. ...
- Sex Lowers The Risk Of Cancer And Flu
[15 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
A healthy sexual life does not only keep one in a good mood, but also, according to scientists, lowers the risk of erectile dysfunction and even heart attack. ...
- Mediterranean Diet Preserves The Intellect
[15 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
Scientists from the Medicine Center in Columbia University (USA) have established the interrelationship between one's diet and intellectual abilities. ...
- Kisses Never Lie
[12 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
According to a saying, eyes are mirror reflection of the soul. But British scientists from the University of Belfast affirm that eyes can lie, while lips can never do that. ...
- Woman Carrying A Dead Baby In Her Uterus For 60 Years
[12 Feb, 2009] comments (2)
Doctors who have examined an old woman that addressed them with complaints of pains in the abdomen were totally perplexed. They have found that the old lady was pregnant. More than that, the unborn baby had been kept inside the woman for more than 60 years. ...
- The Most Popular Causes of Death In 2030
[09 Feb, 2009] comments (0)
At the end of 2008, a list with a prognostic of the most popular causes of mortality in the year 2030 was published by the World Health Organization. ...