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Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs |
 ...es for those that are on a waiting list for a transplant.
The earlier reports made by the media regarding "malasanita" - malpractice, poor hygiene as well as poor safety standards in the national health system of Italy, prompted an inspection made last month nationwide to inspect all hospitals in the country. Despite this fact at least once a week the media reports on another case of "malasanita".
A month ago anoth... |
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Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says |
 ... in their life.
Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's life. This means that prosperity, marriage or health do not determine our subjective well being.
This theory has proved to be basically true, but only for some changes concerning the character of the event. Though most people can adapt to variety of negative and distur... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
 ...hemicals that require a careful study.
It is worth mentioning that phthalates have been actively used for more than half a century. However, only now did scientist start thinking about the possible health problems to which the chemical might lead. Studies made on animals showed that phthalates consistently depress the levels of testosterone. Recently, while performing their studies on humans, scientists have found that ... |
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To live or die - computer will decide |
 ... a computer? Researches say that a new computer program can make life-or-death decisions for disabled people better than their closest relatives.
A new research conducted by National Institute of Health (NIH) introduced a software program that can calculate all the pros and contras for further treatment of the seriously ill patients based on the mathematical formula. The decisions made by computer calculations are cla... |
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Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy |
 ...A new drug list was revised by Britain's drug experts to reveal that alcohol and tobacco put your health at greater risk than such dangerous drugs as LSD, cannabis and ecstasy.
Experts conducted a new all-compassing research with the government top advisory committee involved to make a shocking conclusion on the harm of regular tobacco and alcohol.
A modern classification of drugs doesn't reflect the real situatio... |
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Football fans have bitten off the ears of a tavern keeper |
 ...Dimitris Tsibibakis, a Greek tavern keeper, working at a health resort, lost both of his ears while trying to part football fans. The fight began in his tavern during a football match between Greece and Turkey. When he tried to part the fighting fans they have bitten off significant parts of his ears.
According to an official source, a group of Bulgarian immigrants, who entered the tavern, starting screaming and suppor... |
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France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models |
 ...French Health Ministry has reviewed the issue of skinny models on the French catwalks and suggested that such models need special attention, but they will not be banned from the podiums, as the French Health Ministry officials said on Friday.
After two Latin American models died in 2006 of anorexia, designers, model agencies and the entire fashion industry have been massively attacked by the publicity for promoting such ... |
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New chocolate can save the planet |
 ...concern to the consumers is the fact that many chocolate companies use excessive amount of vegetable fat and sugar, substituting natural milk by factory farmed milk.
Now almost everyone knows the health benefits of cacao: it contains more than 300 chemicals among which are antioxidants, proteins, calcium, and many other vitamins. And now those who know what pure chocolate tastes like have an opportunity not only to en... |
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Can You Distinguish a Fake? |
 ...litative fake watches, a package is not the guarantee of the watch's authentic nature.
Certificate: While buying a Swiss watch, ask a shop-assistant to show you the certificate of conformance and health certificate. These documents are processed by the importer only in case of authentic timepieces.
Catalog: Take your time to consult the watch catalog. Find and compare the model you like with its analog in the cata... |
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Beautiful flirty women choose machos for procreation |
| ... choice of a mate have a biological basis. Since the physical signs of masculinity are connected to high levels of male hormone testosterone this makes those men a better males: energetic, strong and healthy. However, men with higher levels of testosterone are known to live shorter than those with lower levels of testosterone, that make them unreliable partners.
At the last quarter of menstrual cycle when women have si... |
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Men look at face, women look down there |
| ...on to sexual acts and men focus on faces.
Women and men were tested on visual response to erotic photographs that depicted sexual act to make clear the nature of sexual urges and its influence on health. The tests were made using eye-tracking technology that show the visual focus on various body parts. It was supposed that typical response to sexual stimuli would be women looking at faces and men looking at genitals. ... |
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HIV blood killed haemophilia patients |
| ...The first hearing began on the case of contaminated blood that was used for treatment of haemophilia patients in Britain.
The program created by NHS, a well-known health services in Britain, was meant to supply haemophiliacs with new blood product but it turned out that blood was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. More than 2,000 patients infected through contaminated blood died or are reported to be seriously ill.
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Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk |
| ...The latest scientific research reveals that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU.
The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ail... |
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