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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
 ...roductive issues. Recently they have discovered that this chemical, found in nearly everything including plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, lubricants, paint and soaps, is strongly connected to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males. This scientific discovery was made by the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Scientists think that even in low doses the exposures to phthalates and several other common ch... |
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New Saliva Test to Save 1,000 Unborn Babies Each Year |
| ... puts some infants at risk of death, due to the fat that they are being born prematurely. Most women that are at risk include: first-time mothers, women who are over their 40s, women that suffer from obesity and those that have a family history of pre-eclampsia.
The pre-eclampsia was, for the first time, identified 150 years ago. Till nowadays,however, doctors were not able to find what causes the condition.
Dr. Br... |
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Underfed Embryo Could Result in Adult Obesity, Study Says |
 ... conducted a series of tests with female rats to establish this relation of fetus' environment with the child's environment. The tests showed that the young rats of the underfed females were bound to obesity. Yet if the mothers were introduced an element, called leptin, which gave a sense of saturation, the young rats were not bound to eating much and their weight was kept within acceptable boundaries.
Current researches... |
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The World Says Rest in Peace to Luciano Pavarotti |
 ...performance and of a tremendous voice. His voice, his liveliness and, of course, his size were features tightly bonded to the Pavarotti's character. In the time of diets and the world's concern about obesity, Luciano Pavarotti used to say he loved tasty food and good wine. He considered his size as a part of his identity and one of the reasons o his success.
Luciano Pavarotti was born in 1935 in Modena in the family of a... |
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Life Expectancy of American Women Falls Significantly |
 ...t. This led to the increasing number of death from such diseases as diabetes, lung cancer, kidney problems and emphysema.
Another problem that caused the decline of women's life expectancy is the obesity epidemic that has risen in the past two decades.
Christopher J.L. Murray, a physician and epidemiologist at the University of Washington, and the leading researcher the study thinks that this is an alarming sign. ... |
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Anti-obesity Pill Might Hold Back Aging |
 ...It is possible that scientists managed to create a pill that can help people suffering from obesity. The pill frees dieters from different eating rules and in addition helps slow down the process of aging.
The research was published in the journal entitled Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. It claims that the pill "locks in" the advantages of dieting and allows people to get back to normal eating having no fear of ... |
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