Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Mentholated cigarettes kills more!

Menthol flavored cigarettes are displayed in a store in New York

New research suggests that among smokers, those who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers.

Cigarettes disappear from supermarket shelves in England

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Packets of cigarettes will disappear from supermarket shelves from Friday as new laws banning them from shop displays come into force.

Leila Denmark dies at 114

Leila Denmark

Dr. Leila Denmark, the world’s oldest practicing physician when she retired at age 103, died Sunday in Athens, her family members said. She was 114.

A better quality of life and fewer health risks for transplant recipients!

A doctor works at the organ transplant operation theatre at Mansoura University hospital

Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of drugs to prevent rejection of the donated organ.

Record of the week: 7.04 KG new Born baby!

Giant baby

A 15-pound baby named Chun Chun sleeps at Xinxiang Maternity Hospital, in Xinxiang city, Henan province, China.

What is “Hypertricosis universalis” ?

Werewolf syndrome

Meet the Sangli sisters, three siblings whose lives have been blighted by one of the rarest conditions in the world.

Medics saved a baby born with no Blood!

Baby with no blood

Medics managed to save him after a rare condition drained his body of virtually every drop while in the womb.

Fried food heart risk ‘a myth’

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It is a “myth” that regularly eating fried foods causes heart attacks, researchers have found, as long as you use olive oil or sunflower oil.

World’s smallest surviving baby discharged from hospital

Tiny Baby

One of the world’s smallest surviving babies was discharged Friday from the hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator — but not before getting the Hollywood treatment.

PepsiCo says finds trace fungicide in orange juice!

Oranges are loaded in a truck on a farm in Limeira

PepsiCo Inc said company tests of its Tropicana orange juice showed low levels of a potentially dangerous fungicide, but levels were below federal safety concerns and did not pose a health risk.