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It has long been known that fast-foods don’t do you any good but still you can’t help yourself from ordering that double cheeseburger. Fast-foods have been linked with a high rate of obesity in the United States over the last three decades and consequently with a high rate of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Maybe it’s time for you to learn more about what is really served in you fast-food. You might be surprised to find out that many of the menus served at McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s contain a large quantity of corn. Researcher A. Hope Jahren, a geobiologist and professor at the...
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The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope for many people living without medical insurance and in poverty. People who have very low incomes cannot afford the hundreds of dollars needed for health insurance, and so they live without any, hoping not to get sick. Obama’s system would help these people and many believe that universal health-care is a step in the right direction for the US. On the other hand, many have criticized Obama’s plans for a universal health-care system, calling it of a socialist nature and that it would change the...
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Sir Paul McCartney announced that a "lost" Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released. The song is called "Carnival of Light," a 14-minute experimental track the Beatles recorded in 1967 but never released. It appears the band played the recording for an audience just once, at an electronic music festival in London. It reportedly includes distorted guitar, organ sounds, gargling and shouts of "Barcelona!" and "Are you all right?" from McCartney and John Lennon. But in order to enable it to be made...
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Almost 50 percent of primary-care doctors surveyed said they would seriously think about working in other field than the health care one within the coming three years if they had an alternative. The Physicians' Foundation conducted a survey to promote better relationships between physicians and their patients. Of the 11,950 respondents, an estimated 49 percent said they reflected on leaving the medical field for different reasons. A great number of them admitted being besieged by their job due to the red tape generated by health maintenance organizations (HMO), as well as government...
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Gardasil can also be given to men as a way to prevent genital warts, a study presented Thursday at a medical conference in Europe revealed. The study, funded by Gardasil’s manufacturer Merck & Co., involved about 4,000 males ages 16 to 26 from nearly 20 countries. It showed the vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing genital warts, with only 15 cases of persistent infection in a vaccinated group of males as compared to 101 cases in a group that was given a fake vaccine. “This is groundbreaking data. To demonstrate that Gardasil prevents infection and disease at a very high level...
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