Archive for the ‘– Digg’ Category
Gong Xi Fa Cai
The MMR would like to wish all our blog readers a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!
Attack Cardio!
We may not have Vinnie Jones but I guess if Ah Longs go out of the money lending business they can consider a line of fitness videos
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Clinic offers breast augmentation to attract nurses
AN understaffed Prague clinic has signed up nurses by offering boob jobs, liposuction and tummy tucks as a bonus. Nurses, doctors and secretaries who sign up with the small private clinic for three years can choose their free plastic surgery. “It has been a success,” Jiri Schweitzer, a manager at the Iscare clinic, said, adding the establishment
What Fixes Low Testosterone Best: Meds or Porn?
The makers of a testosterone supplement are launching a national campaign touting the youth-enhancing benefits of their product. But there may be a cheaper, less clinical solution to low hormone levels.
Excessive Cola Can Lead To Super-Sized Muscle Problems
Doctors have issued a warning about excessive cola consumption after noticing an increase in the number of patients suffering from muscle problems.”A number of health issues have already been identified including tooth problems, bone demineralisation and the development of metabolic syndrome and diabetes”
Robotic therapy holds promise for cerebral palsy
Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they’re building on that work to help children with brain injuries and disorders such as cerebral palsy.
Lifestyle or Genes? Health Secrets of a 114-Year Old Man
Research on the bone health of one of the oldest people in the world raises the question of which has the most effect on the human lifespan: genetics, a healthy lifestyle or some combination of the two?
Research reveals that there were no genetic modifications which could have contributed to the longevity of a 114-year old Spaniard. The research team, directed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona professor Adolfo DÃez Pérez, pointed out a healthy lifestyle, a Mediterranean diet, a temperate climate and daily cycling until the age of 102 as the reasons for his excellent health.
How Human Genes Become Patented
Companies that have acquired patents for genes have specific rights to their use, which may include diagnostic tests based on those genes, as well as future mutations that are discovered.
Should patenting normal/wild type genes should even be allowed?
The 16 Most Horrific Human Growths of All Time (PICS)
What’s the worst you’ve ever felt? After seeing what the people below have suffered and gone through, you might have a whole new perspective of what’s really bad.
Check out the link (via Digg)
Your Blood Cells Are Crawling Inside You
White blood cells, the immune system’s “soldiers” for your body, actually crawl along your blood vessels to find their way to infection and injury sites, new research shows.
The Five Most Bizarre X-Rays
It’s a medical mystery that surgeons never got to the bottom of – how a woman patient ended up with a can of hairspray up her backside. Still, the x-rays were very amusing.
