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Twelve tips for healthier eating in 2012 “If healthier eating is on your list of resolutions for 2012, look no further. The January 2012 issue of the Harvard Women’s Health Watch offers 12 ways to break old dietary habits and build new ones. For many years, nutrition research focused on the benefits and risks of single nutrients, […]
Two years after Haitian quake, UN Ambassador Against Hunger views progress WFP aid being distributed in Haiti Almost two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, a high-profile advocate for the United Nations food relief agency has visited the Caribbean country to survey the agency’s efforts in fighting malnutrition among those made homeless by the […]
Twelve tips for healthier eating in 2012 It’s not about individual nutrients anymore. For much of the 20th century, nutrition research focused largely on the health risks and benefits of single nutrients. The findings translated into public health messages telling us to reduce fat; limit cholesterol; increase fiber; get more calcium; take vitamins E, C, […]
Online game that helps UN fight hunger gains one millionth user Freerice website Freerice.com, the online game that allows players to improve their vocabulary while fighting global hunger by making donations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has crossed another milestone today as it reached one million registered players. “When one million people […]
Reading life’s building blocks. Harvard researchers develop tools to speed DNA sequencing. In a recent Nature Nanotechnology paper, researchers from Harvard demonstrated that nanowire transistors can locally read and amplify the DNA translocation signal from a nearby nanopore./ Image courtesy of Ping Xie, Qihua Xiong, Ying Fang, Quan Qing, and Charles M. Lieber. Scientists are […]
UN boosts security and aid in wake of ethnic violence in South Sudan UNMISS Force Commander Moses Obi (left) talking to displaced people in Pibor, South Sudan … United Nations, New York, 5 January 2011 – The United Nations is stepping up its peacekeeping presence in the troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei in the […]
For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return Anaar Gul registers his return to Afghanistan at a UNHCR voluntary repatriation centre, near Quetta in southern Pakistan. Though born in Pakistan, the refugee feels the time is right to return to his homeland. QUETTA, Pakistan, January 5 (UNHCR) – Having never seen his homeland before, Anaar […]
Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion Streamlining electronic funds transfers in health care will bring total savings to more than $16 billion over 10 years New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs […]
URMC Smoking Cessation Expert Offers Tips for Smokers Trying to Quit Success Comes After Making a Plan, Receiving Support from Loved Ones With the start of a New Year, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is a popular resolution, and an appropriate one […]
Journalist George Stroumboulopoulos Visits Haiti Two Years After Quake Almost two years after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger George Stroumboulopoulos went to the Caribbean island to see how the nation was faring. WFP’s Stephanie Tremblay took the Canadian journalist to a camp near Port au Prince where WFP and its partners are […]
Medications can be effective when they are used properly, but some can be addictive and dangerous when abused. This chart provides a brief look at some prescribed medications that—when used in ways or by people other than prescribed—have the potential for adverse medical consequences, including addiction. In 2010, approximately 16 million Americans reported using a […]
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In men: used to treat and relieve symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); shrinks the prostate and releases the squeeze of the urethra, so that, urine flows normally; increases urine volume, decreases frequent urination, and more ease of urination.
In women: helps relieve painful periods and regulates the menstrual cycle; stimulates the production of prolactin, a female hormone that promotes breast enlargement. Used to treat urinary tract and bladder infections; has an aphrodisiac effect by enhancing sexual functioning and sexual desire.
Actually, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Enlarged breasts are common among teenage boys and men, and breast reduction surgery is increasingly popular among guys. In fact, in the US it’s the fourth most popular cosmetic surgical procedure among males, with nearly 17,000 of them performed in 2009 alone.
Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]
The specific type of birth defect depends on the systems in the fetus developing at the time of alcohol exposure. Organ systems are most vulnerable to damage by alcohol during the period of most dynamic development. The damage seen in animal models roughly corresponds to weeks 3 to 8 in human pregnancy. However, if a woman drinks any time throughout her pregnancy, damage may occur.
