Topic: health - on January 6, 2007 at 10:35:00 AM CET
Next-generation capsule endoscope
Endoscopic capsules, ingestible pill-shaped devices designed to capture images from inside the digestive tract, have been around for quite a while. But Sayaka, an endoscopic capsule developed by RF System Lab in December 2005, has dramatically increased the overall image quality by changing the camera position and enabling the camera to rotate.
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Topic: health - on January 3, 2007 at 1:28:00 PM CET
LED cat's eyes may provoke epileptic fits
The agency was alerted to the possible problem by Rebecca Jasiczak who says that while driving along a stretch of the A12 near Witham in Essex, she "narrowly avoided a seizure" prompted by the solar-powered cat's eyes. The offending devices flash at 100 times a second, which created "a strobe-like effect which nearly triggered an epileptic fit", according to Jasiczak.
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Topic: health - on December 21, 2006 at 11:03:00 AM CET
Vein Viewer Infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" gadget.
VeinViewer is an infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" device using advanced real time signal processing and a projector.
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Topic: health - on December 19, 2006 at 11:24:00 AM CET
Jakarta hotel puts $110 hamburger on menu
A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.
The $110 hamburger offered by the Four Seasons is made of Kobe beef with foie gras, Portobello mushrooms and Korean pears -- served with french fries, of course.
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Topic: health - on December 18, 2006 at 10:47:00 AM CET
15 things you don't know about your penis
1. Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter. Erections are all about good bloodflow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation. So even if you don't care all that much about your lungs or dying young, spare the li'l guy.
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Topic: health - on December 17, 2006 at 1:48:00 PM CET
Diabetes breakthrough
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.
"I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."
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Topic: health - on December 16, 2006 at 3:39:00 PM CET
Masturbating May Protect Against Prostate Cancer
It will make you go blind. It will make your palms grow hairy. Such myths about masturbation are largely a thing of the past. But the latest research has even better news for young men: frequent self-pleasuring could protect against the most common kind of cancer.
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Topic: health - on December 9, 2006 at 2:13:00 PM CET
What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
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Topic: health - on December 6, 2006 at 1:36:00 PM CET
The Psychiatric Mafia
Not so long ago, the actor Tom Cruise made a few pointed criticisms of psychiatry on the Today Show and was widely attacked for doing so. It seems that anyone who speaks out publicly against psychiatry draws the ire of detractors. Hardly surprising. A great many families in the US and Canada have members who are receiving psychiatric treatment, even if it happens to be one of the kids on a daily dose of Ritalin. More and more people have a vested interest in remaining mum about a profession that is creating untold pycho-emotional damage, even as it increases its power and influence .
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Topic: health - on December 3, 2006 at 2:19:00 PM CET
99 Ways To Keep Your Heart Pumping
Heart disease kills more people than any other disease. According to the American Heart Association, almost 33 million American men have cardiovascular disease, and over 430,000 die from it every year. Sadly, many of these deaths were preventable.
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Topic: health - on December 1, 2006 at 2:50:00 PM CET
Fridge magnets 'can be a killer'
Fridge magnets and decorative jewellery could be a killer if you have a weak heart, experts warn.
A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart devices with deadly consequences.
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Topic: health - on November 28, 2006 at 4:17:00 PM CET
Clinton and Kami campaign for AIDS
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has joined Kami, an HIV-positive character from children's programme Sesame Street, to send a message of tolerance ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1.
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