Tips for fighting stress in body and soul
Berlin - Modern life can be a blur of dropping the children off at school, preparing for an important meeting at work and then managing a big project for the boss only to get to the weekend and face a mountain of household chores. It all translates i...
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Exercise lowers stroke risk
Berlin - Climbing stairs daily helps to lower the risk of suffering a stroke, according to the German Stroke Foundation. It noted that getting too little exercise and being overweight were among the risk factors for a stroke. Regular exercise and a b...
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Vitamin C no protection against colds, trials show
Cologne, Germany - Vitamin C does not protect against colds, according to Germany's Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). IQWiG noted that some dietary supplements contained over a gram of vitamin C, or 10 times more than the r...
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Placebo effect may actually reduce pain
Hamburg - Contrary to conventional thought, the placebo effect may be effective in reducing chronic pain, German researchers report in the journal Science. The placebo effect is often put down as merely psychological. The unconscious mind believes ...
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Jordan reports new swine flu death, to start vaccination Tuesday
Amman - A 20-year-old pregnant woman on Sunday became Jordan's 11th swine flu fatality, according to Health Minister Nayef al-Fayez. This is why the ministry will target pregnant women as one of the high-risk groups in the vaccination campaign again...
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2009-11-15 ] Category : [
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PREVIEW: UN 'hunger summit' faces gigantic task
Rome - The numbers are staggering, the outlook bleak. Amid an ongoing global economic crisis, more than a billion people worldwide are suffering from hunger. An estimated 200 million children alone are under...
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37 year-old man is first swine flu death in Poland
Warsaw - A 37 year-old man who died recently of pneumonia was carrying the H1N1 virus, doctors announced Saturday in what was the country's first swine flu fatality. The man died after a week in the hospital, reported the Polish Press Agency PAP. ...
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Study: Vulnerable due to swine flu risk should avoid hajj
Cairo - People at risk of coming down with severe illness due to H1N1 influenza should postpone their participation in the annual Muslim pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca, according to a study released Saturday. The findings and recommendations of the st...
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German company plans to market low-cost Viagra
Hamburg - A German company is preparing to manufacture a copy of the erectile-dysfunction medicine Viagra as soon as the patent in Germany runs out, a business weekly reported Saturday. The US company Pfizer has the German patent on Viagra until 2013...
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