Mirror and Cache index - Lifestyle: Health
180 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 02:56:41 by jessebshiloh | 92 comments
Doctors and parents were stunned when research published more than a decade ago found some American
girls were beginning puberty as early as 7
223 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 21:09:22 by RobertWright | 14 comments
Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks may be at
increased risk for preterm delivery, a study shows.
244 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 15:32:39 by spiderman0505 | 66 comments
The abundance of digital diversions has only amped up the usual tug-of-war between generations about
when the lights go out. What teen wants to drift off when another text is arriving, when X-Box
friends are still online, when Facebook is 24/7?
657 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 16:13:06 by HackieWackie | 78 comments
Not all sex-related laws make sense. Here’s a collection of 20 of the weirdest sex laws from
around the world.
295 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 03:18:49 by upick | 29 comments
Adding science to years of anecdotal claims, scientists find that dieters who drink two cups of
water before meals lose more weight.
309 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 00:20:12 by jboitnott | 58 comments
The process of the decomposition of the human body is a complex and fascinating one. Here are a
series of images and videos explaining how it works.
202 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 12:09:04 by cranelake | 18 comments
Currently in the UK, the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) imposes a £250 cap on
payments so as to avoid commercializing the procedure. But due to shortages, this could soon go as
high as £800 or $1250!
241 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 21:11:45 by RagingReid | 241 comments
As schools gradually eliminate soda machines from their cafeterias to battle childhood obesity, a
growing chorus of food activists has shifted its focus to chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milks,
which account for more than 70% of school milk consumption.
162 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 10:55:29 by Weas007 | 30 comments
In this Sunday's New York Times, reporter Brian Stelter outlines his using Twitter as a tool for
weight loss by setting up a @brianstelter25 account for his progress and tweeting out his exercise
plan and meals.He ends up losing 75 pounds.
355 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 19:24:34 by Slasher | 74 comments
Japan’s decision in 2008 to invite nurses and caregivers from Indonesia and the Philippines to
fill gaping holes in its health service was hailed as proof of a new spirit of openness in a country
that has traditionally shunned large numbers of skilled workers from abroad. Three years later, for
all the programs good intentions, is in tatters
429 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 17:53:29 by deafbeat | 95 comments
From the real risks of smoking to managing stress, high blood pressure and diet, get the health
facts that could help you live longer and happier.
208 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 16:32:41 by moredown | 33 comments
More than 30 million Americans practice some sort of yoga in an industry generating an estimated $6
billion in the U.S. alone. But in the birthplace of yoga, an Indian government agency is fighting
what it calls "yoga theft" after several U.S. companies said they wanted to copyright or patent
their versions.
412 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 17:08:25 by usq1111 | 54 comments
For millennia, when confronted with a newly discovered material man has asked himself one burning
question: Can I use this to get fucked up?
381 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 02:04:42 by MrBabyMan | 26 comments
While US combat troops fight two wars, its mental-health professionals are waging a battle to save
soldiers' sanity when they come back, one that will cost billions long after combat ends in Baghdad
and Kabul. It is a high-intensity conflict.
330 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 00:28:30 by ArbiInc | 32 comments
Researchers have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for
HIV. The two drugs, decitabine and gemcitabine -- both FDA approved and currently used in pre-cancer
and cancer therapy -- were found to eliminate HIV infection in the mouse model by causing the virus
to mutate itself to death.
245 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 00:13:11 by sharkymiragical | 97 comments
More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella
outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more
than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to increase.
252 votes | submitted 2010-08-20 14:46:25 by casspa | 30 comments
Botox?!?!