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Posted by Terry Weber
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 |
In the modern world, most of us live in a supercharged society where energetic activity always seems to take precedence over the simple common sense awareness of our basic need to get enough sleep. In fact, our active lives can be so enticing, so interesting that we get to the point where we actually begrudge the need to slow down - and simply - get enough sleep.
Consider for a moment some of the negative results of a constant habit or way of life where you never get enough sleep: a malfunctioning of the brain occurs; reaction time slows down; ability to focus attention is impaired; memory lapses; the ability to think creatively suffers; you feel drowsy and lack good judgment in both minor and critical situations.
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Read more... [The Amazing Benefits Of Sleep]
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 |
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Kids compare scars at a week-long summer camp for children with major heart defects operated by the St. Louis Children's Hospital. Most of the 66 kids have never spent a night away from home due to their scary medical conditions. But, , offering climbing walls and adventure courses that challenge kids' limits, is also prepared for any emergency, giving children and their parents piece of mind.
Watch the Making a Difference video below, or at MSNBC...
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Posted by Michelle Buckley
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Thursday, 23 July 2009 |
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The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he was on the path to independence a year after the pioneering operation.
Farmer Karl Merk lost his arms just below the shoulder in a 2002 combine harvester accident.
(Continue reading at Toronto Star)
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 |
The death toll from three of the UK’s most common cancers has dropped
to its lowest level in almost 40 years, according to new figures
released by Cancer Research UK this month.
Mortality rates for breast, bowel, and male lung cancer are at their lowest since 1971.
The latest figures from 2007 showed breast cancer deaths plummeting 36 percent since their peak in 1989.
From a high in 1992, bowel cancer deaths dropped 31 percent.
As more people have given up smoking, the number of men dying each year from lung cancer since 1979 has dropped dramatically to 19,637 deaths in 2007 – an improvement in mortality rates of 53 percent.
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Read more... [Dramatic Drop in UK Deaths from Most Common Cancers]
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