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Celebrating Amazing Weight Loss

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Posted by geri
Thursday, 02 October 2008
Patients of weight-loss surgeries celebrated their slimming success by throwing a red carpet party. Their success stories include more exercise, eating healthier, and diseases and symptoms subsiding. Amazing "before and after" photos... (on the video below)

California Launches Broad Effort to Control Hazardous Chemicals

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Posted by geri
Thursday, 02 October 2008
California on Monday launched the most comprehensive program of any state to regulate chemicals that have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the broad laws.... (Read more in the Lost Angeles Times)

Tiny Remote Controlled Planes Move Blood Samples From Remote Villages (Video)

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Posted by bivvy
Friday, 26 September 2008
Tiny remote spy planes used during wartime have now been modified to transport medical samples to and from remote areas. Watch this from New Scientist

Cheap Cervical Cancer Test is Boost for Poor Countries

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Posted by geri
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
A simple and affordable test for cervical cancer, designed for countries that don't have the money for expensive labs, could strike a massive blow against the disease called the "silent killer" of women, doctors said on Sunday. In rural China the test was 90% effective.
Read more... [Cheap Cervical Cancer Test is Boost for Poor Countries]

A ‘Miracle Tree’ That Could Feed Sub-Saharan Africa

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Posted by geri
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
The moringa’s leaves and seedpods deliver extraordinary nutrition: Ounce for ounce, a Red Cross official said, moringa leaves contain more beta carotene than carrots, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, more Vitamin C than oranges, and more potassium than bananas. Its protein content is comparable to that of milk and eggs, and its leaves are still available for harvest at the end of the dry season, when other food may be scarce. (Read the full story in the Christian Science Monitor)