Category: Living
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Sunbathing, addictions, life itself... Lalalalala! What?!?
Can't resist getting a tan despite the risks? It might be more than a habit. That's the suggestion from a study in mice showing that exposure to ultraviolet radiation triggers similar effects to drug addiction. Previous studies have found that many frequent tanners meet clinical criteria for a substance-related disorder, but David Fisher at Harvard…
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Whisky, cigarettes, long living !?
Whisky and 15 cigarettes a day is the secret of my good health' says Dorothy as she celebrates her 100th birthday (with a glass of her favorite tipple, of course). (1) Surely this went to the news. But we are all too afraid to acknowledge what conclusion might be drawn from this case. Is it…
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Adapting, accepting, living, dying...
The World Health Organization (WHO) presented its first-ever global attempt to assess the spread of drug resistance today—and the results are sobering. Antimicrobial resistance "threatens the achievements of modern medicine," warns the study, which shows that high rates of resistance occur in most parts of the world. "Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the…
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Saving time, heart attacks, doing nothing...
Switching over to daylight saving time, and losing one hour of sleep, raised the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday by 25 percent, compared to other Mondays during the year, according to a new U.S. study. By contrast, heart attack risk fell 21 percent later in the year, on the Tuesday after…
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What is really important. Nobel prizes. Women...
We believe they are lucky. (1) But we do not see how miserable they really are. Perhaps the best trick of them all, is that unhappy miserable people with money and glory have convinced "common" people that they are better and happier than them. But happiness does not come with glory or money. Happiness comes…
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