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Archive for February, 2009

Regular exercise reduces colon cancer risk -

By exercising regularly you can reduce your chance of getting colon cancer by almost a quarter. This is the result of a study that is published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Researchers of the Washington University School of Medicine have used data from 52 previous studies to calculate this result.
They concluded that the most active […]

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Drying hands with hot air is health risk -

Drying your hands under an electric hand dryer is not as hygienic as has always been claimed. Even worse, it can even be a danger for your health.
The hot air dryers can cause a big increase in the number of bacteria on your hands. And they also contaminate the area in which they are installed.
Users […]

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Air moisturizers against the flue -

The flue virus spreads quicker from person to person in dry air. Oregon State University researchers think that air moisturizers could prevent the flue from spreading.
Not only do you get cracked lips and dry skin from the cold winter air, but it also increases the chance of contracting the flue.
For this research the presence […]

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Connection between cannabis use and testicular cancer -

Long term cannabis usage increases the risk of getting an extraordinary aggressive type of testicular cancer. This the conclusion of an American research.
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Center for Cancer Research in Seattle compared the marijuana use of about 370 men that suffered from testicular cancer and of about 980 men that did not have […]

Popularity: 16% [?]