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    Flu: get fighting fit

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    / May 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    With winter here, you’re bound to be surrounded by coughers and sneezers wherever you go, greatly increasing your flu risk. Running like crazy from anyone who’s ill is the first step to avoid succumbing yourself, as is doing a Lady Macbeth and continually washing your hands. That’s because the flu virus is not only...

  2. Cancer from oral sex increasing in young men

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    / May 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The below infographic shows the risk factors of contracting oral and throat cancer. Through regular detox sessions which can be done non-invasively in ozone steam saunas you can eliminate some of the harmful effects of smoking and drinking. Furthermore the increased oxygen from ozone therapy also combats cancerous cells by...

  3. HIV/Aids patients at higher risk of cardiac death

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    / May 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    People suffering from HIV/Aids are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found. In a paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, two professors at the University of California-San Francisco show incidents of “sudden cardiac death” to be...

  4. Hormone-disrupting chemicals in household products

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    / May 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Tests of more than 200 common household products found that the products contain chemicals that research suggests may be linked to asthma and hormone disruption, researchers report. Products tested included a wide range of household products, such as soaps, lotions, detergents, cleaners, sunscreens, air fresheners, kitty litter, shaving cream, vinyl shower curtains,...

  5. 1 in 6 cancers caused by infection

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    / May 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    One in six cancers worldwide is caused by preventable or treatable infections, a new study finds. Infections cause about 2 million cancer cases a year, and 80% of those cases occur in less developed areas of the world, according to the study, which was published online in The Lancet Oncology. Of the 7.5...

  6. 12 scary hospital stats

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    / May 10, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Hospital visits at some time during your life are unavoidable. You simply wouldn’t want to languish at home nursing a kidney stone or an inflamed appendix. In short, when you need a hospital, you probably need it badly. But there are very good reasons why a hospital stay shouldn’t be taken lightly: the...

  7. My tap water tastes funny

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    / May 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Water Affairs assures us our tap water is excellent and stringently tested, so why does it sometimes look cloudy or brownish, or taste or smell peculiar? South Africa’s tap water is considered to be of world-class quality, at least if you live in one of the bigger metropolitan areas.  Occasional variations in...

  8. E-mail breaks decrease stress, increase concentration

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    / May 7, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Being cut off from work e-mail significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and US Army researchers. Heart rate monitors were attached to computer users in a suburban office setting, while software sensors detected how often they switched windows. People who...

  9. 11 tips to lose weight

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    / May 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Are you desperate to shed some weight? Get rid of those extra kilos for good by following our list of 10 expert weight loss tips, compiled by Health24′s DietDoc, Dr Ingrid van Heerden. If you are a very precise and organised person who likes to be in control of your life, then counting calories/kilojoules is...

  10. Not exercising could kill you

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    / May 2, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Just exercising for 30 minutes a day could cut your risk of dying from disease by a whopping 25%. This is according to Professor Vikki Lambert of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. “Low fitness is one of the biggest killers of people per year and is the most...

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