HEALTH & WELLBEING

Human Guinea Pigs for Google Health Projects

A Google search page is reflected in sunglasses in this photo illustration taken in Brussels May 30, 2014.
A project called Baseline Study has been initiated by Google, for which it will amass anonymous genetic and molecular information from 175 participants to create a crowd-sourced picture of human health. Google is in the hope of expanding the size to a thousand more. This project will give scientists an accurate picture of what a healthy body looks like and can help medicine move from treatment to prevention. This would help detect ailments like cancer and heart disease much earlier.
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Switzerland's Granit Xhaka exchanges handshakes with team coach Ottmar Hitzfeld

Fist Bump is More Hygienic Than Handshakes

Before he accepted his Democratic nomination in 2008, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama congratulated each other with the fist bump. This gesture has been used in the sports world for many years. It is nothing but knocking fists together called the fist bump or dap, used as a form of greeting or congratulatory gesture.
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Streaks of Jealousy Found Among Dogs

Dogs exhibit streaks of jealousy when their owners showered more affection or attention to another dog or human, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Women prisoners from the Ancon prison wait to participate in a dance competition

A Common Link Among Female Criminals: Brain Injury

To spread awareness about a health problem that has been neglected a research was carried out in a prison in Ontario, Canada. According to the research 40 percent of the women prisoners suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Evidence showed homelessness, substance abuse, risky behavior and incarceration were negative health outcome of TBI associated with blows to the head.
A couple embraces during sunset on the Pont des Arts with its fence covered with padlocks clipped by lovers over the River Seine in Paris, in this August 10, 2013 file photo. The Pont des Arts footbridge over the Seine in central Paris was closed for a fe

The Mind is the Key in Female Orgasms: Research

According to a study, it was found that women who reach orgasm on a regular basis are more focused on sensations of the body during lovemaking than women who have trouble having orgasms with their partners. Researchers were of the opinion that there is a link between the ability to focus on the body and think in a certain way which helps women orgasm during intercourse.
National Park Service Ranger Jeff Denny shows the massive 115 cubic feet cut off an old-growth redwood tree by poachers, near Orick, California

Trees Save 850 American Lives Each Year

Trees purify the air and give us oxygen the most important gas that life depends on. Urban trees are estimated to remove 711,000 tons of pollution in the U.S. According to the varying densities of tree cover across the nation, the removal of air pollution and human health vary from place to place.
Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus

Top Liberian Doctor Dies of Ebola Virus in West Africa

The deadly Ebola virus outbreak which affected over 670 people in West Africa is now taking its toll on doctors. Government officials revealed on Sunday that a top Liberian doctor had died due to the Ebola virus contagion and another US health worker got infected with the disease.
Holiday Park By Seaside Is The Best Place For Vacation

Men Prefer Women Who Are Smarter Than Them - Survey

Many believe that men are intimidated by smarter women and do not prefer dating them, but a new research published in the American Sociological Review suggests that men hold a completely different view than people know.
A Chinese researcher collects a blood sample from an ethnic Tibetan man

A New Revolutionized Blood Test May Help Detect all Types of Cancers

A British team of scientists have developed a test that can help in detecting all kinds of cancers in the future. The test is said to be universal and easy; so far, it has been used on three types of cancer. The scientists from the University of Bradford have found it to show positive results in all three cases. The study is published in the FASEB Journal.
Health workers carry the body of an Ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone

Ebola Outbreak: Sierra Leone Ebola Escapee Dies

A Sierra Leone woman who escaped from the hospital to seek treatment with a traditional healer died on the way back to the hospital in the ambulance after she turned herself in. A nationwide hunt for the woman had begun after her family had forcibly taken her from the public hospital. Health officials said that there was a fear and mistrust of health workers in Sierra Leone. There was a strong belief in traditional medicine and this was hindering their efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak they...
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Celebrities Who Got Pregnant Using IVF: Busting the Myths About IVF

Mariah Carey, Emma Thompson, Celine Dion, Courteney Cox and Nicole Kidman are a few of the many other celebrities who have benefited from the procedure. They are all mothers to beautiful children now. The treatment does not work as effectively for those above their 40s, yet Celine Dion, after 5 failed IVF fertilisation attempts, became the mother of beautiful children in the sixth attempt.

9 Tips For Surviving a Plane Crash

reports of tragic aeroplane disasters have been all over the news lately, from the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine to the crash of Air Algerie flight 5017 in northern Mali. Vivid images of the crash sights and all the media attention have us all thinking that plane crashes are catastrophic unsurvivable events. Fortunately, that isn’t always the case. A study conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the chances of surviving a plane crash are...
Pregnant woman sits on the floor at a hospital in Minakaman

Mums-To-Be Face Discrimination at Workplace

The federal government has said that for workplace discrimination against pregnant women to be stopped, more work needs to be done and it won't be fair to alter work laws to solve the problem.
Student Georgina Sapak sunbathes on the beach during a hot summer day

Bikini Diets dominate people in Britain: Survey

A new survey conducted by the health and fitness brand Fitbit revealed that more than half the population has taken to diets and exercises to lose weight and get into shape for the next holiday. People see summer holidays as a time to flaunt their toned and shapely bodies. The survey discovered that those residing in the North of England were most likely follow the bikini diet which is very popular among Londoners. There was an urge among most of the people to shed some pounds and look thin.

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