Gout, a very painful condition that was once associated with the rich and the famous, has become a very common illness that affects a significant portion of the UK population. In England, researchers have seen a 7% increase in hospital admissions because of gout for over a ten-year period. Additionally, those who have this condition were found to be at high
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Feeling low? Well, there’s more reason to eat your seven-a-day servings of fruits and vegetables. Because aside from keeping you protected from health disease, it also improves your wellbeing and makes you happy, a new research reveals. Researchers from the University of Warwick, in conjunction with Dartmouth College, studied the eating habits of 80,0
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When you want something, the whole universe conspires. When you think about the bills you couldn’t pay, the job you could lose, the sacrifices you have to make, the frustrations in the past, etc, you are focusing yourself on what you do not want, which makes it more difficult for you to achieve your goals. Often, we are too concerned of not getting t
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Do you always feel tired even if you only do a few activities in a day? Are you finding it hard to manage your weight? Do you always feel sleepy and sluggish? Well then, there must be something wrong with your metabolism. A drop in our metabolic rate could produce a significant impact on our health. So before its too late, you want to start doing something a
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Many studies have been conducted to determine what the brain does during sleep and how it affects certain cognitive functions. But for the first time, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles arrived on new findings that counter conventional theories about memory consolidation that takes place when one is asleep. The UCLA team, headed by M
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Most of us can’t do without a mobile phone. They have become an integral part of modern life. A phone call these days is just a very small part of their use for many people, who now hold multiple conversations through text as well as reading and sending emails, updating twitter or Facebook, and if you’re a real fanatical, like me, writing blogs a
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Did you know that people communicate more often non-verbally? Even during the ancient times and until today (when we already have a defined communication system called language), non-verbal cues, which are commonly expressed through body language, have always been our major way of communicating. In fact, experts believe that far more information is relayed t
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Until today, treatment response for depression has not been identified yet. Although there are available treatments, the success of recovery remains to be a case-to-case basis. For clinically depressed individuals who do not respond well to medications and other medical procedures, ketamine is the last resort. This drug, which is normally used in the adminis
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Marriage breakdown, as one High Court Judge has said, is the most destructive scourges in UK. Just recently, a survey revealed that Britain has the highest divorce rate in EU. Every relationship has its ups and downs, and twists and turns. While it always begins with a euphoric feeling, many things may come along the way and tear the relationship apart. One
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Many people ask – does hypnosis really work? The answer is yes – it does. However, this therapy may not work for everyone and a new study explains why. Hypnosis is a popular therapy that is clinically used to address certain mental and behavioural disorders such as phobia, pain, anxiety issues, and stress. During the treatment, the patient is pu
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