04
May
Keto diet, the good and the bad
What is keto diet?The ketogenic diet is is a very high-fat, moderate-protein, very low-carbohydrate meal plan in which you get 70-75 percent of your calories from fat, 15-20 percent from protein, and 5-10 percent from carbohydrates.The purpose of this diet is to get your body int...
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May
The truth about cholesterol
What is Cholesterol?Cholesterol is simply a fatty substance found in every single cell in your body, both in the cell membranes and within organelles inside the cell. Cholesterol is a vital substance, necessary for numerous functions, including:Maintaining cell membrane integrit...
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May
Protein for extreme weight loss
Protein for extreme weight lossHaving a quality protein powder is essential to weight loss and to help your body restore health. Getting enough protein after a weight loss surgery is a major concern to patients; this is justified as many weight loss surgical patients have issues...
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May
Eighteen-year-old Mexican creates “magic” bra that detects breast cancer.
Winning the competitionThe eighteen-year-old Mexican, Julián Ríos, has won $ 20,000 for getting first place in the Global Student Entrepreneurs' Awards with his project. With the collaboration of Higia a Mexican biosensor company that detects breast...
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May
How to prevent, detect and treat gingivitis
Gingivitis is the most frequent periodontal disease, affecting almost 100% of the population at some point in its life.Periodontal diseases affect 8 out of 10 adults. Among them, gingivitis is especially common, but it can be identified, prevented and treated in a very simple way...
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May
Novel Mobile Stethoscope with ECG Capability
Eko, the company that's responsible for the Eko CORE digital stethoscope we highly praised, is now releasing an interesting new device that provides ECG and auscultation capabilities in a mobile package. The Eko DUO looks a bit like a cell phone from the 1990’s, but w...
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May
FACING THE WORST DRUG EPIDEMIC IN US HISTORY
Six out of ten overdose deaths in the US involve an opioid drug. Between 2000 and 2015, more than 500,000 people died from drug overdoses. And every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose.This epidemic has been called the worst drug epidemic in the history of the United S...
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May
Pseudouridimycine: New natural antibiotic capable of destroying resistant bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, popularly known as ‘superbugs', are one of the major threats to global public health. These microorganisms have once evolved to counteract the efficacy of antibiotics - usually by abusive or improper use of these drugs, in the case...
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May
Tech Tattoos
Wearable fitness devices can track pulse rates and physical activity over time in order to achieve long-term health goals; however, more advanced technology is being developed to monitor what's happening inside the body in real time.Researchers are now creating wearab...
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May
Is it Possible to be Fat and Fit?
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY TO ME,‘Anyone who runs as much as you do deserves to be skinny.'Of course, what they’re really saying:‘If you do all this running, why are you still so fat?’A female heavy runner climb of her car at Black Rock Lake. It’s a shi...
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