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Ageing study looks at fasting to live longer

February 20, 2012
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Picture: Getty Images Scientists in the United States claim people who starve themselves on alternate days may live longer, boost brain power and lose weight. The National Institutes for Aging researchers based their evidence on studies involving animals and humans. Animals were given the bare minimum of calories needed to keep them alive. The...
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‘World’s oldest’ yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old

December 23, 2011
Bernice Bates, 91, is the world's oldest yoga teacher, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Picture: AP

    BERNICE Bates is 91 years old and more flexible than people a third of her age. Guinness World Records recently awarded her title of Oldest Yoga Teacher. While there might be other, older yogis, Ms Bates, completed the lengthy documentation process required by Guinness. Her daughter nominated her earlier this year. Ms...
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Men who use internet porn ‘likely to become hopeless in the bedroom’

October 22, 2011
Too much: Men who surf the net for porn are less likely to be stimulated by ordinary sexual encounters

Internet pornography is creating a generation of young men who are hopeless in the bedroom, according to research. Exposure to lurid images and films in the new media is de-sensitising so many young people that they are increasingly unable to become excited by ordinary sexual encounters, a report said. The result is that impotence...
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‘Losing’ love letters to cool the 7-year itch

October 10, 2011
A couple of newlyweds prepare to put love letters into a mailbox at a post office in Beijing's Haidian district on Sept 9. The letters will arrive at their home in seven years' time.[China Daily]

Couples worried about the seven-year itch can now plan a reminder of their love by posting a letter to their future selves. Beijing Post is offering to store letters and deliver them after seven years, part of a series of romantic services they have introduced. Since Sept 9 in Chinese the date is called...
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Americans reject Europe’s Breast Milk Baby doll

August 11, 2011
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The Breast Milk Baby, now available for boys and girls alike. Here’s a toy you can buy for your kids that really sucks. Move over, Malibu Barbie! There is a new children’s doll on toy store shelves, and The Breast Milk Baby is swallowing up the competition. After a successful run overseas, Spain-based Berjuan...
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It may mask wrinkles – but Botox at too early an age could actually make you look OLDER

May 31, 2011
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  By TAMARA ABRAHAM Thanks to the influence of celebrities, younger women than ever are demanding Botox injections a means of wrinkle prevention. But according to one British doctor, using the cosmetic filler too young could actually speed up the ageing process. In an article published today, Dr Darren McKeown claims the idea that Botox...
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‘Viagra condoms’ to help men with erection problems during sex

May 11, 2011
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  Boost: ‘Viagra condoms’ will help men with erection problems during sex (posed by model)Men who struggle with erectile problems when they use contraception may have a breakthrough with new ‘Viagra condoms’. Designers found that large numbers of men complained that they struggled to maintain erections when using conventional condoms in sex. Manufacturers lined...
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Having sex and blowing your nose linked to aneurysm

May 6, 2011
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  Having sex, blowing your nose and drinking coffee can temporarily raise the risk of rupturing a brain aneurysm and suffering a stroke, a new study has found. Dutch researchers have identified eight main triggers that increase the risk of aneurysm – a weakness in the wall of a brain blood vessel that often...
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Man ‘high on bath salts’ arrested in bra, panties, accused of stabbing goat

May 4, 2011
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A US man found wearing women’s underwear and standing over a goat’s carcass told West Virginia police he was high on bath salts. Mark L Thompson of Alum Creek was arrested at his home on Monday. A criminal complaint in Kanawha County Magistrate Court charges the 19-year-old with cruelty to animals. Sheriff’s Deputy JS...
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Don’t drink, it’s carcinogenic: report

May 1, 2011
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Forget safe drinking levels, any amount of alcohol could give you cancer, the Cancer Council says. Forget safe drinking levels – any amount of alcohol could give you cancer. Alcoholic drinks and ethanol are carcinogenic to humans and there’s no evidence there’s a safe consumption threshold to avoid cancer, the Cancer Council says in...
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