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The super-vaccine that beats ALL types of flu - and is 90 per cent effective

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A vaccine that could protect against all forms of flu has been developed by British scientists.
The “holy grail” of flu treatments, […]

AP: Nutrition education ineffective

PANORAMA CITY, Calif. The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education Д fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you eat well.
But an Associated Press review of scientific studies examining 57 such […]

Study: Over 30% report alcohol abuse

CHICAGO (AP) More than 30% of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a new government study. Alcoholics who got treatment first received it, on average, at about age 30 Д eight years after they developed dependence on drinking, […]

Doctors to be banned from wearing watches over superbug fears

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Doctors’ long-sleeved coats - and even their wristwatches - are being eliminated from hospitals as an infection hazard.
But the Government’s dress […]

The research is in: Women don’t really talk more

Women don’t talk more than men. Really, they don’t.
Really.
Popular wisdom would have it that women are much chattier than men, speaking 20,000 words a day, vs. the average man’s 7,000.
But a study being published Friday debunks that stereotype. Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day, says the new research, […]