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  • Pomegranate juice claims deceptive, US rules

    22 May 2012 at 4:10am
    A photo illustration of a bottle of POM Wonderful pomegranate juicePomegranate juice has not been proven to be an effective treatment for cancer, heart disease or erectile dysfunction, US regulators said Monday, calling a company's ad claims deceptive.
     

  • Chemical exposure influences rat behavior for generations

    21 May 2012 at 10:35pm
    The US study may provide an explanation for the mounting number of cases of anxiety disorders and obesity among humansWhen pregnant rats are exposed to a common crop chemical, their descendants three generations later show more anxiety and stress than the offspring of unexposed peers, US researchers said.
     

  • World's smallest artificial heart implanted in Italian baby

    21 May 2012 at 1:41pm
    Italian heart surgeon Antonio Amodeo is pictured in 2010Italian doctors in March implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby before the infant received a permanent organ donation, said the hospital that performed the operation.
     

  • UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples

    22 May 2012 at 10:39am
    A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centers.
     

  • Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured

    22 May 2012 at 8:29am
    In a photo made Thursday, April 19, 2012, Greg Farris takes a break while wearing a protective boot as he helps set up for a weekend triathlon event in Lakeland, Fla. Farris injured his foot while running in barefoot running shoes.(AP Photo/John Raoux)Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod.
     

  • Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood

    22 May 2012 at 10:32am
    This undated image released by PFCAuctions shows a vial containing Ronald Reagan's dried blood residue. A Channel Islands online auction house has angered Ronald Reagan's foundation by claiming to offer a vial that once contained his blood. The auctioneers say it was used by the laboratory that tested Reagan's blood when he was hospitalized after a 1981 assassination attempt in Washington. Bidding for the vial had passed the 7,000 pound ($11,000) mark Tuesday May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/PFCAuctions)Ronald Reagan's foundation on Tuesday denounced the sale by a Channel Islands online auction house of a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from the late U.S. president.
     
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