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Smoking can be good for you

It’s the headline dedicated smokers have been waiting for: their disgusting habit is good for them. At least under certain conditions, though this doesn’t mean you’d be wise to reach for a pack of Players – the benefit is far outweighed by the danger of cancer.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Ever decreasing circles…rehabilitation and recovery

Roehampton Priory, infamous for housing thwacked-out celebrities while they get over their drug habits or alcoholism. The public misconception is that this is not really a hospital, more of a clinic for respite and the self-indulgent.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Hold homeopaths to account

By Paul Rodgers
If it were up to me, magic would work. Much of my teens were spent in an imaginary land full of elves and dwarves, steeped in the lore of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and games such as Dungeons & Dragons. Who could resist the idea that waving a wand or drinking [...]

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Accidental discovery could help eradicate malaria

Scientists have found a way to lock malaria parasites within infected blood cells to trap the disease and possibly treat it.

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Posted on 19th May 20102 Comments
Happy Anniversary Human DNA Sequence

Ten years ago the first working draft of the full sequence of the human genome was completed. The international was started in order to map the location of all genes in human DNA.

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Posted on 30th April 2010No Comments