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Blood Simple: The Search for The Right Solution

It is not only people with certain religious beliefs, and their children, who reap the benefits of this marvel of modern science. Artificial blood can be given to anyone, regardless of blood group; there is no need for time-consuming checks to ensure that the donor blood matches that of the patient. The substitute can be manufactured in large quantities at times when blood supplies run short. And chemically manufactured blood is completely free of bacteria and viruses.

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Medical Missiles: Homing in on Disease

Such lifesaving drugs as penicillin were discovered by accident, and no one knew at first how or why they worked. But today this ignorance may, for the most part, be a thing of the past. With increased knowledge of how the body fights disease, scientists are able to design drugs that work in ways similar to those of the body’s natural defenses. These “target drugs” home in on invading organisms and destroy them.

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Sweeten Your Memory with Sugar

A spoonful of sugar might do more than make the medicine go down when it comes to memory. Sugar might actually help improve long-term memory.

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Go Hungry and Live Longer?

Counting calories could add up to a longer life.

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Fight Cancer Aging Insomnia and Much More with This All Natural Miracle Supplement

A look into a supplement that could be used as an aid to fight a whole number of things from lack of sleep, to being used to fight cancer and even the signs of aging.

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Alzheimer’s Disease Don’t Forget

Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that gives a caretaker a feeling of hopelessness. This disease works on the memories and thinking skills of an individual. This disease slowly destroys a person’s past thoughts and interferes with everyday life functions.

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Cancer, Research and Scientists

It appears that much of our research dollars have been wasted on useless studies of mice rather than on the destruction of human cancer cells.

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How We Remember

Scientists have tried to figure this one out since time began.

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Parkinson

Can a sleep disorder predict Parkinson’s? Calming the tremors of Parkinson’s disease remains a challenge for patients and doctors alike. New research suggests that future therapies for the condition may emerge from an unlikely place: people’s sleep habits.

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Five Tasks Daily for Mental Health

University of Cambridge just released the findings of an international study. With five simple tasks a day, mental health and ability stay better even into high age.