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Women advised to avoid ZEN bust-enhancing supplements because of possible cancer risk

Women who use bust-enhancing dietary supplements containing the mycoestrogen zearalenone (ZEN), a naturally occurring toxin that widely contaminates agricultural products, could be increasing their risk of breast cancer. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What Zen meditators don't think about won't hurt them

Zen meditation has many health benefits, including a reduced sensitivity to pain. According to new research from the Universite de Montreal, meditators do feel pain but they simply don't dwell on it as much. These findings, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Barrow researcher reports that slow breathing reduces pain

Research performed by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown that controlled breathing at a slowed rate can significantly reduce feelings of pain.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain

Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Me ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room

(AP) -- Stressed out by flying?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress reduction and mindful eating curb weight gain among overweight women

Many dread gaining weight during the holiday season, but there may be hope for those who find that stress causes them to reach for yet another helping of holiday goodies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Steve Jobs' delves deep into complex man's life

"Steve Jobs" (Simon & Schuster), by Walter Isaacson: "Steve Jobs" takes off the rose-colored glasses that often follow an icon's untimely death and instead offers something far more valuable: The chronicle ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Jobs questioned authority all his life, book says (Update)

(AP) -- A new biography portrays Steve Jobs as a skeptic all his life - giving up religion because he was troubled by starving children, calling executives who took over Apple "corrupt" and delaying cancer ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 10

The Steve Jobs credo: 'Stay hungry, stay foolish'

Like most commencement addresses, the June 2005 speech delivered by Steve Jobs offered the college graduates pearls of wisdom as they finished their studies and prepared to embark on life's way.

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Beyond pills: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure

More and more, patients show up to appointments with hypertension expert John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. carrying bags full of "natural" products that they hope will help lower their blood pressure. And like most physicians, ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eurocopter X3: The world's fastest copter

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you asked a child how they would make a helicopter go faster, they would probably tell you to add another engine. The answer would be Zen simple and dead right. The engineers at Eurocopter ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 36 | with audio podcast weblog

In the case of DNA, the package can be as important as its contents: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2003, the year a complete draft of the human genome was released, the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute launched the ENCODE project (ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements), to develop ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

60-second review: Auto-vacuuming robots

This column kicks off our series on gadgets to help you achieve your New Year's Resolution. Today's review: the latest in auto-vacuuming robots to aid our lazy readers who resolve to have a cleaner home. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Gift Guide: Winners for every kind of gamer

Nearly three-quarters of American households own a device that's used specifically for video games, whether it's a console, a handheld device or a dedicated computer, according to Nielsen Co. Add to that all ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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