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Parachuting, rock climbing and eating raw bean sprouts
Are you a daredevil? Do you do dangerous things? You know, like, parachuting, hang gliding, rock climbing, bungee jumping and, erm . . . eating raw bean sprouts!? Yes, apparently you could be ta...Want a baby? "Keep trying!"
Scientists have said that women who suffer multiple miscarriages are likely to have a baby if they keep trying. Danish researchers found that two thirds of women who had suffered three consecutive mis...Low cal diet drinks are making us fatter?
Experts have suggested that diet drinks may not actually help people to lose weight, after a study has shown that those who drink them tend to get fatter. The waists of those who drank diet drinks gre...Seeing red makes us faster and stronger
A study has concluded that “seeing red” can boost the performance of athletes and sportsmen. When people look at the colour, their reactions become faster and more forceful, even though ...Retinas of deaf people develop to aid their sight
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have concluded that people who are deaf have better sight. This is because their retinas develop more fully to allow greater peripheral vision and capture mo...Hope in the fight against deadly breast cancer
Scientists have isolated genes that spur the growth of an untreatable form of breast cancer. Triple-negative breast cancer is diagnosed in around 9,000 women every year in Britain, covering about a fi...Crossing your arms could help reduce feelings of pain
Scientists have discovered that crossing your arms really is a defensive gesture- it can help reduce feelings of pain. Studies have, so far, only been carried out on pain felt in the hands. Apparently...Pizza anyone? Daily dose of tomato paste could replace statins
A study has shown that cooked tomatoes could be an ‘effective alternative’ to drugs such as statins (used to reduce cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure). Researchers believe that eating le...Give birth to twins and live longer
Mothers of twins live longer than those mothers having single births. This may be a surprise to mums with young twins who feel permanently knackered and run off their feet because it would it appear...The man with DNA that likes to say yes
Did the man from Del Monte have genes that prevented him from saying ‘no’? Well, new research has been published in the journal Neuroscience that suggests that our DNA can cause us to ...
