A little over a year ago, we reported that the dangerous Marburg virus had spread to Europe. Researchers have long searched for the source of this incurable disease, which caused an epidemic in Africa in 1998?2000. They’ve been looking for a host, which will be an animal that spreads the disease to humans that come into contact with it, but which is not affected by the disease itself. Now they think they may have finally found it in a bat cave in the Congo.
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When it comes to women’s health, we try to keep you informed about the basics. A new 15-year study reveals that women who get breast implants to increase the size of their breasts have a significantly higher suicide rate. Meanwhile, one of the most baffling recent US government actions has been to ban the addition of a newly-discovered prevention for cervical cancer, to the vaccinations given to every young girl, because it might encourage future sexual promiscuity. But one brave group is doing its best to change that.
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Researcher Kevin Tracy has discovered a key mind/body link which explains why meditation and biofeedback works?why you can sometimes “think” yourself to health. He recently gave a paper on his discoveries at a conference honoring the Dalai Lama.
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What is being described by NASA as an “unidentified object” has delayed today’s shuttle landing. Atlantis commander Brent Jett radioed this message: “It’s fairly small?It was departing away from us, maybe 1 or 2 feet per second. It wasn’t rising or falling?It was definitely moving away fairly quickly.”
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