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Strokes Linked to Middle-Age Heavy Drinking

People who involved in heavy drinking during middle-age increased their risk of getting stroke five years earlier than others. They were also more likely to get stroke than people with traditional factors linked to stroke. Jan 31, 2015
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Online dieters who make more 'connections' lose more weight

New Delhi, Jan 30 (ANI): A new study has recently revealed that people who make more connections while using an online weight management program lose around more than 8 percent of their body weight in six months. The study shows that online dieters with high social embeddedness, who logged in regularly, recorded their weigh-ins and "friended" other members can do very well at losing weight with minimal professional help.This study found that self-monitoring was associated with greater weight loss, too, but even greater weight loss was associated with being highly embedded in a network of other people trying to lose weight. For those lacking time or geographic proximity to attend in-person weight loss treatment, an online weight loss program seems to be a good alternative, particularly if people take advantage of the self-monitoring and social networking features. Jan 30, 2015
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Want to quit smoking? Do it gradually

New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): If you made a new year resolution to no longer take those tobacco puffs, tweak your plans a bit as a new study says that it's better to quit smoking gradually rather than at once.Though smoking is harmful in almost every respect, and causes hoard of health related issues like cancer, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases, a new research suggests that smoking initially increases brain activity.Brain scans suggest that regular smokers experience an almost dementia-like condition in the early hours after quitting, which can be quite an unpleasant experience, and is probably one of the reasons why it can be very difficult to quit smoking once and for all.Habitual smokers seemingly need to continue smoking just to keep their brain functioning normally. With time, they may become less dependent on smoking, but the researchers still do not know how long it takes before the brain of a former smoker has regained its normal energy consumption and blood flow. Jan 29, 2015
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Ebola Death Toll Nears 8,800, Says WHO

The deadly virus, so far, has infected 22,057 people across the whole world, mainly in three West African countries Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Jan 28, 2015
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