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Study Shows That Coffee And Diabetes Are Linked

That morning cup of coffee can do much more than rejuvenate your body. A new study argues that coffee can reduce the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. However, before rushing to take a second cup of coffee, it is important to note that this research has not been proved yet. Researches done in the past had suggested that there is a link between coffee and diabetes. There are three main compounds in... 

Snooki Surfaces On Twitter Without Makeup (PHOTO)

Snooki without makeup: Jersey Shore star looks unrecognisable? Snooki is not usually thought of as the “wholesome girl next door type” because of her over the top dresses, long fake eyelashes and caked on makeup. However, yesterday the Jersey Shore star shocked her followers when she tweeted “no make up day and IDC!,” along with a photo of her makeup-free face. Her fans reacted with an overwhelming... 

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Rob Ford’s Weight Loss Challenge, Mayor To Shed 50lbs By June

Monday morning marked a new era for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, hopefully a lighter one that comes with a slimmer waist-line. Ford and his brother city councillor Doug Ford rolled out an old fashioned scale in front of the mayor’s office at 9:30am for a new year weight loss challenge. The mayor once referred to himself as 300 pounds of fun, and his brother isn’t far off that size. The mayer... 

Hulk Hogan To Shave Iconic Mustache After Dental Surgery

Hulk Hogan Says Take Care Of Your Teeth kids While everyone is sure to experience some pain involved with dental work, recently former WWE star Hulk Hogan underwent some surgery that has left him in some serious pain. Beginning the process to get new teeth, he needed to have a bone graft to support the teeth. This involves building up the bone to make it stronger. After all, when you are putting... 

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Desks Considered Bad For Workers’ Health

Scary News for Those Who Spend the Day Workign at a Desk Desks bad for workers health is a frightening headline for those who spend most of the day sitting at their desk at work. It has long been common knowledge that sitting at a desk all day was not good for a person’s physical well being. From weight gain, lower metabolism, loss of muscle tone, circulatory issues and a host of other problems... 

Concerns Regarding Epidurals Safety

An Epidural is a medical procedure performed by doctors on pregnant mothers just about to give birth. This is a procedure that is used for the safe and pain free delivery of a baby at a health institution. There are many women who opt for this form of medical procedure as it relieves them of the extreme pain and suffering attributed to a normal or regular child birth. Many women have this procedure... 

Transplant Nurse Donates Own Kidney to Save Patient’s Life

Allison Batson, a transplant nurse at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, donated her kidney to a patient she barely knew. The patient, 23 year old Clay Tabor, was diagnosed with Goodpasture’s Syndrome and placed on a waiting list for a kidney after no one in his family was qualified as a donor match. He had recently graduated from Auburn University and gotten engaged to be married. Tabor spent... 

Taunted 9-Year-Old Girl Kathleen Edward (PHOTO) Loses Battle With Huntington Disease

Girl Dies After Long Battle With Deadly Disease Kathleen Edward, a nine-year-old girl who was battling Huntington’s disease, has died after suffering with the illness for much of her short life. Edward’s battle with the brain disease, which slowly eats away at its victim’s tissue, became public in 2010 when a neighbor of the family started taunting the child through posts on Facebook.... 

Broken Heart Syndrome Really Does Exist

The old saying “dying from a broken heart”, turns out to be true. A medical Journal has reported that heart attack risk can increase by 21 percent when a person is suffering from a broken heart. While some people find the strength to move on from their hurt, others fall into a depression that can cause major heart issues. Researchers said that grieving spouses are more likely to die from... 

600-lb Pay Per View Eating Woman To Lose Weight Now (PHOTO)

600-lb Voyeur Eater Shuts Down Site to Lose Weight Donna Simpson, 44, weighed as much as 600 lbs and even operated her own website which charged a $19/mos subscription to viewers interested in watching her binge eat and increase in weight. The peculiar fetish is known as feederism where observers enjoy watching another person eat in quantities that increase their weight. Simpson ran her site for years...