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Gut microbes – are yours making you fat?

(NaturalNews) Did you know that your gut is interacting with bacteria every day to do more than help you digest food and that the gut is unique to every individual? Scientists have only recently become more aware of the existence of a complex network of nerves that line our stomach…

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5 Six-Pack Friendly Beer Recipes

Have your beer and drink it too. Your favorite beverage is good for a lot more than quenching your thirst on a summer day and giving you the confidence to approach beautiful women. In fact, it’s perhaps the most underrated cooking ingredient in your kitchen. Beer can replace some or all of the liquid—water, stock, or wine—in practically any recipe, adding its own unique flavor without adding many calories and

Greek civil servants, pharmacists strike against bailout reforms

Pharmacists pulled down their shutters across Greece on Wednesday and civil servants walked off their jobs in protest against a new bailout deal that saved Athens from bankruptcy but will impose more reforms on a country already deep in crisis. Protesters marched against austerity in central Athens in the morning, holding banners reading “Cancel the bailout!” and “No to the policies of the EU, the ECB and the IMF” but

Postmenopausal vaginal changes may seem worse for depressed women

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While up to a third of postmenopausal women experience vaginal changes like dryness, itching and pain during sex, such symptoms may be more disruptive for those who are also suffering from depression or urinary incontinence, a new study suggests. Researchers interviewed 745 postmenopausal women with vaginal symptoms as part of a larger study on the impact of incontinence on reproductive health. For depressed women,

Eating foraged mushrooms not worth losing a liver

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Eating the wrong wild mushroom can be a grave mistake, leading to death or, as in the case of one 52-year old woman in Ontario, to the need for a lifesaving liver transplant. “Thus far, I have only seen one case of mushroom poisoning during my residency,” said Dr. Corey M. Stein, lead author of a case report about the woman in CMAJ. “I

Israeli firm develops health-warning sensor for pilots

By Ori Lewis HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems says it has developed a body sensor that could help save the lives of pilots by forewarning of possible loss of consciousness in extreme manoeuvres or because of oxygen starvation. Named “Canary”, the system is initially geared for the military market and fighter pilots who experience extreme physiological stress during sharp turns, high-speed acceleration or possible oxygen

Sanofi announces reorganisation ahead of strategic plan

Sanofi will adopt a simplified structure centred around five global business units starting in January 2016 to promote growth, the French drugmaker said on Wednesday, as it prepares a new strategic plan to be unveiled in November. The company said the five would be: general medicines & emerging markets, specialty care, diabetes & cardiovascular, Sanofi Pasteur for vaccines, and Merial for animal health. The composition of Sanofi’s executive committee remains