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Four easy ways to lower blood pressure naturally

(NaturalNews) Keeping blood pressure at normal levels – generally understood to be 120/80 millimeters of mercury or mmhg – can help prevent a number of serious health conditions. These include aneurysms, heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and the decline of cognitive abilities…

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E-cigs a 'consumer-driven' revolution born from a bad dream

By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) – Before Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette, a device now shaking up the Big Tobacco industry, he was a pharmacist in China struggling to quit a two-to-three pack a day smoking habit. Once in 2002, Hon forgot to remove a nicotine patch from his stomach before bed and had nightmares all night.

Sweden gets cheeky in safe sex toilet campaign

Swedish health care authorities are warning young travellers this summer against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) by posting cheeky messages on airport toilet seats, a project leader said on Tuesday. Starting June 15, travellers using the loos at airports in central and southern Sweden, including Skavsta airport outside Stockholm, will be greeted with a message on the toilet seat that reads: “You won’t catch chlamydia here. If we were to display

Amnesty calls on Ireland to relax strict abortion laws

Restrictive abortion laws in Ireland are risking the lives of pregnant women, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as it launched a campaign to encourage Dublin to change the legislation. Abortion is allowed only when there is risk to the life of the mother —- rather than just her health. The ban is applied even in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities.

Cathay Pacific bookings to Korea down on disease fear: CEO

By Jeffrey Dastin MIAMI (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has seen a drop in bookings on its routes from Hong Kong to cities in South Korea after the recent uptick in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases there, Chief Executive Ivan Chu said Tuesday. Chu made the remarks on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual meeting. Chu did not discuss the financial impact of the

U.S. health officials seek people who may have contacted TB patient

By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO (Reuters) – A woman with a rare and potentially fatal drug-resistant form of tuberculosis visited Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee this spring, and U.S. and Illinois health officials were working on Tuesday to identify people who may have been exposed to her. Now in stable condition at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland, the patient initially was held in respiratory isolation at a suburban

Pentagon says lab in Britain receives live anthrax samples

The Pentagon on Tuesday added Britain to the list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said one lab in Britain and another in Massachusetts had been added to the list of laboratories that received live anthrax samples, raising the total number of labs to 68. Four countries outside the United States are now known to have received

Pentagon says lab in Britain receives live anthrax samples

The Pentagon on Tuesday added Britain to the list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said one lab in Britain and another in Massachusetts had been added to the list of laboratories that received live anthrax samples, raising the total number of labs to 68. Four countries outside the United States are now known to have received