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Where other young people in her age group can play in the snow, paddle in the sea, or just enjoy the outdoors, abbie could be fatally affected by even the slightest chill, in a deadly allergic reaction.

She has, it seems, quite possibly discovered a cure for one of the oldest and most annoying maladies on earth,- namely the hiccups - by launching a product she has invented dubbed the Hiccupop.

A new study from research psychologists reveals that kindness and generosity are apparently because of people's genes.

Acupuncture is an alternative healing system from China. It appears to have a beneficial effect

Just how far the authorities are prepared to go in their drive to cut the cost of benefits to the country as a whole? Cancer is tough enough to face up to without this added pressure, so those in charge really do need to think again.

Milk makes an excellent cooking medium for meat and fish, much loved and used across many continents. Scottish fishermen wives have always used the white stuff in which to poach their famed smoked Mackerel and other fish.

This knowledge is in wide use today, the glowing markers showing how cancer cells spread through tissue, or how brain cells develop, but now even incorporated into bacteria, acting as environmental biosensors.

The UN decision was a wise part, and followed by any country, so as to save the people of Africa only a short path. Or indeed to suffering Africans?

This latest in a string of surveys over the last few years goes to prove that owls are less familiar to kids than TV characters simply because outdoor play is no longer normal.

These first ever large-scale trials across seven African countries, largest-ever vaccine study, which involved around thousands of babies and small children, have demonstrated that his jab could reduce the impact of the much-feared killer disease considerably.

When Louise wants to sleep, her sessions of slumber can literally go on for days, no amount of shaking or prodding able to fully wake her.

There are,as you can plainly see, far more good reasons for employing herbs in your dietary regime than simply improving the taste of your meals. They can also have very positive effects on your sex life, and help to overcome issues you might have with your libido and sexuality in gen...

The idea behind this new eating regime is to return to the way human ancestors found food in those hunter-gatherer days, when food was what you could find, and nothing else.

A new drug that has extended the lives of mice by more than 30%, research findings that certainly make the prospect of a life-prolonging pill for human users a distinct possibility.

Taking your pleasure where you find it, without resorting to over-indulgence, may well be the best bet, because life, after all, is just too short waste on needless worry, so remember that, despite what they say, it ain’t necessarily so