Food & Health
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Food & Health 
Volunteering is Good for Your Blood Pressure: Study
Volunteering to help others doesn’t only feel good but it can also boost your heart health by reducing blood pressure, a new US study suggests....
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Food & Health 
New York Boutique Barre Studio Physique 57 Opens Dubai Location
Popular barre-based fitness studio Physique 57, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is opening its first international studio this summer in Dubai. The...
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Food & Health 
Cook with Vegetable Fats for a Healthy Heart: Study
People should feel guilt-free when cooking with vegetable fats like canola, corn and sunflower oils, which can actually be heart-healthy, suggests a team of US...
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Food & Health 
Seven Ways to Reduce Your Stroke Risk
A new study finds that small lifestyle changes could make a big impact on reducing your stroke risk. Published in the American Heart Association journal...
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Food & Health 
Simple Vinegar Test Cuts Cervical Cancer Deaths
(CHICAGO-AFP) – A simple vinegar test cut cervical cancer rates among Indian women by nearly a third and could prevent 73,000 deaths worldwide each year,...
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Food & Health 
Vegetarians Live Longer and Prosper: Study
Want to live longer and keep the grim reaper at bay? A new study suggests dropping meat from your diet. After following more than 70,000...
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Food & Health 
Why McDonald’s is Not Halal
Sya Taha takes a look at relevant verses in the Qur’an to examine how permissible the fast food giant’s offerings really are.
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Food & Health 
WHO Urges Global Ban on All Tobacco Marketing
Governments worldwide must ban all forms of tobacco marketing, not just billboards and TV ads, as companies find new ways to tap the market, the...
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Food & Health 
Vaccine Hopes for Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease
A trial vaccine provided "significant" protection against a virus that can cause potentially deadly hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children.
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Technology 
Google Search App Delivers Nutritional Information with Voice Commands
Google’s search version of Siri, Apple’s intelligent personal assistant, has rolled out a new feature that provides the nutritional content for about 1,000 different foods....
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Food & Health 
WHO Urges Action Against Obesity as Poor Nations Get Fatter
Alarmed at expanding waistlines around the world, the UN’s health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis, proposing...
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Food & Health 
Soda Addiction Causes Same Kind of Tooth Damage as Meth: Study
Drinking large amounts of soda could be as damaging to your teeth as taking meth or crack cocaine, says a disturbing new study. Published in...
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Food & Health 
Halal Foods Most Important Factor for Traveling Muslims
By 2020, 14 percent of all international trips will be undertaken by Muslims who will outpace the global average when it comes to travel growth.
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Food & Health 
Too Much Coffee Can Make You Fat: Study
While research finds that drinking coffee in moderation can be good for your health, overdoing it isn’t. In a new study, Australian researchers have found...
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Food & Health 
Calcium Supplements Linked to a Longer Life
Taking a calcium supplement of up to 1,000 mg per day can help women live longer, according to a new study. “Our study found daily...
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Technology 
Is Kinect 2.0 the Future of Health Tech?
Last week Microsoft unveiled its new generation Xbox One videogame console and Kinect 2.0 — and while the company has made no official healthcare annoucement,...
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Food & Health 
Five Ayurvedic Spices to Keep You Cool This Summer
The ancient healing art of Ayurveda is one of the hottest wellness trends this year, and you can sample some of the practice’s benefits right...
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Food & Health 
What Bad Weather Does to Your Blood Pressure
Here’s good motivation to go ahead and book that holiday somewhere warm: a new Scottish study finds that cold, rainy weather can raise your blood...
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Food & Health 
Concept Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Many Strains
Scientists unveiled a concept vaccine against flu Wednesday they said may protect against various strains with a single jab. Tested in ferrets, considered good human...
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Food & Health 
Fish Oil Supplements Could Cut Diabetes Risk
On the heels of a recent study that finds fish oil can reverse the negative effects of junk food on the brain comes more good...
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Food & Health 
Japan Hospital Tests Powerful Breast Cancer Therapy
A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world’s first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer. The...
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Food & Health 
Accidental Find Shows Vitamin C Kills Tuberculosis
Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C — an “unexpected” discovery they hope will lead...
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Food & Health 
Halal Food Production on the Rise in the Balkans
A recent halal food fair saw some 30 producers gather to present their goods: meat products, cheese, sweets, pastry, oils and even halal cosmetics.
