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Comedian George Burns once cracked that "sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope." Clearly, he was speaking for his own generation.
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... at the University of Cincinnati, recently returned from a co-op in Zurich, Switzerland. Berger, who is majoring in chemical engineering, worked at ETH University doing research with masters and doctorate students. Her projects dealt with analyzing ...
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... Kids burn more calories with some video games than others It appears that stamping out ninjas - 'virtually, that is - 'burns more calories than dispatching them with a joystick. In a study that parents around the globe should love, University of ...
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... where children are born without sweat glands and are thus unable to regulate body temperature. Extensive damage by burns covering a large surface area of skin may also give rise to this inability to regulate body temperature. Severe infections of ...
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... and other organs, not to mention your appearance and smell). As a smoker, your body gets used to these facts: Smoking burns calories. Smoking elevates your heart rate and increases your metabolism; when you quit, you burn about 100 fewer calories a ...
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... ceramic - all mined) and is poured in a glass made of glass or maybe plastic. That plastic was manufactured in a chemical plant using petroleum as the basic raw material. The petroleum was extracted from the earth. The cereal you pour out of that ...
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A stand of wild "poison" parsnip grows alongside the Washington Turnpike in Chelsea. The invasive weed can cause burns if skin comes in contact. Photo: Stefan Hard/Times Argus Think poison ivy is bad? Meet wild parsnip, or poison parsnip, a plant ...
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... result of the first mosquito to test positive for the West Nile Virus there in four years. The fog was caused by a chemical called Permanone 3030. It's used to treat the area in Morgan Township where the West Nile mosquito problem first surfaced. A ...
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... were better antibacterial agents than silver sulfadiazine, which is a widely used topical treatment for severe burns and ulcers. 'And', says Lee, 'unlike many other silver preparations these nanoparticles are air- and light-stable, cheap to produce, ...
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... wound healing and further support the potential application of Homspera in diverse areas such as thermal and chemical burns, battlefield trauma, and wounds such as diabetic and pressure ulcers, as well as surgical and traumatic wounds. Bio-Quant ...
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... Most of these claims are still being investigated. Studies are being done with some success on capsaicin, the chemical that gives hot peppers their heat. Capsaicin has destroyed certain types of cancer cells in rats. Further research on peppers is ...
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... do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry ; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert energy into heat. Capsaicin is the chemical ...
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