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Red Bull Side Effects: Adverse Health Reactions to Energy Drinks

Red Bull Side Effects: Adverse Health Reactions to Energy Drinks. Those of you who take in energy drinks such as Red Bull, Monster Energy, Full Throtle, and Rock Star should read the recent issue of the Pediatrics Journal [PDF File] which published a damning study on the bad health effects of energy drinks to young kids and adolescents.

Okay, okay, we know you don’t have the time to read a medical journal and its kinda technical and “academese” too so we decided to upload this Today video of a good doctor talking about the study.

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Mobile MIM Medical Diagnosis Approved by FDA

Mobile MIM Medical Diagnosis Approved by FDA. With the help of a software called Mobile MIM and their iPads or iPhones, doctors can now view images and make medical diagnoses — based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear medicine technology, such as positron emission tomography (PET) — outside of their workstations.

However the Food and Drug Administration, which recently approved the device, stressed that it is not intended to replace workstations and should be used only where there is no access to a work station.

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Cancer Smell: Marine the Dog Can Detect Colon Cancer By Smelling?

Cancer Smell: Marine the Dog Can Smell Colon Cancer? Animals really are smarter than we think, ain’t they? During the recent World Cup, Paul the German Octopus mesmerized the world with his correct predictions on how the German team will fare on the pitch as well as correctly choosing the eventual winner of the tournament.

Now, we have a female labrabor from Japan called Marine who, with the use of her sense of smell, can apparently detect whether a person has colon cancer.

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Lower Breast Cancer Risk for Women With Hot Flashes?

Lower Breast Cancer Risk for Women With Hot Flashes? Maybe this is what our mom calls, a “blessing in disguise”? Women who have to endure hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms are less likely to develop breast cancer. According to researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, “women who ever experienced menopausal symptoms have a substantially reduced risk of breast cancer, and that severity of hot flushes is also inversely associated with risk.”

Says lead researcher and breast cancer epidemiologist Dr. Christoper Li, “We know that hormones are important to breast cancer risk, and we also know that menopausal symptoms occur primarily because of changes in hormones that women experience as they go through menopause.”

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Breast Implants Cancer Link: Do Boob Jobs Give You Cancer?

Breast Implants Cancer Link: Do Boob Jobs Give You Cancer? Are breast implants cancerous? There’s a possibility that they are! Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a possible association between breast implants – whether saline or silicone – with a rare type of cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). According to the agency, women with breast implants “may have a very small but significant risk of ALCL in the scar capsule adjacent to the implant”.

Because of this, the agency is requesting health professionals to report any ALCL cases they encounter among women with breast implants.

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Marijuana Soda: Canna Cola or Doc Weed?

Marijuana Soda: Canna Cola or Doc Weed? Some “hipster” named Clay Butler is reportedly planning to sell soda laced with marijuana aimed for consumers who need it for medical purposes. Here are some questions you might be asking about marijuana soda.

The answers are culled from newspaper reports on the subject.

Where can you buy marijuana soda?
The producers are initially targeting the marijuana-friendly state of Colorado so you may have to go to the Centennial State to buy them.

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