Yum...I love mediterranean food...looks like this is a better way to diet...or just eat good food..

Quoted: Traditional Mediterranean diets that include nuts and olive oil may help protect the heart in those at high risk for heart disease.

Ummh...this is amazing...a compound found in green tea helps protect t-cells from HIV...so far they have seen this in test tubes it would be amazing if this actually worked in humans...

Quoted: An antioxidant in green tea may block HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from attaching to an important molecule on immune system cells.

It used to be thought that having a pet as a child resulted in a decrease chance of allergies...but new studies show that newborns around cats develop eczema, dogs are still considered beneficial to a baby’s health...interesting.

Quoted: Newborns who share a home with a pet cat may be more likely to develop eczema as infants than other babies, a study shows.

SO COOL....a simulated birth...wow med students across the nation have this new robo-birth simulation that even incorporates complications with the mother or the child...I am very impressed....

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She can be programmed for a variety of complications and for cervix dilation. She can labor for hours and produce a breach baby or unexpectedly give birth in a matter of minutes.

She ultimately delivers a plastic doll that can change colors, from a healthy pink glow to the deadly blue of oxygen deficiency. The baby mannequin is wired to flash vital signs when hooked up to monitors.

The computerized mannequins emit realistic pulse rates and can urinate and breathe.

Another reason to have your cholesterol checked regularly...

Interesting...too bad this doesn’t seem like it will be able to regenerate other organs. I hope research does continue though this is a huge advancement.

Wow.... this is nutz...we have been learning about fetal malformations in our embryology course...approximately 80% of all spontaneous abortions are due to malformations during fetal development. It is so surprising that this baby survived with two growing fetuses inside of it!!!...Statistics show that this anomaly is very rarely seen… most likely because these pregnancies are usually naturally aborted… Very interesting.... thanks for dotting this katie.

This is a huge problem in India and elsewhere, there are a bunch of movies that document killing girl babies after birth as well...usually by drowning them in a tub of milk...that image will stay with me forever...

This article concentrates on abortion of a female fetus by a medical professional. I never knew that in India learning the gender of a fetus was unlawful, because once it was determined that a female had been conceived the fetus would be aborted. The societal preference of male children has resulted in a skewed population in which there is a greater male to female ratio. I was glad to see that the government is going to work to punish those doctors that aid in female fetal killing.

Quote: There are about 861 women for every 1,000 men in Haryana, according to the census. The national average is 927 women to 1,000 men.