Author: Maria Cheng
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Iraqi wounded seek help in Jordan hospitals
AMMAN, Jordan – In November 2006, Ali Mizhir was on his way to a market in Baghdad to buy some slippers. As he walked alongside the road, a car bomb exploded – blowing away much of his lower left leg.When Mizhir, then 11, was brought to a nearby hospital, doctors told his father they would…
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Smile; you might get a cheerful reaction
LONDON • When you’re smiling, the whole world really does smile with you. A paper being published today in a British medical journal concludes that happiness is contagious – and that people pass on their good cheer even to total strangers. American researchers who tracked more than 4,700 people in Framingham, Mass., as part of…
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Want to lose weight? Try eating
LONDON – Want to lose weight? Try eating. That’s one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.At the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, England, food expert Peter Wilde and colleagues are developing foods that slow down the digestive system, which then triggers a signal…