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Losing weight is like playing the piano

You may hit a few wrong notes, but practice and consistency can help you succeed
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Women reveal more skin in the virtual world

Irrespective of regular measures of physical attractiveness, women's avatars in Second Life expose more skin
Man getting heart attack

For those with a heart attack and anaemia, blood transfusion may not serve well

Recent analysis shows blood transfusion increases the risk of a second-heart attack as well as mortality
Signalling System

Taste buds in the intestine?

The intestinal taste buds can be manipulated to control obesity, says new study
Sound Waves

Sound bites?

New research suggests a sound beam could be used as a scalpel in a non-invasive surgery technique
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Siblings fighting over space and fairness could lead to them getting depressed or anxious

It's important that parents set up proper rules to nip quarrels among sibling teens in the bud
Lightning inside a bulb

If you are an expert, an intutive decision is as good as a well thought-out one

Expertise is key when taking decisions intuitively
Chicks

Heart defects in newborns could have their roots in embryonic factors

Study on chicken heart embryos that parallel the human heart embryos could help understand congenital defects in newborns
Man and woman sitting on the garden

Can sit and rise? Will live longer

The ability is sit down without any support and rise up again is a strong predictor of longevity of life
Old man

Aerobic exercise helps the brain function too

Elders can drive better, remember things better if they do aerobic exercise