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Man Wakes Wife From Coma by Yelling at Her
Category: Bizarre Times
Last summer, Dominic and Yvonne Sullivan seemed to have the perfect life. The Somerset, England, couple had gotten married the previous year, and were busy picking out clothes, toys, and a crib for the baby boy they were expecting in September. They even had a name picked out: Clinton.
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Researchers Discover Possible Cure for Baldness
Category: Men's Health
Good news is in store for all the guys out there who bear a stronger resemblance to George Costanza than George Clooney: Scientists have finally managed to identify the gene responsible for hair loss.
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Eating Soy Helps Women Prevent Breast Cancer
Category: Health
If you're a tofu-lover, you may be in luck: A new government-sponsored study from Japan claims that women who make soy-based products a regular part of their daily diet face dramatically lower risks of developing breast cancer than those who don't.

The study tracked 25,000 women between the ages of 40 and 69 over a ten-and-a-half year period, finding that women who consumed around 3.
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A Happy Relationship Keeps Blood Pressure Low
Category: Health
Is your blood pressure so high that your doctor has proclaimed you a walking stroke?

Of course, you know all the best tricks for bringing it back down. He's told you to quit smoking, lose weight, exercise daily, and cut back on the beer and bacon – all very difficult and unpleasant tasks, though definitely more fun than a heart attack.
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'Dead' Man Comes Back to Life after Serious Accident
Category: Making History
In November, Zach Dunlap, a 21-year-old man from Texas, was seriously injured in a quad biking accident when he flew off the bike, landing head-first on the hard asphalt street below. He lay in a hospital bed for days as friends and family members swarmed around his bed, hoping for any sign of life.

But on November 19th, Dunlap's doctor declared that the young man was brain dead.
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Meditation Can Increase Compassion
Category: Alternative Health
Ever had a boss berate you for showing up late to work on the day your dog died? How about a brother who refused to attend your aunt's funeral because it was the same day as a Steelers game?

We all know a few people who could use some intensive training when it comes to compassion – but instead of sending them off to expensive psychotherapy, your best bet might be to buy them some
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Scientists Create Body Parts in Labs
Category: Scientific Revelations
Imagine creating a mouse's heart by printing it out on an ink-jet printer. Using a spray to regenerate skin cells on burn victims. Growing a bladder in a petri dish.
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Genes shared with yeast could help humans fight aging
Category: Scientific Revelations
Many of the genes that control the lifespan of roundworms serve the same function in yeast, say researchers. This gives a strong hint that mammals, including humans, may manage longevity in a similar way.
If so, identifying these genes should give scientists new leverage in their quest to slow ageing in people and defer the onset of different age-related diseases.
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Native American DNA Links to Six "Founding Mothers"
Category: Ancient Civilizations
Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central, and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.

Those women left a particular DNA legacy that persists to today in about about 95 percent of Native Americans, researchers said.
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The Original Religion
Category: Spiritualism
Within all religions today there is a common core, an inner spiritual transmission going back to the dawn of human consciousness, to a time when religion was not necessary.

The original purpose of religion was to bring sacredness to life. Imagine a time (whether prehistorical or transhistorical) when human beings lived moment-to-moment in the presence of the sacred. Religion was unnecessary.
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A natural solution to tiredness
Category: Health
Tiredness leaves many workers too weary to function, but a natural substance in the body may offer a solution
Sixty-thousand to 80,000 years ago Ancient Britons leapt up after a night's sleep on what is now the seabed off the coast of Norfolk.
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'Psychic' Dog predicts earthquake
Category: Psychic
A PSYCHIC dog from Mablethorpe has stunned its owners by predicting the earthquake that shook the country last week.
16-month-old Boxer Jessica is believed to have sensed the quake was going to strike after exhibiting some peculiar behaviour hours before the ground shook.

Owner Wendy Brooks from Mablethorpe, who has five pet Boxers, said: "She was acting very strangely from around 6.
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