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Why Transgender Women's Breast Cancer Risk Is Still A Mystery
Shift Buzz When a trans woman develops breasts, does her cancer risk rise too? Experts say maybe not — but politics keeps them from knowing for sure.
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Yogurt Gives Male Mice “Swagger”
Shift Buzz When scientists gave a group of mice vanilla yogurt along with their ordinary chow, they noticed the males had some extra confidence: “You know when someone’s at the top of their game, how they carry themselves differently? Well, imagine that in a mouse.” The reason: yogurt had made the mice's testicles grow 5% bigger than average.
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Can Transvaginal Ultrasounds Be Dangerous?
Shift Buzz Some batches of ultrasound gel have been recalled due to bacterial contamination. We asked experts if women were at risk.
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Charted: Spring Cleansing
Shift Buzz Before you devote an entire week of your life to near-starvation, you might want to do some comparison shopping for a detox cleanse that you'll actually want to stick with. If you really want to set yourself apart from your trendoid juice-cleansing peers, scroll down to the “Liver Gallbladder Cleanse” which should offer some very interesting results indeed.
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Texas Hospital Stops Hiring Overweight People
Shift Buzz The policy prohibits hiring people with a high BMI — and it's legal.
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Does BPA Cause Early Puberty?
Shift Buzz The FDA has just rejected a call to ban BPA, a chemical found in some plastic bottles and canned food liners. But some people say it causes early puberty in girls, and a host of other bad things. Who's right?
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Fruit Drinks: Soda's Evil Twin?
Food Buzz Soda gets a ton of flack from the health community, but fruit drinks may be almost as bad. Healthscience.net made this awesome infographic, which essentially makes the point that you can't win and we're all doomed and we may as well just drink water.
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Paula Deen Goes To Town On Cheeseburger And Fries In New Video
Celebrity Buzz Paula Deen isn't letting her Type 2 diabetes get her down. Nor is she letting it stop her from stuffing her face with a cheeseburger and fries, as she did this week while on a cruise.
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Link: Demi Moore Rushed To The Hospital
http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/24/demi-moore-hospital-911-sub...
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Allegedly the issue was some sort fo substance abuse. Of course that word runs the gamut from heroin to too many energy drinks.
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Image: Anna Rexia, The Halloween Costume
Beauty store chain Ricky's thought it was a good idea to make this available to purchase on their website. UPDATE: They came to their senses.
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Video: Mommyrexia Is An Upper East Side Obnoxious White Girl Problem
The Today Show's Dr. Nancy Snyderman has some tough words for the skinny WASP moms-to-be on the Upper East Side who can't chill the hell out with the crazy exercise routines while they're pregnant and just have a root beer float like they're supposed to. (via moms.today.com)
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health
Health is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Health.
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Ai Weiwei Released
Culture Buzz Artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been released by Chinese authorities after three months of detention. Ai Weiwei is a vocal critic of the anti-democratic regime in China and his detention had become an international rallying point for human rights activists.
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Corn-Syrup Consumption Chart
Food Buzz Illustrations from The New York Times that throw into nauseating relief the average amount of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup we ingest as Americans. I can imagine Snooki caramelizing herself every night in that hot tub.
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Link: 8 Home Remedies That Actually Work
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health-Fitness/8-Home-R...
At least, if you're one of the 50 million without health insurance, you better hope so.
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10 Things That Can Take A Year (Or More) Off Your Life
Culture Buzz Here's a fun thought: every day you might be doing something that is slowly killing you. Here's a list of those kind of things.
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20 Strange Ways To Live A Longer Life
Culture Buzz Regular diet and exercise not working out for you? Here are some slightly offbeat ways to live a longer life.
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Link: The Myth Busting Health Quiz
http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/03/16/the-myth-busting-heal...
Take the test and see exactly how unhealthy you are!
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Link: Exercise Motivators
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/10-Morning-Worko...
Not being fat is up there on the list.
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Link: Wait, This Type of Jelly Contains What?
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/201...
Everything unholy in this world.
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Link: Glowing, Healthy Skin In 11 Steps
http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/01/25/glowing-healthy-skin-...
Glitter and radiation poisoning doesn't count.
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Link: The Strange Things Ogling & Cat Calls Do to Women
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/201...
There's a physiological response to men behaving like pigs.
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Top 25 Ingredients in Taco Bell’s ‘Beef’
Food Buzz A law firm in Alabama is suing Taco Bell for false advertising, charging that what the fast food giant calls “beef” contains only 36% actual cow flesh. Here's what makes up the other 64% of the meat-esque substance dripping from your chalupa. This list is based on an official ingredient label obtained by Gizmodo.
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Link: Low-Calorie, Low-Fat Treats
http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/01/24/snack-cravings-contro...
Keep your cravings in check.
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Top 25 Ingredients in Taco Bell’s ‘Beef’
Food Buzz A law firm in Alabama is suing Taco Bell for false advertising, charging that what the fast food giant calls “beef” contains only 36% actual cow flesh. Here's what makes up the other 64% of the meat-esque substance dripping from your chalupa. This list is based on an official ingredient label obtained by Gizmodo.
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Link: 6 Heart Disease Risk Factors
http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/6-Heart-Disease-...
Find out how to prevent heart problems.
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