Diet, exercise take off equal pounds, study finds - Yahoo! News

SHock! NOT!! I would like to see longer term results of KEEPING off the wieght. I bet exercise works better for that.

Diet, exercise take off equal pounds, study finds - Yahoo! News: "- Eating less and exercising more are equally good at helping take off the pounds, U.S. researchers said on Friday in a study that challenges many of the popular tenets of the multibillion dollar diet and fitness industry.

Tests on overweight people show that a calorie is just a calorie, whether lost by dieting or by running, they said."

BBC NEWS | Health | Microwave 'sterilisers' warning

BBC NEWS | Health | Microwave 'sterilisers' warning:

"Firefighters have warned of the dangers of zapping sponges and cloths in the microwave despite a study showing it could kill harmful bacteria.
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The researchers said people should only try to microwave damp sponges."

BBC NEWS | Health | Fibre 'lowers breast cancer risk'

BBC NEWS | Health | Fibre 'lowers breast cancer risk':

"Pre-menopausal women who eat large amounts of fibre could halve their breast cancer risk, a UK study has suggested.

The University of Leeds researchers, who studied 35,000 women, found those who ate 30g of fibre a day had half the risk of those who ate less than 20g."

How microwave can beat the bugs in your kitchen - World - Times Online

How microwave can beat the bugs in your kitchen - World - Times Online:

"A team of environmental engineers from the University of Florida has found that two minutes in a microwave can sterilise most household sponges after use, killing more than 99 per cent of the harmful bacteria that cause illness.

In a study published this week in the American Journal of Environmental Health, the researchers soaked sponges and scrubbing pads in dirty water that contained faecal bacteria such as E. coli, viruses, protozoan parasites and bacterial spores. They then used a common household microwave oven to heat up the sponges. It took between four and ten minutes to kill all the spores, but everything else was killed after two minutes, they said"

Folic Acid Increases Mental Agility In The Elderly

Folic Acid Increases Mental Agility In The Elderly:

"Taking supplements of folic acid may significantly improve cognitive function in older men and women.

This is the conclusion of a Dutch study to be published in the Lancet.

The study was led by Jane Durga from the Wageningen University in The Netherlands."