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Weekly health news round-up (Mon March 5 2007)

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by Scott Bird | March 5, 2007
Filed in Health

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Good health seems to go hand-in-hand with fitness, and I regularly find myself reading various medical news sources. A few of the ones I’ve come across this morning :

Watchdog blasts ‘X-treme Eating’
Chain restaurants in the United States are promoting dangerous “X-treme Eating”, a US watchdog has said.
Vitamins ‘could shorten lifespan’
Taking certain vitamin supplements may adversely affect people’s lifespan, researchers have suggested.
First Clues Into The Genetic Source Of Natural Electrical Signals Governing Regeneration Of Nerve And Muscle
Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible.
How The Spinal Cord Controls The Speed Of Movement
Using a state-of-the-art technique to map neurons in the spinal cord of a larval zebrafish, Cornell University scientists have found a surprising pattern of activity that regulates the speed of the fish’s movement.
Sweat May Pass On Hepatitis B In Contact Sports
Sweat may be another way to pass on hepatitis B infection during contact sports, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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