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Healthy Health Links of the Week…

by Liz on February 15th, 2008

Cranky Fitness looks at merits of beet juice for lowering blood pressure but finds that drinking it is easier said than done.

Last week Mark’s Daily Apple talked us through health myths, this week it’s old wives tales. Ths is the place to go to find out ‘why an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ and whether ‘heartburn during pregnancy means a hairy baby’ and many other old wive’s tales.

Medagadget introduces us to Robotic Rats for Rescue Missions. The secret of their potential success in the field - rodent whiskers!!!

Athletic-Minded Traveler gives us the scope on who is the most athletic-minded presidential candidate. Want to take a guess as to who is the ‘fittest’ candidate for the job?

Meanwhile, Lively Women is running a series on the History of Abortion, this week discussing the use of natural herbs such as Dong Quai and Vitamin C as a traditional means of inducing abortion. Seems that there were quite a lot of ‘abortifacient herbs’ that were used, but their success rate of spontaneous abortion was only about 20-30%. Regardless of your politics and religious beliefs, this really is fascinating stuff…

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