Obese man to doctor: "My weight problem is genetic. I inherited it from my mother's mac-n-cheese."
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Question: What is will power?
Answer: It's when you see 10 notification, 20 messages and 30 friend requests, and still you click – Logout.
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From the world of medical science…
For back pains…
What is cupping?
New research shows that the ancient therapy of cupping can significantly decrease pain. Cupping involves placing glass cups on the body, either on affected areas or on meridian points, to create suction, thereby reducing pain. In a German study, cupping reduced chronic neck pain by an average of 45%.
(Me: no harming in trying this out in chronic cases where other forms of treatment don't give much relief)
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New Hormone may aid diabetes treatment.
Harvard researchers have discovered a hormone in fat cells called aP2 helps regulate how blood glucose is controlled and metabolized in the liver, paving way for new treatment for diabetes.
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Aerobic exercise helps lower breast cancer risk...
Washington: Aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the 'good' metabolites that lower breast cancer risk. Exercise, known to favor fitness and improve heart health, is also likely to help prevent breast cancer by altering estrogen metabolism.
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Drink a cup of warm mild with a pinch of turmeric before bed to relive a sore throat.
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Well-known columnist, Jug Suraiya, writes in ToI, Wednesday…
"If 'jaath' (caste) gets equated with race, India would become the world's most racist country
When South Africa practised the racist policy of apartheid which segregated white people from black people and 'coloureds', India was the forefront of the countries to denounce such discrimination. However, there were some – both Indians as well as foreigners – who felt that while denouncing the obnoxious policy of apartheid was a moral imperative, India's stand on the issue was ambivalent in that India too had for thousands of years been practicing a similar form of discrimination based on caste…"
(Me: hmmm. For all its protestations, remonstrations or semantic quibbling to the contrary, the typical hypocrites that we are as a nation, casteism is as bad as apartheid)
Eat whole-grain bread or rice at least four times a week to reduce the risk of cancer by 40%.
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Men who have sleep problems, including difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, have up to a twofold increased risk for prostate cancer.
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Mindchow
Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Line Maro
Are you an interior decorator? "Cause when I saw, the room became beautiful.
(She: Yeah, but I detest your kinda 'museum pieces' close to me...)
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News you can use…
Women are more likely to date musicians: Study.
Single men, ditch the sports bag and carry a guitar! Men carrying a guitar are 30% more likely to get a date.
(Me: looks, this is far better and easier than all the line-maro gags (pick-up lines)
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Newspaper headline on Karnataka on outcome election where the congress has won…
PAPPU PASS,
FEKU FAIL
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The world's oldest language…
23 words that have survived 15,000 years: Thou, I, Not, That, We, To give, Who, This, What, Man/male, Ye, Old, Mother, To hear, Hand, Fire, To pull, Black, To flow, Bark, Ashes, To spit, Worm.
Languages spoken by billions of people across Europe and Asia are descended from an ancient tongue uttered in southern Europe at the end of the last ice age. The claim points to a common origin for vocabularies as varied as English and Urdu, Japanese and Itelmen, a language spoken along the north-eastern edge of Russia.
The ancestral language was spoken at least 15,000 years ago.
(Me: Yet, language chauvinists in most states in India claim theirs is the oldest and far superior to the rest…).
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How to lead a happy married life…
A happy married life needs a lot of hard work, sacrifice and trust to make it a success, and this goes without saying the amount of selflessness, understand and care.
1) Place your commitment to each other as a higher priority than work, hobbies and even children.
2) Talk about dreams, fears, hopes and fantasies rather than about work, family or chores.
3) Share your very private and personal feelings and thus get emotionally engaged with your partner.
4) Be nice to each other. We all want to feel special, particularly from ou8r lifelong partner.
5) Deal with problems like arguments about making, saving and spending money in respectful way with lots of compromise and communication.
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Tongue very much in cheek, almost literally…!
"Democracy may be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner" – James Bovard
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"So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being" – Franz Kafka.
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