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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. More than one billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan, Islams holy month. Fasting during Ramadan is a requirement for believers. This means they are barred from having sex, smok

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson . Got a minute? Altruism poses a problem for the theory of survival of the fittest. If we help others at a cost to ourselves, nice-guy behavior should die out, because we are giv

SSS 2009-05-12

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Exercise is good for you. Antioxidants are good for you, but put them together, and its not as good as you think because a recent study shows that some v

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WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- There seems to be some truth in the old saying: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A new study in the Chinese population said Wednesday that people who eat fresh fruit on most days are at lower risk of heart attack

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抵抗糖尿病的草药和香料

You can make your meals even healthier (and tastier, too!) while strengthening your fight against the diabetes-inducing inflammation in your body. How? You can look to nature and whole plant foods. 你可以让你的饮食更加健康（还可以更加

Keep Fit During the Holidays

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Traveling With Diabetes

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Being cold helps you lose weight, a new study found. 一项新的研究表明，寒冷可以使人减肥。 Exercise or being exposed to low temperatures creates more 'good' brown and beige types of body fat which burns calories in the body. 运动或暴

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Think back to your most productive workday in the past week. Now ask yourself: On that afternoon, what did you have for lunch? 回想一下你在过去一周里最有效率的那个工作日，再问问自己：那天的午饭你吃了些什么呢？

自我管理降低糖尿病死亡率

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