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 VitaBeat Health News - January 8, 2009
| A 12-year-old girl collapsed at a Disney World water park in Orlando, Florida, and later dies. According to officials with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the girl was in Typhoon Lagoon's wave pool at about 6 p.m., when lifeguards notice her lying on a ledge. | | A new study shows yoga may help the middle aged keep weight off. Researchers find overweight people in their 50's, who practice yoga regularly, lose about five pounds over 10 years, while a group in the same age range, who doesn't practice yoga, gained 13 1/2 pounds over the same period. | | A firm in Singapore claims that it has developed a biochip that will drastically reduce the time and cost of diagnosing the mosquito-born Dengue fever. Attogenix Biosystems have invented the innovative chip. According to Reuters report, the chip is capable of detecting the dengue virus employing a process called molecular diagnostics. | | What was once thought to be necessary tools in the fight against an epidemic have now gone to waste. Hundreds of thousands of flu shots ordered from Europe last year amid fears of a nationwide shortage have now expired and may go to waste, potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, officials say Wednesday in an Associated Press report. | | Preliminary research suggests that broccoli may help prevent or slow the spread of bladder cancer. Researchers find that compounds in the vegetables appear to interfere with bladder cancer cells, particularly aggressive cells, according to a Reuters report. | |
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