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Archive for June, 2010

Longevity Meds

Posted: Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Scientists at the National Institute on Aging may have found a fountain of youth in the transplant anti-rejection drug rapamycin. A medication long used to help prevent the rejection of transplanted organs, the drug has recently been found to extend life in other ways — lab mice who took rapamycin had their life expectancies extend as much as 38%. {via CNN}

Boob Softies

Posted: Monday, June 7th, 2010

Yet another reason to love Japan — plush breasts! So freakin’ cute, they even make mini keychain-size ones! I want them to make friends with our mammary gland plushies. And speaking of mammaries, did you know that almost all types of breast cancer originate in the ducts or lobules of mammary glands themselves? Interesting…

Get To Know Your Uterus

Posted: Monday, June 7th, 2010

Test your knowledge of the uterus with this handy quiz all about the womb. Also over on Blisstree, the remarkable uterus coffin, pictured, designed for a gynecologist in Ghana who wanted to go out in the womb’s warm embrace. Photo by the BBC.

 
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