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Paraplegic man stands, steps with assistance and moves his legs voluntarily

A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville's Frazier Rehab Institute. It is the result of 30 years of research to find potential clinical therapies for paralysis.
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Pole Dancing: for a sexy workout

Pole dancing exercise moves typically include climbing, hanging, spinning, swinging, and striking sexy poses on or around the pole. Working with a pole tones the upper body, legs, and core, it can add variety to your platonic workout, while providing body support at the same time .

Qantas has "joint business agreement" with American Airlines

Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN) and AMR Corporation (AMR), parent of American Airlines, have inked a joint business agreement on their services between Australia/New Zealand and the United States, within the these regions and beyond to third countries.

Top 10 Yoga asana for Managing Muscle cramps

Cramps can occur during exercise, immediately after, or as long as six hours later. Yet common as they are and terrible as they can be, no one really understands cramps. They are a medical mystery.

Facebook applications leak personal information

Security researchers at Symantec sad a programming bug on Facebook’s website may have unintentionally given advertisers and others access to a bunch of personal information. This issue may have affected almost 100,000 Facebook applications for now.

Top 10 Answers to Cellulite

The old theory was that cellulite was caused by toxins building up under the skin but that's probably not true. It's more likely to be the result of poor skin structure, causing the fibre to split. This means fat and yes, possibly toxins squish out through the holes in the fibres creating that lumpy effect

Top 10 Answers to Cellulite

The old theory was that cellulite was caused by toxins building up under the skin but that's probably not true. It's more likely to be the result of poor skin structure, causing the fibre to split. This means fat and yes, possibly toxins squish out through the holes in the fibres creating that lumpy effect

Shedding body fat with minimum muscle loss: a better goal

A pound of fat burns around 2 calories per day. Muscle, on the other hand, burns around 6 calories per day — and that is at rest. Exercise the muscle (for example, during weight training) and you can burn an upwards of 250 calories, depending on your existing levels of lean body mass.

Japan calamity, Mideast unrest depress air travel

Growth in global air travel slowed in March due to the political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa and the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a newly released report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says.

Tornado hits Auckland, NZ

New Zealand's largest city Auckland on Tuesday was hit by a tornado, killing one person and injuring dozens more as the twister lifted the roof off a suburban Albany Megacentre shopping mall.

20 Minutes to a better body

In this busy world of hush and rush, women find less time to their health. But note small changes in your lifestyle could add on to give you a better disease free, fit and healthy body.

Romantic Australian escapes

Paris might have a reputation for romance and you may swoon when you think of Venice, but when it comes to being seduced by a place you can't go past Australia.

Baskin-Robbins unveils Royal Wedding ice-cream cake

Dunkin' Brands' ice-cream flagship, Baskin-Robbins, has announced a special ice-cream cake in honour of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton - the 'English Garden' ice-cream cake.

Potentially most effective anti-shingles drug announced

Shingles, the painful recurrence among the elderly of the virus that caused chickenpox in their younger years might have finally found its match in a compound discovered by researchers in the University of Georgia nd Yale University. About 30 percent of elderly in the United States suffer from shingles and medical science currently has no specified treatment for it.

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