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Herbal medicine is rife with "just so" stories. St. John's wort is good for rheumatism and chamomile cures insomnia because Grandma said it was just so. But scientific evidence is emerging that Asia's favorite leafy tonic, green tea, may in fact be everything Granny said it was. A joint research team from the University of Murcia in Spain and the John Innes Centre in England has found that green tea is loaded with a compound, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), that has demonstrable cancer-fighting properties...
...shrapnel hit their unarmored torsos. While more and more soldiers are surviving battles, though, doctors have uncovered a new phenomenon among those who return: traumatic brain injuries caused by explosions that damage neurological fibers. Some soldiers have come home completely intact, only to suffer memory loss, dizziness and insomnia, even sometimes losing the ability to walk and recognize their loved ones. This is a side of the war that is largely hidden, grinding on almost entirely out of view of television cameras and press conferences. While the Pentagon names each dead soldier, few details are released of those injured...
...injuries, some of them inconspicuous compared with the shredded flesh of bombing victims. Traumatic brain injury occurs when the shock from an explosion damages neurological fibers. Soldiers may survive a blast with scarcely a cut, only to find over time that they suffer coordination and memory loss, dizziness, insomnia. Some have to learn to walk again--or to recognize their wives and children...
...actress who was one of the biggest box-office draws in South Korean film; of an apparent suicide by hanging; in Bundang, South Korea. Lee, who earned fame for her roles in such blockbusters as The Brotherhood of War and The Scarlet Letter, suffered from insomnia and depression, according to her family. A note, apparently written in her own blood and reading, in part, "Mom, I am sorry and I love you," was found at the scene...
...hard to find much wrong with a drug that can battle fatigue and improve creativity and could even help prevent Parkinson's disease and diabetes. It's also hard to find much right with a drug that elevates blood pressure, aggravates stress, causes insomnia and leads to addiction. When both drugs are the same thing, it's hard to know what to think...