Month: January 2016

By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) – For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear. In the sprawling coastal city of Recife, panic has struck maternity wards since Zika – a mosquito-borne virus first detected in the Americas last year – Read More

In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Cuba’s gold medalist Lisette Hechevarria, left, competes with Brazil’s Aline Ferreira da Silva, also known as Aline Silva, during the women’s wrestling Greco-Roman 72 kg at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Silva has had the dengue fever twice, and said she’s not taking any chances with Read More

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Camacari was in chaos, its hospitals overflowing with sick people desperate to know what was happening to them, never suspecting theirs would be the first confirmed cases of Zika in Brazil. In the city where the virus made its explosive debut in early 2015, anxious residents asked themselves: Was it dengue? An allergic reaction to Read More

Credit: George Hodan/public domain A new coffee diet claiming to help lose weight and improve IQ is gaining a major following in the United States—and raising eyebrows among doctors skeptical of its benefits. Dave Asprey, the founder and CEO of the “Bulletproof Diet,” pulls no punches when making claims for his radical health recipe, cup Read More

“Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee.”Sound familiar? “I can’t survive without caffeine.”Maybe it’s just a case of the Mondays, or maybe you’re unaware of exactly how much caffeine you’re guzzling on a daily basis. Time for a reality check: When you’re feeling that afternoon lull, do you reach for a cup of energy-boosting Read More

“The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken.” — Warren Buffet. Are your habits ruining your chances of a bright future? Success and failure are both a result of a gradual process. The habits you develop over time cement themselves. Your circumstances act as a mirror Read More