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A new study in The Lancet rates the harmfulness of 20 psychoactive drugs according to 16 criteria and finds that alcohol comes out on top. Although that conclusion is generating headlines, it is not at all surprising, since alcohol is, by several important measures (including acute toxicity, impairment of driving ability, and the long-term health effects of heavy use), the most dangerous widely used intoxicant, and its abuse is also associated with violence, family breakdown, and social estrangement. A group of British drug experts gathered by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) rated alcohol higher than most or all of the other drugs for health damage, mortality, impairment of mental functioning, accidental injury, economic cost, loss of relationships, and negative impact on community. Over all, alcohol rated 72 points on a 100-point scale, compared to 55 for heroin, 54 for crack cocaine, and 33 for methamphetamine. Cannabis got a middling score of 20, while MDMA (Ecstasy), LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms were at the low end, with ratings of 9, 7, and 6, respectively.

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So now you picked up a heart rate monitor. Now what? Here is a post describing training zones and some recommendations on how to determine your resting and maximum heart rates. The post also shows you how to determine your training zones.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cancer death rates are falling, with big decreases in major killers such as colon and lung cancer, the American Cancer Society said on Wednesday.

Find out how strong is your heart and what your expected heart rate is, based on your age and level of fitness.

After being diagnosed with any kind of cancer number of questions clouds the minds of the patient. Some of these questions include the treatment procedures that will be used, the cost involved and most importantly the rate of survival. In this blog, we have discussed all of these aspects to make the patients aware and take the right decision.

Do you often feel jaw pain? This might be due to Temporomandibular joint disorder. Get to know the causes behind it, treatment options available, surgery cost and its success rate in India and across the world...

Getting an insurance policy does not have to be a daunting task. If you read the tips below, you will see that affordable, reliable insurance can be easy to find.

Dr Rashmi Sharma is a reputed gynecologist cum infertility specialist in Delhi. She has performed over 1500 IVF/ICSI cycles with astonishing success rate. She also specializes in egg freezing, embryo freezing, sperm freezing, and donor sperm IUI and IVF.

Dr Rashmi Sharma is a reputed gynecologist cum infertility specialist in Delhi. She has performed over 1500 IVF/ICSI cycles with astonishing success rate. She also specializes in egg freezing, embryo freezing, sperm freezing, and donor sperm IUI and IVF.

One thing that can be counted on when you workout or exercise is getting warmer. The whole idea is to increase your heart rate and tone the muscles and this is going to make you get hotter and perspire - perspiration is the body's natural way of keeping cool. However after your workout, it is important to stay warm for several reasons.

One thing that can be counted on when you workout or exercise is getting warmer. The whole idea is to increase your heart rate and tone the muscles and this is going to make you get hotter and perspire - perspiration is the body's natural way of keeping cool. However after your workout, it is important to stay warm for several reasons.

Reuters) - More than 4 million new HIV infections could be prevented in eastern and southern Africa by 2025 if male circumcision rates were increased to 80 percent, researchers said on Tuesday.

With a dwindling population and an out of control HIV infection rate in Russia, the future looks bleak. Estimates place Russia on the forefront of the battle against HIV and in a worse position than Africa. Largely ignored by the media and the government, HIV has become the rapidly spreading epidemic in Russia, especially among the youth who are supposed to be future of the country.

The rate of preterm births in the United States dropped slightly, to 12.2 percent in 2009, from its high three years earlier.

It is known that kidney failure patient with dialysis is easy to get infection which may induce other serious complications, so the ways to reduce the infection rate is concerned with many people. Then how to reduce the infection rate in dia

In this world, where living on credits is not a taboo anymore, we all should understand both sides of the coin. Credit just doesn't mean money borrowed from someone or anything like that.Read our log to find out more

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The pace of change in the work world is increasing exponentially at a dramatic rate. A report highlights a startling prediction "that we will face the equivalent of all the milestones of the 20th century--world wars, creation of the automobile.