WEBMD - Cholesterol Pictures: High Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, "Bad" Foods and More, Feb 07, 2012

"We may associate cholesterol with fatty foods, but most of the waxy substance is made by our own bodies. The liver produces 75% of the cholesterol that circulates in our blood. The other 25% comes from food. At normal levels, cholesterol actually plays an important role in helping cells do their jobs. But cholesterol levels are precariously high in more than 100 million Americans
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WEBMD - High Blood Pressure Pictures: Symptoms, Causes, Tests and Treatments, Feb 07, 2012

"Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a common condition that will catch up with most people who live into older age. Blood pressure is the force of blood pressing against the walls of your arteries. When it's too high, it raises the heart's workload and can cause serious damage to the arteries. Over time, uncontrolled high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease

IBM Gets Atoms to Remember Data, Feb 07, 2012

Researchers at IBM have succeeded in encoding data in just 12 magnetic atoms, an enormous improvement over conventional disk drives that use as many as 100 atoms to store a single bit of Information. The accomplishment could lead to future breakthroughs in nanocomputation and computer efficiency.

To make it happen, the IBM team had to look beyond the traditional silicon transistor and get specially magnetized atoms to “hold” information by spinning in one of two directions, to represent the binary digits zero and one.

“The chip industry will continue its pursuit of incremental scaling in semiconductor technology but, as components continue to shrink, the march continues to the inevitable end point: the atom. We’ re taking the opposite approach and starting with the smallest unit -- single atoms -- to build computing devices one atom at a time, ” said project leader Andreas Heinrich in a press release.

Source: IBM   

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Everyday Health - 8 Low-Carb Veggies for Diabetic Diets - Diabetes Center, Feb 07, 2012

"When you have diabetes, eating low-carb vegetables is a smart way to fill up without filling out your waistline or raising your blood sugar. Non-starchy or low-carbohydrate vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber as well as being low in calories. Plus, they’re heart-healthy, and several are believed to help fight some cancers. While choosing a rainbow of vegetables is a smart way to get nutrients, the following veggies are among the best."

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