Researchers have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Yay!!!!!

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Researchers reported on Monday that junk food causes a third of heart attacks.

Diets heavy in fried foods, salty snacks and meat account for about 35 percent of heart attacks globally.

Duh!!!!

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Just call him the SPERMINATOR!

A particularly productive fellow has apparently made himself of service to 30 lesbians who wanted to have their own babies in an unfortunate outcome of unregulated sperm donation in South Australia.

Not only has South Australia's practice of making the identities of sperm donations known led to limited supplies, but clinics' denial of fertility treatments to homosexual couples because they only cater to "infertile couples or those at risk of transmitting a serious defect" have made lesbians a little…well, creative.

And apparently one gentleman was all too eager to help.

We're not sure how this fellow, uhm, gave his donations. We're thinking turkey basters or sex with a wig on. And neither are we too sure how exactly everyone found out, but one thing's for sure - there are a bunch of half-siblings in South Australia who are totally unaware of it!

Now there's fear that half-siblings may start mingling with each other, risking incest.

A similar situation happened in a smaller town of Adelaide, where another eager beaver sperminated about 29 women. And since the town boasts a smaller population, the incest fear is even more real.

But we thought that happened in small towns anyway????

They should have just taken a dip in Nicole Kidman's magic waterfalls!

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We should all know by now that smoking is harmful to you and those around you.

But, this, is surprising. Seems smoking might be worse for men than it is for women, and can cause side effects even after quitting!

Finnish researchers have just discovered that men who smoke will not only die younger but will also have a poorer quality of life than those that never smoked.

Reports showed that heavy smokers typically have the health-related issues of someone 10 years older than them.

Lead researcher Dr. Arto Y. Strandberg, from the University of Helsinki, says, "An especially large negative effect was seen for heavy smokers [more than 20 cigarettes daily], who lost about 10 years of their life expectancy, and those who survived experienced a significant decline in their quality of life."

Their results showed that men who had never smoked lived an average of 10 years longer as well.

Dr. Strandberg added, "Especially significant differences were seen in physical functioning, general health, vitality and bodily pain. The impairment of the physical functioning score of smokers was equal to a 10-year age difference in the general population."

And even after quitting, the quality of life continues to deteriorate.

The doctor added, "On the individual level, the bad news is that while beneficial compared to continued smoking, cessation of smoking after midlife could not fully recover the higher risk in mortality and poorer health-related quality of life seen in smokers. Smoking is not only a risk factor for future illness or death, it is present in the smokers' everyday life. The earlier one quits, the better; the best option being not to start at all."

Go chew some gum.

Don't smoke and die young!

[Image via WENN.]

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Talk about having too much time on your hands!

Thad Starr of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, has just won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California.

And, according to the champion, his prize-winning pumpkin really started to get big in August.

That's when the pumpkin started to put on about 30 pounds a day before making it to the competition.

Was Kirstie Alley on the same diet?

So, what was the final weight for the pumpkin?

It came in at a record 1,528 pounds!

Oh, and Starr also won the prize last year when his pumpkin came in just four pounds lighter and also set a record.

The vegetable fruit this year was so large it had to be brought in on a trailer. The pumpkin measured in with a 15 foot circumference.

So just how does Starr grow such huge pumpkins?

He says, "We really pamper them."

Riiiiiight.

On a good note, though, Starr won six dollars for each pound, so he left with over $9,000.

Wonder how many pumpkin pies they can make from that one pumpkin?

[Image via AP Images.]

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That $3 to $10 you're spending on mouthwash may or may not be money flushed down the toilet…or rinsed down the sink.

And it may be actually staining your teeth to boot!!!!

A recent review of past studies on bad breath and mouthwash explores the effectiveness of products such as Listerine.

With more than half the population concerned with halitosis - the offensive odor created by the gases released by bacteria feeding off food stuck in oral crevices - the mouthwash industry is sure to never go out of business.

The review found that on top of brushing and flossing, rinsing does actually reduce and control bad breath, through either killing the bacteria or masking the stinky sulfur compounds.

But…….fresh breath may come at a dirty price. The chemical responsible for battling the bacteria - chlorhexidine - can stain the teeth and tongue.

That's what teeth-whitening kits are for, right?

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A fun day at the pumpkin patch turned into a nightmare for a few celebs and their pals, who got into a fight with the assembled photogs.

The police were called and a bloodied pap was wheeled off to the emergency room in an ambulance.

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