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The Health Benefits of Giving Blood

Scott Kustes on 19 Oct 2007

Today was my bi-monthly blood letting. I try to make it in every 8-9 weeks to give a pint. The Red Cross loves my blood, being both O- (universal donor) and CMV negative. It is nice that my blood goes to help others, but I can’t say that I give for purely [...]

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Iron Deficiency? Have a Coke (?)

Scott Kustes on 19 Jun 2007

City scientists test pizza and Coke diet to determine if “the fizzy drink can help prevent young women from becoming anaemic.”
And of course this research is sponsored by Coca-Cola, which has high hopes for the outcome.
The Coca-Cola Co is hoping the study will show that Coke could be a cheap, efficient way to tackle iron [...]

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