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Citrulline Snacks and Drinks do Athletes a Flavor

by Steve Levenstein

Citrulline is the new "flavor of the month" in Japan, and now it's creating a buzz over here. A non-essential amino acid found in watermelon rinds, citrulline is being added to energy drinks and even chewing gum - but it's sexual athletes who have really sat up and noticed!

Cosmetics for the Dead make the Late Look Great

by Steve Levenstein

Kotoko Sato used to do the make-up for actors who had to look injured or dead in their scenes. Upon viewing some of her work, her father asked, "If you can make people look like they are dead, could you also make the deceased look alive?"

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Vegete - A Fruit Juice, Vegetable Drink and Alcoholic Beverage in One!

by Steve Levenstein

Vegete is a canned concoction from Japan containing fruit juice, vegetable juice and 4% alcohol. Think of it as a V8 with a lot more horsepower - and a high coefficient of gag!

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Innovations in Fashion for Post-Mastectomy Women

by Aditi Simlai Tiwari

A mastectomy is an emotionally and physically distressing event. Any woman who has had a mastectomy soon realizes that all sense of fashionable comfort is gone forever.

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Pig Bladder Re-Grows Human Finger, Scientists Cry Foul

by Mariella Moon

A man who chopped off his finger accidentally reportedly re-grew it using a "magical" substance from a pig's bladder.

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Fashionable Dog Glasses Are Also Protective

by Lady Bee

Sunglasses can put the finishing touches on your dog's summer outfit, and they look so glamorous! But there are more serious reasons to provide sunglasses for your pooch, including prevention of canine eye disease.

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MeatWater™ For The Carnivore In All Of Us

by Toby

Vitamin waters leaving you tired and run down? Of course! Vitamin and other bottled waters lack what active people need most... protein! Now Liquid Innovations presents Krautkrämer’s MeatWater™ High Efficiency Survival Beverage, all the protein you need for an active, even athletic, lifestyle. In no other bottle can you find gastronomic feasts like MeatWater's breakfasts and dinners. (The Texas BBQ is to die for!) In fact, the MeatWater protein drinks totally "satifiy your inner carnivore."

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Threat Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest And Stroke Spotted By The Endotect™

by Boomer Babe

Endotect™, recently released by Israeli medical tech company Cardiatec, looks as nonthreatening as a blood pressure cuff... and it is. Endotect tests endothelial function, the function that ultimately determines whether you live or die as a result of a cardio-vascular incident, such as sudden cardiac arrest or stroke.

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