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Health
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Grapes Fight Salt In Developing High Blood Pressure
Your health is very much influenced by your diet – eating healthy and exercising regularly seems to...
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Grapes Could Benefit the Heart
Grapes and other foods made from grapes, including red wine,
have long been thought beneficial to...
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Health Insurance Costs – A Burden for Most Americans
Health insurance continues to be a big issue for Americans and a fiery subject of debate for both...
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E. Coli Contaminated Lettuce Came From California
Authorities claim that lettuce suspected in recent E. coli
outbreak that sickened 36 people in...
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Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act Criticized
A study by researchers at Oregon Health and
Science University examined 58 terminally...
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The Largest Human Health Study To Be Launched In The United States
The largest human health study ever conducted in the United States is about to be launched. The...
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Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading as Effective as Human Detection
A recent study shows that by comparison, reading mammograms
by two different radiologists, versus...
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Study: Computers Help Physicians To Detect Breast Cancer On Mammograms
A computer together with one expert show the same effectiveness at detecting breast cancer as the...
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E.coli Takes Over Campuses
As the FDA hasn’t yet implemented the announced changes in
the fresh produce policy, it’s no...
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Michigan E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Aunt Mid’s Iceberg Lettuce
Public health officials have identified the
source of the E.coli outbreak that has sickened at...
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E. Coli Cases Top 24
An E. coli outbreak has sickened at least 24 people in Michigan, mostly in the southeastern part of...
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Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment
An experimental breast cancer vaccine proved efficient in
treating breast cancer caused by an...
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Study: No Link Between The Measles Vaccine And Autism
Scientists said they could not find any
link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism....
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Deer Baiting And Feeding Ban
Deer are dying along the Clinton River in Oakland County and state officials say they don't know...
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Thomas H. Weller, American Virologist Who Shared Nobel for Polio Work, Dies
Thomas H. Weller, the American virologist who
shared a Nobel Prize for developing techniques to...
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Study: Married People Still Healthier Than Their Unmarried Counterparts
Past studies have highlighted the benefits of marriage, suggesting that married people tend to be...
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Research Explains Why Cigarettes Bring Pleasure: Because of a Gene Variant
University of Michigan scientists may help explain why for some smokers the first cigarette brings...
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Statins May Be The Key To a Dementia-Free Retirement
According to the results of a new study featured in the July 29 issue of Neurology, those who use...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Halve Dementia Risk
Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins usually used to
prevent heart attacks and strokes may be the...
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“America’s Best Hospitals” for 2008
U.S. News & World Report comes to the aid of patients
all over the US revealing
its...
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Leukemia Drug Gleevec Might Improve Stroke Treatment As Well
Novartis AG’s efficient leukemia drug Gleevec or imatinib may
also be beneficial for stroke...
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Studies Highlight the Advantages of a Good Night’s Sleep
During the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated
Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), several...
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Pollution Boosts Risk of Blood Clots As Well
It has long been known that pollution has noxious repercussions
on our health, but no study stated...
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Memory Training Games Boost Problem-Solving Abilities
However addicted you may become playing them, concentration
games help people improve memory and...
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The Wealthier You Are, the Lower Your Risk of Stroke
A study of middle-aged Americans reveals that there is a
clear link between wealth and health not...
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Two Studies Shed Light on Cancer Stem Cells
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have allegedly turned normal skin cells...
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Childhood Spanking Leads to Sexual Problems in Adulthood
Four studies reviewed by researchers at the Family Research
Laboratory at the University of New...
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Education, Income, Better Care Linked to Better Memory in Seniors
Older Americans today seem to have significantly less risk
of memory loss and dementia than a...
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In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Deadlier at Night and on Weekend
A new study reveals that hospital patients who suffer
cardiac arrest at night or on the weekend...
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Snoring Linked to Chronic Bronchitis
Snoring may significantly increase the risk of a person to
develop chronic bronchitis, a...
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Science
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Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina Linked To Modern Birds
An international team of scientists from USA, Argentina and
Canada stumbled upon rare evidence of...
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Rap Song on Particle Physics Experiment Big Hit on YouTube
Who said science can’t be fun? Certainly none of the 500,000 YouTube viewers of Kate McAlpine’s rap...
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Mercury’s Cooling Core Causes The Planet To Shrink
The innermost planet of the solar system, Mercury, revealed
its mysteries 33 years after the first...
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Protein Analysis Provides Evidence Linking T. Rex with Birds
The latest research on the mighty predator Tyrannosaurus rex confirms
the long-hypothesized theory...
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Tart Cherries Are Good for the Heart…and Diabetes
Who would ever believe that such small cookies like tart
cherries could do so much for your...
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The Bats Flew First, Discovered Echolocation Later
Onychonycteris finneyi, a well-preserved fossil of the most
primitive bat species known to date,...
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Divorce is Bad for the Planet, Too
As it turns out, divorce is harmful for the planet too, not only for those involved. A new study...
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Do You Care About The Earth? Stay Married!
Do you remember the old slogan: Make Love, Not War? It seems
like as our society has evolved and...
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CT Imaging Sheds Light on Saharan Nigersaurus taqueti
New CT scans have pointed out that the strange-looking Nigersaurus taqueti, first discovered half a...
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American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion
The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
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Technology
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AAI: There Is A Procompetitive Side To The Google-Yahoo Deal
While the Google – Yahoo partnership is still under the
Department of Justice scrutiny, the...
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Study Finds Online Banking Insecure Due To Security Design Flaws
As the number of people carrying their daily business online
grows, so does the risk of being...
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Medpedia, The Online Collaborative Project On Health
Almost everyone who uses the Internet surely knows about
Wikipedia, the largest online...
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People Power, Electric Power that Is
Researchers from Simon Fraser University in Canada, and the University of Pittsburgh and the...
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Apple and Dell Down in American Consumer Satisfaction Index
The American Consumer Satisfaction Index conducted by the University of Michigan reveals a 3...
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Yahoo Is The Best Portal, Says Consumers Satisfaction Survey
Maybe Yahoo is not so good at search but is the best portal
out there, at least according to the...
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iPods Can Be Bad For Peacemakers
According to a new study, iPod can cause malfunctions to peacemakers
because Apple’s players may...
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DRM Maker Threatens to Sue Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and RealNetworks
MRT, a Californian company, has issued a cease and desist
letter to the biggest high-tech players,...
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