Thursday, January 13, 2011
Obesity Causing First Ever Shorter Life-Spans
For the first time in history, the next generation of Americans will not live as long or longer than their parents due to complications from obesity.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Celeb Tweets Influence Big News Stories in 2010
Tweets from popular news organizations have a major influence on hot Twitter topics, but a Northwestern University analysis of the Top Twitter Trends in 2010 shows that celebrities, such as Adam Lambert and Conan O’Brian, sometimes beat out news organizations and reigned as Twitter’s top influencers on big news stories.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Expert Says Health Care Reform Good, Information Inadequate
Health care reform as presented will be good for Americans, according to Dr. Joel Rudin, a professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department in the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J. He’s available to comment.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
Women with MS More Likely to Have MS-Related Gene Than Men
Women who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to have a gene associated with multiple sclerosis than men with the disease and it is this gene region where environment interacts with the genetics, according to a study published in the January 5, 2011, online issue of Neurology®.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Average Child May Get 7 Radiation Scans by Age 18
“Our findings indicate that more awareness about the frequent use of these tests may be needed among care providers, hospitals and parents,” says Adam L. Dorfman, M.D., clinical assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases and of radiology at the U-M Medical School.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Neandertals Ate Veggies Too
Starch granules from plant food were discovered trapped in the dental calculus on 40-thousand-year-old Neandertal teeth, leading scientists to believe that Neandertals ate a wide variety of plants and included cooked grains as part of a more sophisticated, diverse diet similar to early modern humans.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Writing Down Your Weight-Loss Goal Will Help You Reach that New Year’s Resolution
The first step to reaching your ideal weight in the New Year may be as simple as writing it down, says Dr. Christopher J. Mosunic, a specialist in weight management and diabetes at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Newswise Launches News Alert Feeds by Topic
Newswise delivers increasingly customized content with the addition of RSS feeds to our Channels.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
We Spend More Time Sick Now Than A Decade Ago
We spend fewer years of our lives without disease, even though we live longer. A 20-year-old today can expect to live one less healthy year over his or her lifespan than a 20-year-old a decade ago.
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Climate Scientist Warns of Possible Widespread Suffering Coming
One of the world’s foremost experts on climate change is warning that if humans don’t moderate their use of fossil fuels, there is a real possibility that we will face the environmental, societal and economic consequences of climate change faster than we can adapt to them.
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