Feeling a little fat after the holidays? Beware. Reading a news story that seems to devalue people who are overweight might make you more likely to reach for snacks to soothe your anxiety. Media stories that focus on topics such as the ...
Recently, weâEUR(TM)ve heard more and more discussions about the depletion of natural oil reserves and, as a direct result of the increased awareness, more and more companies are turning to green energy as an alternative. The main ...
New study identifies drug that could improve treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder Nearly 8 million Americans suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition marked by severe anxiety stemming from a traumatic event ...
Tablet consumers have taken as big a bite out of Mac growth as they have out of personal computers in general, showing that Apple is not immune to the seismic shift it triggered with the iPad. During the 12 months preceding 30th September ...
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The Associated Press/Miami Herald: Proposed Medicare Drug Change Stirs Access Worries In a move that some fear could compromise care for Medicare recipients, the Obama administration is proposing to remove special protections that ...
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In the week ending January 11, 2014, farmers and ginners in India held to their cotton without any fear of downtrend, says a weekly report on cotton market trends released by S. Ajay Kumar & Company. During the week, cotton market ...
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A new medical device has been developed that will provide phlebotomists and clinicians with a technology to enable blood drawing accuracy at first stick.This is particularly important considering the diverse patient demographic each with ...
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Different metals have long been a strong and preferred source for many different things. Because different metals are so strong and able to withstand a lot of pressure and even he, it is useful in so many of the things that we use today. ...
Executives from Columbia Sportswear, Adidas Group and Puma SE condemned the Cambodian government's use of deadly force against protesting garment workers and urged the nation's factory owners and trade unions to work together to help the ...
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If you're one of the millions of people who count losing weight among their top New Year's resolutions, you might want to pay careful attention to some new findings by UC Santa Barbara psychology professor Brenda Major. It turns out that ...
Armbands that track how much you move have become popular ways to motivate people to get fit. But how fit are your teeth? Are you lazy about brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses how long and ...
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China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The move effectively ...
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As the surprisingly rough start of trading this year suggests, continued gains in Japanese stocks are premised on a delicate balance of factors. For the first time in six years, the market did not ring in the New Year on Monday, the ...
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AT&T Inc., the country's second-largest wireless carrier, announced Monday that it's setting up a "1-800" service for wireless data. Websites that pay for the service will be toll-free for AT&T's wireless customers, meaning the traffic ...
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In experiments with rodents, scientists have discovered that a steroid hormone blunts the effects of marijuana, virtually eliminating its high. The hormone, pregnenolone, occurs naturally in the body. In the laboratory, it worked by ...
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