It's not a bird, not a plane. But it could be someone's personal drone coming to the skies near you. Some of the flying objects being shown at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include items that are for play, personal ...
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As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month, a new report suggests one recent weapon in the battle has been a disappointing failure. The federal government has made marriage promotion among single ...
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Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announces their triumphant return to the Super Bowl with a new David Beckham Bodywear campaign. In anticipation of the cutting-edge commercial, David Beckham will also make his first ever appearance at the new ...
Teen drivers quickly move from focused to distracted while behind the wheel, and this raises their risk for accidents, a new study finds. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
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Budget WatchWhen choosing tiles, it is very easy to get carried away with the material, designs, and patterns they are available in. But before you go looking, keep an estimate in mind and then head out so that your heart doesn't break when ...
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Psychological therapy plus medication appears to be the most effective treatment strategy for chronic migraine in children, but it may take time for the medical system to widely adopt this approach, says an editorial in the current issue of ...
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United States Army researchers have found that a bio-nanomaterial can help solve a public health issue involving people showing up in emergency rooms with dangerous reactions to marijuana substitutes sold at gas stations and head shops, ...
Having involved parents and feeling connected to school increase the likelihood that a teen will get sufficient sleep, a new study finds. Previous research has suggested that developmental factors, specifically lower levels of the ...
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Pregnancy rates continue to decline in the United States, a federal report released Thursday shows. The rate reached a 12-year low in 2009, when there were about 102 pregnancies for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, according to the latest ...
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Listen up: Being obese, especially if you carry those extra pounds around your waist, might be linked to hearing loss, a new study suggests. Researchers tracked more than 68,000 women participating in the Harvard Nurses' Health Study. ...
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Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
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Kids who don't get enough sleep at night may experience a slight spike in their blood pressure the next day even if they are not overweight or obese, a new study suggests. The research included 143 kids aged 10 to 18 who spent one night ...
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U.S. researchers say parents worried about an adolescent's weight should have a conversation about healthy lifestyle rather than size. A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, found conversations ...
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U.S. pregnancy rates declined about 10 percent each for married and unmarried women since 1990, researchers say. Sally Curtin, Joyce Abma and Stephanie Ventura of the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease ...
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U.S. pregnancy rates declined about 10 percent each for married and unmarried women since 1990, researchers say. Sally Curtin, Joyce Abma and Stephanie Ventura of the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease ...
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