Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
BALTIMORE, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The caffeine in a mug of coffee, a cup of tea or a can of soda has a positive effect on our long-term memory, U.S. researchers say. Michael Yassa, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at ...
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Caffeine may help long-term memory Whether it's a mug full of coffee, a cup of hot tea, or a can of soft drink, consuming caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions who want to wake up or stay up. But the popular stimulant could ...
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Canadian FreeFit distributor Jeff Knowles utilizes double-sided Gecko Tape and FreeFit for a fast install around normally tricky LVT obstacles like heating vents and large windows. FreeFit, the original line of loose lay luxury vinyl ...
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It seems like only yesterday we awarded the Ford Fiesta ST a win against its Peugeot 208 GTi and Volkswagen Polo GTI rivals (read more here), then went a step further by crowning it one of the best-ever hot-hatches created and one of the ...
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Competition may have a high cost for at least one species of tropical seaweed. Researchers examining the chemical warfare taking place on Fijian coral reefs have found that one species of seaweed increases its production of noxious ...
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For electronics buyers, inventory control tends to be one of the most challenging aspects of procurement and supply chain management. Making the hurdle especially cumbersome is that fact that purchasing agents are often responsible for ...
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If you're planning to bottle-feed your baby breast milk or formula, you'll need bottles. Simple, right? Here's the tricky part: Choosing ones that work for your baby. Some babies take to a particular type of nipple or bottle and outright ...
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The gap between Kraft and Testliner prices had grown and hence a narrowing made sense. Foreign Kraft producers found the UK market increasingly attractive…which raised supply. There has been a further switch out of Kraft into the less ...
Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, people get sick from eating food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 48 million of us get sick each year, with 125,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Many of ...
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Hankook Tire America Corp. has released its 2013 Winter Gauge Index that reveals 41% of all Americans polled and more than half of Northeasterners and Midwesterners expect more snow this winter, as compared to last year. However, while ...
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A safe and effective male birth control pill may be inching closer to reality, according to researchers. In laboratory experiments, mouse sperm was blocked from semen while still allowing for normal sexual activity. Without sperm in the ...
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Boosting the amount of fiber in your diet may lower your risk for heart disease, a new study finds. "With so much controversy causing many to avoid carbohydrates and grains, this trial reassures us of the importance of fiber in the ...
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Wooden dowels too often seem like one of those things that stacks up around the house or workshop -- you buy some for a project, you use what you need, and then you have leftovers that have no discernible uses. Suddenly, you look down one ...
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A Russian-speaking group is advertising "bulletproof" hosting for cybercriminals from data centres in Syria and Lebanon, an apparent effort to place new services in locales where Western law enforcement has little influence. The ...
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