Medicine alone cannot improve the health of the nation -- not when one in five Americans lives in unsafe neighborhoods where pollution, crime and joblessness are prevalent; nutritious food is scarce; and the well-being of young people is at ...
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Tyson Foods, Inc. a Sedalia, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food ...
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Polycase has introduced the new YH Series of NEMA-rated hinged electrical enclosures. The new series, which is available in eight sizes ranging from 6"x 4" through 16"x 14", is molded from impact-resistant polycarbonate. The company ...
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Earlier soybean planting coupled with increasing seed costs and higher commodity prices have led to a surge in the number of acres planted with seed treatments (Esker and Conley, 2012). Furthermore, the components and relative cost of ...
In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
When firefighters want to extinguish a blaze, they often douse it with water. Astronauts on board the ISS, however, are experimenting with a form of water that does the opposite. Instead of stopping fire, this water helps start it. "We ...
Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics. Cells become "persisters" by entering a state in which they stop replicating and are able to tolerate ...
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Almost one in 10 people will someday experience a kidney stone, which creates what is described as the most intense pain imaginable. This increasingly common condition leads to hundreds of thousands of surgeries in the United States each ...
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Norman Bates, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers appear in 'The history of the slasher film (in LEGO)' Horror movie You're Next is out on DVD and Blu-ray from today, and to celebrate, Lionsgate has given some iconic horror movie characters ...
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In "Epigenetics: A New Link Between Nutrition and Cancer", a recent article from Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal, a publication of Routledge, researchers explore the possible effects that diet can have on gene expression ...
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HRT Participa??es em Petróleo SA (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), together with its subsidiary, HRT O&G Explora??o e Produ??o de Petróleo Ltda. ("HRT O&G"), reports that it was concluded on January ...
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Parex Resources Inc. ("Parex" or the "Company") (TSX:PXT), a company focused on Colombian oil exploration and production, is pleased to provide an operational update. Tigana & Tigana-Sur (Non-Operated, Block LLA-34, WI 45%): On December ...
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The proposed project of Garments Industrial Zone to be set up in Pakistan’s Punjab province has been renamed as Punjab Apparel Park. Nodding to the proposal for name change during a high level meeting, Punjab Chief Minister ...
A new, preliminary treatment involving triple-gene therapy appears safe and effective in helping to control motor function in Parkinson's disease patients, according to new research. The therapy, called ProSavin, works by reprogramming ...
Many teens battle acne every day, and the American Academy of Pediatrics offers advice on what to do and what to expect: Be patient and remember that acne medication can take a while before you start to see an improvement. Follow ...
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