Like "Turn out the lights" and "Don't slam the door," being told to "Wash your hands" is one of those universal instructions children hear every day. But it's more than that. Hand washing has been shown to be one of the most effective ...
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Frequent colds are a normal part of young children's lives, but sometimes a stuffy nose becomes a more severe lung infection. Now, a new study clarifies some of the factors that put certain kids at greater risk. The study, published ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...
The post-Christmas season is an e-waste high water mark in the United States. New computers, phone docks, wireless speakers, and watches under the Christmas tree crowd out the old(er) ones. What isn't donated or recycled usually makes its ...
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Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study led by researchers at Link?ping University in Sweden. In 2011 the ...
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An enduring mystery of archaeology involving a well-known historical site in ancient Rome is being quietly unraveled in Indiana, thanks to a sophisticated computer simulation created by Ball State University digital artists. The ...
The REI Foundation awarded its annual$50,000 Mary Anderson Legacy Grant to GirlTrek,a national nonprofit and health organization inspiring and supporting African-American women and girls to live their healthiest,most fulfilled lives through ...
One year after opening a LEED gold certified distribution center in West Grove, PA, Dansko celebrated the first birthday of its innovative facility. Built by Pennsylvania-based construction company W.S. Cumby, the distribution center works ...
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Tastes, spend and buying habits in the region, suggest that toy firms should be looking to it as a source of potential revenue growth. New research by NPD on Russia suggests that the territory could be the next to see major growth in the ...
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For its 100th birthday, Entergy Corporation and Entergy Arkansas, together donated $2M to illuminate three bridges in Little Rock, Arkansas, with a new LED lighting solution from Philips Color Kinetics. With its unveiling ceremony quickly ...
Helene Herman, director of global marketing for New York-based Lee Spring, which has a distribution center and sales offices in China, was one of more than 100 business and trade group representatives at a conference on the importance of ...
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Only 5 percent of those using a restroom wash their hands long enough to kill the germs that cause infection, a U.S. researcher says. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Health, indicates a third of the people involved in ...
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The unique beer bottle created last year to celebrate the 170th birthday of the original Pilsen lager beer Pilsner Urquell, has won the current award WorldStar 2014 at the international competition WorldStar Packaging Awards 2014. This ...
Need a quick delivery? Jeff Bezos wants to send in the drones. That's the not-so-distant reality the Amazon.com CEO envisions, a future in which his company transports packages in 30 minutes or less -- using self-guided drones. Story ...
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J.E. Fortin celebrates 90th birthday with a new Freightliner Cascadia J.E. Fortin Inc. has celebrated its 90th anniversary and did so by unveiling its 426th truck, a 2013 Freightliner Cascadia equipped with a Detroit DD15 engine. The ...
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