As experts continue to sound alarm bells about the rising resistance of microbes to antibiotics used by humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it was curbing the use of the drugs in livestock nationwide. "FDA ...
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When it comes to factors affecting children's school performance, DNA may trump home life or teachers, a new British study finds. "Children differ in how easily they learn at school. Our research shows that differences in students' ...
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If you were to switch from vegetarianism to meat-eating, or vice-versa, chances are the composition of your gut bacteria would also undergo a big change, a new study suggests. The research, published Dec. 11 in the journal Nature, showed ...
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More young adults have health insurance now than three years ago. And many of them are getting that coverage under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents' health policies until they turn 26, U.S. ...
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Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
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Parents' concern about their children's online safety might vary according to their race, ethnicity and other factors, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from a 2011 online survey of more than 1,000 parents across the United ...
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Pictures of diseased lungs and other types of graphic warning labels on cigarette packs could cut the number of smokers in the United States by as much as 8.6 million people and save millions of lives, a new study suggests. Researchers ...
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The health claims related to drinking raw milk have not been verified by scientific evidence, and therefore do not outweigh the potential health risks that raw milk poses to pregnant women and children, according to a policy statement ...
It’s time for Canada to develop a new approach to financing, building and repairing the nation’s aging infrastructure, according to a white paper recently published by the Van Horne Institute. The Van Horne Institute, a leader ...
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The number of people worldwide living with dementia could more than triple by 2050, a new report reveals. Currently, an estimated 44 million people worldwide have dementia. That number is expected to reach 76 million in 2030 and 135 ...
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Doctors who would choose hospice care for themselves if they were dying from cancer are more likely to discuss such care with patients in that situation, a new study finds. And while the majority of doctors in the study said they would ...
Members of the U.S.Biotech Crops Alliance,a collaborative effort to improve the environment for technology innovation and the market for U.S.crops produced through modern biotechnology,met in Washington this week to discuss recent progress ...
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Prices for calves, feeder cattle and finished cattle have set some new records this fall and early winter. A combination of circumstances has precipitated these historic prices. There is currently a lot of cautious optimism on the part of ...
Dairy producer WhiteWave Foods has announced plans to pay about $600 million to purchase Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce brand in the U.S. Earthbound Farm was the producer behind the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that ...