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 ...
Teen boys who think they're too skinny are at increased risk for depression, and they're more likely to be bullied and use steroids, two new studies suggest. In one study, researchers analyzed data gathered from more than 2,100 boys who ...
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Legs begin to tire and booth demonstrators run out of things to say into their wireless stage mics, but we keep walking the show floor at the 2014 International CES so you don’t have to! Here is our wrap up of all the weird and ...
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Mahmud Jafri, CEO of Dover Rug & Home has been named one of the 50 Most Influential People in New England by India New England. Among the list of influential people are entrepreneurs, executives, investors, community leaders, researchers, ...
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Among the main trading partners of the Philippines, China posted the fastest growth in importing Philippine merchandise in November last year, although it remained as the country's third largest export market, after Japan and the United ...
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Minority and poor patients are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they're diagnosed than white and richer patients do, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 26,000 patients in California who were diagnosed ...
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University of Washington researchers Grant H. Blume and Mark C. Long have produced the first empirical estimates using national-level data to show the extent to which levels of affirmative action in college admissions decisions changed ...
The global long steel products market has resumed business after the holiday period, as activity had stopped in many countries from the middle of December up to the first week of January, according to the short-range outlook report issued ...
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Damodar Industries witnessed a 50 per cent growth in net sales during quarter ended September 2013, driven by robust export revenues amidst increased demand for the value-added yarn from China and rupee’s depreciation against the US ...
Yesterday the gold price in New York rose back to close at $1,228.40 after which Asia lifted it to $1,234. The dollar hardly moved at $1.36.12: €1 ahead of London's opening. In London the gold price was Fixed at $1,232.25 up $6.25 on ...
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The U.S. death rate from cancer declined steadily since the peak of 1991 to 2010 -- 20 percent for men and women combined, researchers say. American Cancer Society statistics found death rates from 1991 to 2010 declined more than 50 ...
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In December last year, China's total foreign trade value amounted to $389.844 billion, up 5.2 month on month and increasing by 6.2 percent year on year, as announced by China's General Administration of Customs on January 10. In ...
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According to report of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), the country's steel exports totaled 3.39 million tons, rising by 2.5% from a month ago but falling by 4.3% year on year. The official of JISF said that the strong domestic ...
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Through DNA analysis, Illinois researchers have disproved years of rumors and hearsay surrounding the ancient Battle of Raphia, the only known battle between Asian and African elephants. "What everyone thinks about war elephants is ...
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Lindex lingerie collections for the spring 2014 season show a wide range of fashion news. “We start the season with romantic style collections. The feeling is soft and very feminine, the prints are often Asian inspired with a ...
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