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U.S. researchers announced on Tuesday that they have released the largest collection of genetic data on pediatric cancer. They say this information will speed up new ways of fighting cancer in children.
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Breastfeeding has been in the news a lot lately. First, there was the TIME Magazine photo that sparked a controversy about attachment parenting. The photos, which depict two real women in Air Force uniforms breastfeeding their children, is part of a campaign a breastfeeding awareness campaign launched by the Mom2Mom support group on the Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington State.
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People with traits associated with autism, particularly traits associated with mentalizing deficits, are less likely to believe in God, according to a new study.
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Life expectancy in Scotland is markedly lower compared to other European nations and the UK as a whole [1]. But what are the reasons for this higher mortality? An explanatory framework, synthesising the evidence is published this month in Public Health.
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An Indian born prodigy shocked scientists and mathematicians recently by solving a 350-year old mathematical problem proposed by Sir Issac Newton himself.
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With obesity and diabetes on the rise, it's no wonder that so much attention is paid to our diets, especially those high in fat and sugar. New research supports this level of scrutiny. The study found that rats whose diets were higher in high-fructose corn syrup were essentially stupider" than their counterparts whose diets were higher in omega-3 fatty acids.
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Playing video games may significantly improve a variety of health outcomes, especially those associated with psychological and physical therapy, according to a new study.
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Alcohol makes people more prone to committing suicide by violent methods like hanging, using a firearm or by falling to death, says a new study. Nearly, one-fourth of all suicide cases studied reported that the victim had blood alcohol levels of at least 0.08 g/dL.
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"Sexting" has become a favorite celebrity pastime, with more photographs of naked celebrities having been leaked over the last two years than over the previous centuries. Researchers are saying that the primal urge to sext can be attributed to the design of the sexual brain, rather than modern celebrity culture or technology.
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People with diabetes are living longer, according to US health officials. In the decade leading up to 2006, death rates for people with diabetes declined 23% while deaths from heart disease fell 40%, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found.
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Among other purposes that networking sites serve, business organizations are also slowly realizing its role in reaching customers. A recent IBM Global CEO study reveals that CEO's are finally realizing and reaping benefits of the popularity of social media by engaging business and customers.
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Alcohol makes people more prone to committing suicide by violent methods like hanging, using a firearm or by falling to death, says a new study. Nearly, one-fourth of all suicide cases studied reported that the victim had blood alcohol levels of at least 0.08 g/dL.
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New findings, published in journal Evolution and Human Behavior, researchers explored the so-called "sexual exploitability hypothesis," an assumption that men are genetically programmed to look for 'easy' and short-term sexual relationships.
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A recent study funded by NASA has revealed that meteorites from Mars aged as old as 4.2 billion years contain reduced carbon, an organic macromolecule. The study also confirmed that the carbon was non-biologically formed.
