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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 17, 2011


New Research Uses Imaging to Show Serotonin's Link to Anger
Technorati
By combining a long tradition in behavioral research with new technology, we were finally able to uncover a mechanism for how serotonin might influence aggression.” Serotonin has been the subject of many psychological studies. In 2003 a popularstudy ...
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Technorati
Researchers Slam Studies Claiming Video Games Make Us Smarter
PC Magazine
The paper, written by Walter Boot and Daniel Blakely of Florida State University and Daniel Simons of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and published in Frontiers in Cognition, disputes the methodology of various studies that ...
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Technology Makes Deception Harder To Spot: Research
Huffington Post
The second study involved a collaboration with faculty at Louisiana Tech and Illinois State universities and examined the impact of deception in group decision-making. "We put together a virtual battleship game and introduced a rogue member whose ...
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UM life science park signs Advanced Pharma
Bizjournals.com
Advanced Pharma CR has become the second-largest tenant at the University of Miami Life Science& Technology Park after signing a 20000-square-foot lease. That brings the occupancy of the 252000-square-foot research park to just over 60 percent. ...
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Obama signs patent-approval law
Los Angeles Times
President Obama studies a robot built by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press / September 17, 2011) By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau Overhauling the ...
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Los Angeles Times
Students at tiny Keys college dive right into marine studies
MiamiHerald.com
... is luring aspiring marine biologists and technicians with classes such as Restoration of Coral Reefs, Monitoring of Caribbean Reef Fish and Basic Research Diving. Dr. Patrick Rice, FKCC's dean of marine science and technology, and Brylske, ...
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NMSU professor studies beef cattle fertility, genetics in Australia
High Plains Journal
The research can be expensive and requires large teams collaborating to complete genotyping, data analyses and the translation of findings to herd improvement programs. What this technology helps researchers do is narrow down the genes to find the ones ...
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Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that ...
EurekAlert (press release)
A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs. The research mission, which began Sept ...
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Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields
ProPublica
The gas drilling industry says it supports such research and that health concerns should be taken seriously, but that the public should be careful of jumping to conclusions. "Sound science does exist on these issues," wrote Chris Tucker, ...
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This Week in Science
RNAi News (blog)
In a paper published online in advance in Science this week, investigators at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., and elsewhere report on their examination of "spontaneously occurring variation in DNA methylation in ...
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Recon Instruments gets NASA Desert RATS eyes-on with Micro Optics Display ...
Engadget
Luckily, Recon Instruments has partnered with NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies to test two variants of its GPS-enabled Micro Optics Display for use in next-generation spacesuits, and get our space agency a wee bit closer to the PK Dick ...
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NIH, DARPA and FDA collaborate to develop cutting-edge technologies to predict ...
National Institutes of Health (press release)
In this way, NCATS will complement, and not compete with, the work of the private sector and other NIH translational science efforts. About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and ...
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Smart Electricity Data Powers Savings in Iowa Experiment
Government Technology
“We are interested in proving this technology, in establishing its value so we can offer it to many cities,” said Mahmoud Naghshineh, vice president of services research at IBM Watson Researchand director of the IBM Services Innovation Lab, ...
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NSF Grant to Aid Women Faculty in STEM Fields
UC Riverside
UC Riverside wins a $599219 grant to help recruit, retain and support through leadership development women faculty in science, engineering, technology and mathematics. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of ...
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Device 'could boost brain power'
The Press Association
Brain scan studies showed that squeezing a control stick to play a computer game aided the repair of damaged nerve pathways in stroke patients. Speaking at the British Science Festival at the University of Bradford, Prof Johansen-Berg said: "If you ...
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Vaxin Awarded BARDA Contract Valued at up to $21.7M to Develop Next Generation ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In proof of principle studies, Vaxin has demonstrated several key characteristics, important for consideration of the AdVAV vaccine candidate as a medical countermeasure: 1) protection with a single dose in multiple animal species; 2) excellent safety ...
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“Center of surf universe” becomes home of SDSU surf research center
SignOnSanDiego.com
And this is just science. The business and hospitality side of it, I don't know of anyone else whostudies it.” While the center initially will focus on sustainable surf tourism, its portfolio will grow. “At the Dean's Council, the College of Science ...
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Balloon-based experiment to measure gamma rays 6500 light years distant
EurekAlert (press release)
The Gamma Ray Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE), which was designed and built at the SpaceScience Center within the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), is an effort to apply a new type of detector technology to the study of ...
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Brooklyn College Establishes Four New Schools
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Africana Studies, Classics, English, History, JudaicStudies, Modern Languages and Literature; Philosophy; Political Science; Puerto Rican and LatinoStudies; SEEK; Sociology; and Speech Communication Arts and ...
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Changing Campus Culture?
Science Careers Blog (blog)
The other suggestion under this heading, establishing "named chairs/professorships in STEM-discipline related research" seems less likely to actually result in more interesting 101-level sciencecourses. Producing more research studies is not the ...
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree; Or does it?
PhysOrg.com
Research at EPFL's Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation has shown that contrary to what was thought from previous studies, spin-outs don't systematically set up shop near their parent companies. To stay or to leave, what's the best strategy? ...
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Does That Hurt? Objective Way to Measure Pain Being Developed at Stanford
HealthNewsDigest.com
“We're hopeful we can eventually use this technology for better detection and better treatment of chronic pain.” Researchers stressed that future studies are needed to determine whether these methods will work to measure various kinds of pain, ...
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The oil patch and the ivory tower
McGill Daily
On May 3, 2010, just two weeks after being elected to the editorial board of this newspaper, I began working at the WOW Lab: a joint science and education researchand design project that develops biology, physics, math, and chemistry projects for use...
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McGill Daily
University of Vermont Programs Foster Innovation and Economic Development in State
UVM News
The council is responsible for Vermont's Science and Technology Plan and serves as the statewide Board for the National Science Foundation-funded Vermont EPSCoR program. In 2011 it facilitated summer work experiences for more than 40 higher education ...
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Glowing bandages 'could show infections'
NHS Choices
The project received funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an agency of the Ministry of Defence. Using an engineered model of skin tissue the researchers ...
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NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects
PR Newswire (press release)
Development of such capabilities fulfills NASA's strategic goal of developing high payoff technologyand enabling missions otherwise unachievable with today's technology. NASA has awarded approximately $3 million for concept studies to multiple ...
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Ivantis Announces Results of Hydrus(TM) Intracanalicular Implant Study
MarketWatch (press release)
"The Hydrus has clearly helped patients in this study achieve lower IOP and be less reliant on eye drops. As an 'evidence-based' device company, we have invested heavily in basic science researchin the development of this technology and understanding ...
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2. On the dark side
Waterloo Record
Sophisticated audiovisual and information technology equipment will allow visualization and analysis of complex calculations, and real-time collaboration with colleagues from around the world. The institute prides itself not just on research, ...
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Generex Makes Podium Presentation of Clinical Data on Generex Oral-lyn(TM) at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Generex is engaged in the research and development, of drug delivery systems and technologies. Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs). ...
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HBS-IRC focusing on India centric case studies: Anjali Raina
MBAUniverse.com
As a result, the IRC supports the School's faculty in its research interests on the emerging trends that are quickly transforming and shaping the region. Research to date has included the study of information technology, biotechnology, healthcare, ...
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Military Microgrid Capacity to Experience More than 700% Growth by 2017 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The report examines market drivers, implementation requirements, and technology issues for military microgrid installations, as well as providing detailed profiles of key industry players and casestudies of military microgrid projects. ...
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Why so slow? MSU seeks answers to women's advancement
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Led by Jessi Smith, MSU psychology professor, the university will seek ways to promote women at MSU in the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and the social and behavioral sciences. To help make her points, Cruzado introduced speaker ...
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Eyelit Inc. Announces the Resounding Success of Its 2011 User Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
"The Eyelit presentations were certainly informative and fun," stated Salil Jain, Eyelit's President and Chief Executive Officer, "but they were outshined by the case studies and real-life scenarios brought forth by our customer presenters. ...
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Lending them a voice
The Hindu
While he believes there is innovation in India, he feels the research here “often operates in a vacuum or in a hypothetical way where we believe that the technologyitself will solve the problem”. This needs to change, he says. ...
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The Hindu
Biological E Finishes Phase III Studies Of JE Vaccine
News Tonight
In a declaration, the company stated that this is a significant landmark in the clinical growth of this vero cell based inactivated JE vaccine fabricated in India based on thetechnology transfer contract with Intercell. Intercell AG is a Vienna-based ...
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Sangamo Touts Cure for HIV
Minyanville.com
Lanphier is hoping to find a partner to help develop that drug, which has completed the second of three phases of study. Research results for that drug are expected to be released in the fourth quarter.
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Study in Underwater Laboratory May Help Manage Seaweed-eating ...
Georgia Institute of Technology Research News. A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute ofTechnology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects ...
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Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating ...
A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs. ... Led by Mark Hay, a Georgia Tech professor of biology, the 10-day mission includes two Ph.D. students and a postdoctoral researcher who are living 50 feet below the surface in the unique underwater lab. .... Source: Oregon Health & Science University | Comments: 0 ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Sep 17, 2011


Bob Harper of "Biggest Loser" talks diet, fitness
Reuters
By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Health and fitness guru Bob Harper shot to fame as a trainer on "The Biggest Loser" reality TV series, which beings is 12th season on Tuesday on NBC, after becoming an improbable hit for its network. ...
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9 Inspiring Videos about Health and Fitness
The Next Web
Hint: Plant based diets and loving friends will help you reach your centenarian days. Just like we monitor our social feeds, in the future we'll monitor our vital signs. We are at the perfect health storm of connectivity and data aggregation to enable ...
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Fitness researcher bringing health message to Pratt
Pratt Tribune
By Carol Bronson A prominent nutrition and fitness researcher and women's health advocate will visit Pratt next month as part of a nationwide tour aimed at changing an environment that does not promote healthy eating and exercising. ...
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Library to Offer Health and Fitness Series
Blanco County News
Which diet is best for general good health?” These are just a few of the questions that most of us have. And there are lots more. There is hardly a day that goes by without the newest “super food” orhealth scare in the headlines. ...
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Commentary: Wellness weasel words in Summit County
Summit County Citizens Voice
The standards do little to assess the fitness of employees. First, consider the cost savings resulting from the reduction of benefits to employees. Obvious savings are the transfer of health care costs to employees. Furthermore, employees incur costs ...
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Book Review: Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You by Brant ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
I've often thought that if one could find the perfect health, diet, and fitness book and actually follow every one of its recommendations to the letter, it could be life changing. Fit Soul, Fit Body might very well be that book.
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We're All Crazy From Drinking Arsenic-Tainted Apple Juice
iVillage Entertainment
Here, the top stories that have members buzzing on the iVillage Health & Fitness message boards this week. Plus, the real deal on this so-called “arsenic-tainted juice.” What members think: “As more and more things get classified as a mental illness we ...
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Challenge To Change: Finding The Fountain Of Youth
WDIV Detroit
About the author: Bobby DeMuro is the Founder of No Fizz America, a non-profit dedicated to healthand fitness. He is also the founder FusionSouth, a sports conditioning firm. You can follow him on Twitter here or on Facebook here. ...
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Dr. Darren Pollack of DASHA Wellness to Speak at PIX11 Health & Wellness Expo
PR.com (press release)
DASHA is a luxury lifestyle and wellness center in New York City cofounded by husband and wife team, Shannon and Dr. Darren Pollack, DC The DASHA brand embodies a healthy lifestyle, beauty,fitness, medical and wellness services and continues to ...
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Flagler group plans fitness event to help make strides toward healthy lifestyle
Daytona Beach News-Journal
"Our mission is to help the public and kids in the community and to introduce them to exercise and make it fun," said Amy Coopersmith, a nurse practitioner at the Flagler County Health Department. "Kid's fitness is important because the longer we wait ...
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Coca-Cola Partners with the Washington Nationals to "Get the Ball Rolling ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Each sports team, in partnership with Coca-Cola, will host a clinic focused on teaching youth the importance of exercise and a balanced diet. Professional athletes will run fitness drills and nutrition experts will provide information on balanced ...
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The Secret To Nutrition Is No Secret
Huffington Post
This principle has more power to defend our bodies against disease, provide us with stable energy and develop fitness than anything else does. Other diets do some of those things, but only this one does them all, because we have been built for it. ...
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Local women running in marathon to support Gilda's Club
WebsterPost.com
Beyond the training itself the coaches also offer other tips like getting your shoes fitted by a running store, avoiding cotton attire, staying hydrated and eating a balanced diet during the training period. Some participants, like Lane, are survivors; ...
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Childhood Obesity Month
Our Colorado News
A steady diet of television and Xbox is deadly to a child's waistline. A family history of overweight adults and a home environment where high-calorie foods are always available and physical activity isn't encouraged seal a young person's fate. ...
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All about weight loss tamasha
Deccan Chronicle
While people speculated whether the Tashan girl would have fed on just air to reduce to size zero, Rujuta clears the air, “We were working on fitness rather than losing weight. The secret was simple — healthy diet and exercising. ...
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Deccan Chronicle
Weigh in with Siggie Sarna: Week 12
Suburban Life Publications
She's realized eating healthy is expensive, but said she also knows that in the long run, it's cheaper because it will lead to fewer health problems. FUTURE FITNESS PLANS: The Biggest Loser program came with a park district gym membership. ...
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Creating Healthy Habits Just Got Easier with New iPhone App from 2Morrow
iPad News Tracker
Seattle, Washington – Healthy Habits Premium is a health and fitness app for the iPhone focused on helping people change long-term behaviors or habits. This is a full premium version of the popular Healthy Habits iPhone app which was listed # 1 on the ...
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Mother lode of stress arrives with children
Herald Sun
Experts say adding kids to the equation can be a shock to the system that can dent emotional and physical health through sleep deprivation, a poor diet, or feeling a loss of control and sense of competence when an established career suddenly takes ...
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Consumers Looking To Lose Weight Tap The Power Of Reviews To Choose Products
Market Press Release (press release)
With dietary values constantly shifting as food production methods continue to change and budgets shrink and expand in relation to economic conditions, health experts say it will remain likely thatdiet supplements and other products will continue to ...
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THE HEALTHY FEELING OF SITF 2011- Part II
The Swazi Observer
To reduce your chances of breast take a walk or join in fitness activities and exercise regularly; eat a LOWFAT diet rich in fruits and vegetables; don't become over weight and do not smoke cigarettes. Remember if you have a family history of breast ...
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Seniors gather at annual festival
Columbus Telegram
The festival, in its 24th year, featured numerous businesses that offer special services to seniors from financial assistance to physical fitness to assisted living. Seminars were given by area health care providers, touching on topics geared toward ...
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Biggest Loser Trainer Bob Harper to Lay Down 'Skinny Rules'
BlissTree
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown | Leave a comment | Share a Tip As reality weight-loss competition 'The Biggest Loser' heads into its 12th season, trainer Bob Harper is branching beyond his focus on fitness to share diet and nutrition tips with the masses as ...
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Engineering bodies
AsiaOne
And it is this sensitivity - coupled with his breadth of knowledge on health and fitness - that has won him many clients. One of them is Dr Jaideep Raj Rao who says Mr Nathan's "knowledge behind the science of training is very sound and I know because...
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Drink lots of water
Hindustan Times
Please suggest a veg diet plan to lose weight. Also suggest exercises as I have gained weight around my arms and waistline. You need to lose about 15kg to be in good health. Join a gym and start a regular fitness programme, which includes cardio and ...
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Your Students, Your Schools -- Urbandale & Johnston
DesMoinesRegister.com
Third-grade students have been diving into the topic of jobs that keep adults, children and our community healthy, including fitness training, farmers, dietitians and counselors. Second-grade students have taken a closer look at strategies to keep ...
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Synergy Worldwide A Truly Fantastic Company Offering a Stellar Career Path!
Staugnews
Additionally, as a team member you will also market to fitness centers, trainers, extreme and casual athletes, and people who are simply wanting to change their lives and improve their health. And remember, this is not a distributorship. ...
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'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Recap: Frank's Pretty Woman
Starpulse.com
... Mac discovers he has diabetes, Dennis finds out he's in even worse health, Mac sells Dennis on his "no restrictions" diet/fitness plan, Dennis still craves crack, Mac wants to try crack, and together they buy big, ugly Tommy Bahama shirts. Whew. ...
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New Comfort Food Cookbook Brings American & International Classics to People ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Her work has been highlighted in the Washington Post, Woman's Day, USA Today, Fine Cooking, and many online health, fitness, and food websites and magazines. The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight to Stop Diabetes(R) and its deadly ...
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Calendar 9/15/11 thru 9/25/11
The Sag Harbor Express
Culinary Instructor and Educator Chef AJ, author of “Unprocessed” offers a seminar on incorporating more fresh fruits and vegetables into diets. 7 to 9 pm East Hampton Middle School, 76 Newtown Lane, East Hampton. Q&A follows $10 donation. ...
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Electronic Cigarette | Fitness, Diet and Health
By Hailey
Those who try to give up smoking should leave nicotine addiction for the final stage and try to get rid of those substances that pose a real threat for their health. electronic cigarette The electronic cigarette is without a doubt the most effective ...
Fitness, Diet and Health
WHO grapples with chronic disease — Health & Fitness — Bangor ...
By UnBylined
... and obituaries. The Bangor Daily News is your source for breaking news in Maine and up-to-the-second election results. ... Previous story: « Fitness tests get tweaked ... Promoting public awareness about good diet and exercise habits. ...
Bangor Daily News
Bob Harper of "Biggest Loser" talks diet, fitness - Yahoo! News
Read 'Bob Harper of "Biggest Loser" talks diet, fitness' on Yahoo! News. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Health and fitness guru Bob Harper shot to fame as a trainer ...
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To Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer, Opt for a Plant-Rich Diet: Study ...
Plant-rich diets may help them ward off breast cancer, a new study suggests. ... diets – Google News ... Health News: women's health, baby's health, nutrition, children's health, teens health, natural health, mental health, fitness, diet, fda. ...
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/dirt
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/dirt ... After reading this news article where researchers at Cornell University, New York, have given ...
www.shvoong.com/.../2208226-http-timesofindia-indiatimes-c...

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