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Beware of Secondhand Pot Smoke

Beware of Secondhand Pot Smoke

| May 25, 2015 Comment

Beware of Secondhand Pot Smoke – A new study from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine found that people who are exposed to secondhand marijuana smoke may feel a bit of the “high” that comes with using the drug. The study says people exposed to marijuana smoke may also feel unable to think clearly, and they […]

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Prostate Cancer ‘Rosetta Stone’ Maps Mutations for Treatable Defects

Prostate Cancer ‘Rosetta Stone’ Maps Mutations for Treatable Defects

| May 23, 2015 Comment

Prostate Cancer ‘Rosetta Stone’ Maps Mutations for Treatable Defects – A genetic study described by researchers as the Rosetta stone of prostate cancer could provide hope for men with advanced forms of the disease. British and US scientists who drew up the first comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to different strains of prostate cancer […]

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Americans Overdose on Prescription Drugs More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined

Americans Overdose on Prescription Drugs More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined

| May 22, 2015 Comment

Americans Overdose on Prescription Drugs More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined – The Drug Enforcement Agency recently wrapped up part of its largest-ever prescription drug trafficking investigation. In the same week, the agency finished its biggest heroin bust ever in the state of New York. Both kinds of drugs have killed more and more people […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama Has a Better Gym Game Than You

First Lady Michelle Obama Has a Better Gym Game Than You

| May 22, 2015 Comment

First Lady Michelle Obama Has a Better Gym Game Than You – First lady Michelle Obama accepts her husband President Barack Obama’s challenge to show him five ways she could move. It’s all to promote her “Let’s Move” campaign. And she definitely MOVED! In the video that was released, FLOTUS (First Lay of the United […]

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Millennials Experience Depression at Work More Than Any Other Generation, Study Finds

Millennials Experience Depression at Work More Than Any Other Generation, Study Finds

| May 21, 2015 Comment

Millennials experience depression at work more than any other generation, study finds – For the first time in history, five distinct generations — traditionalists, baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z — will soon work side-by-side in the workplace. A new study shows they won’t react to the same office environment in the same […]

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Stable Antarctic Ice Is Suddenly Melting Fast

Stable Antarctic Ice Is Suddenly Melting Fast

| May 21, 2015 Comment

Stable Antarctic Ice Is Suddenly Melting Fast – Sea levels worldwide will rise higher than anticipated, thanks to a new once-stable region of Antarctica that is suddenly melting, and at a fast rate. Analysis of satellite data shows that although the massive ice sheet on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula, made up of multiple glaciers, was […]

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White House Makes Bid to Save Honeybees but Ignores Toxic Pesticides

White House Makes Bid to Save Honeybees but Ignores Toxic Pesticides

| May 21, 2015 Comment

White House makes bid to save honeybees but ignores toxic pesticides – The White House has announced an ambitious plan to “promote the health of honeybees and other pollinators” in the United States in a bid to help reverse a worrying trend that has seen the honeybee population fall by half over the last seven […]

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First-ever 3D Human Heart Simulator May Lead to Better Treatments

First-ever 3D Human Heart Simulator May Lead to Better Treatments

| May 21, 2015 Comment

First-ever 3D Human Heart Simulator May Lead to Better Treatments – A French company better known for designing aircraft systems announced Wednesday that, on May 29, it will release the world’s first commercially available, scientifically accurate, simulated 3-dimensional model of a whole, healthy heart. The model may, with fine-tuning and additional development, help to revolutionize […]

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Nestle Bottled Water Operations Spark Protests

Nestle Bottled Water Operations Spark Protests

| May 20, 2015 Comment

Nestle Bottled Water Operations Spark Protests – Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state. The petitions – carrying more than 500,000 signatures – were accepted by Nestle staff members at both the Sacramento and […]

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Scientists Find Large Antarctic Ice Shelves Closer to Collapse Than They Thought

Scientists Find Large Antarctic Ice Shelves Closer to Collapse Than They Thought

| May 19, 2015 Comment

Scientists find large Antarctic ice shelves closer to collapse than they thought – In 2002, two-thirds of the massive Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica disintegrated into the ocean, spawning hundreds to perhaps thousands of icebergs, in a span of just six weeks. That event stunned scientists, since it was unprecedented in at least 12,000 […]

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Indian Ocean Storing Up Heat from Global Warming, Says Study

Indian Ocean Storing Up Heat from Global Warming, Says Study

| May 18, 2015 Comment

Indian Ocean storing up heat from global warming, says study – The world’s oceans are playing a game of hot potato with the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists have zeroed in on the tropical Pacific as a major player in taking up that heat. But while it might have held that heat […]

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Doctors Share Pictures of Themselves Asleep at Work

Doctors Share Pictures of Themselves Asleep at Work

| May 18, 2015 Comment

Doctors Share Pictures of Themselves Asleep at Work – A blog post from earlier this month that criticized a medical resident in Mexico for sleeping on the job has led to a social media movement with doctors defending their long hours and need for rest. In the post, the writer chastised the young resident, who […]

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