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Moderate Weight Loss Reduces Hormones Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
Even a moderate amount of weight loss can significantly reduce risk of breast cancer
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sugar Makes You Stupid: Study Shows How a High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory
A new UCLA study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning—and how omega-3 fatty acids can minimize the damage.
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
New Evidence of Supermassive Black Hole Shredding a Star
Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Link Between an Injectable Contraceptive and Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women Discovered
The first large-scale U.S.-based study to evaluate the link between an injectable form of progestin-only birth control and breast cancer risk in young women has found that recent use of a year or more doubles the risk. The results of the study, led by breast cancer epidemiologist Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, are published online ahead of the April 15 print issue of Cancer Research.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Your Mind Will Wander as You Read This Article
A new study investigating the mental processes underlying a wandering mind reports a role for working memory, a sort of a mental workspace that allows you to juggle multiple thoughts simultaneously.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
80% of U.S. Farmland Will Have to Be Devoted to Growing Corn to Meet Current Biofuel Target
Almost 80 percent of current farmland in the U.S. would have to be devoted to raising corn for ethanol production in order to meet current biofuel production targets with existing technology, a new study has found. An alternative, according to a study in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology, would be to convert 60 percent of existing rangeland to biofuels.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Migraines Linked to Depression
A new study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans in April links migraines with depression in women.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Two More Journalists Dead in Syria
Two more journalists have died in the Syria uprising, this time not from a medical emergency like Anthony Shadid, but from rocket fire directed at protestors in the city of Homs.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Reporter Shadid Dies in Syria
Newswise honors New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, who died today while on assignment covering the uprising in Syria.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Lovelorn Liars Leave Linguistic Leads
Online daters intent on fudging their personal information have a big advantage: most people are terrible at identifying a liar. But new research is turning the tables on deceivers using their own words.