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A new approach is needed to help reduce undernutrition and obesity at the same time, as the issues become increasingly connected due to rapid changes in countries’ food systems. This is especially important in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new four-paper report published in The Lancet.

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Keywords: Malnutrition

Toxic environmental agents, to which anyone is involuntarily exposed, represent non-negligible risk for human health and, therefore, environmental contamination has become a theme of primary importance worldwide.

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Keywords: toxic environmental agents, Environmental Contamination

Black Teens Face Racial Discrimination Multiple Times Daily, Suffer Depressive Symptoms as a Result

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Keywords: Racial Discrimination, Black teens , Depression

Mayo Clinic researchers will present findings at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dec. 10–14 in San Antonio.

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Keywords: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Mayo Clinic, Pooja Advani, Amy Degnim, Kathryn Ruddy, Breast Cancer

A study on the negative perception of support groups among older breast cancer survivors was selected as a 2019 Best Original Research Paper in the journal Cancer Nursing.

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Keywords: Support Group, Breast Cancer

Mammals inhale oxygen-rich air and they exhale depleted air, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern. In contrast, bird breath travels through part of the respiratory system, but in a one-way loop throughout most of the lung. Biologists have discovered that Savannah monitor lizards have lung structures that are hybrid system of bird and mammal lungs.

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Keywords: Biology, Evolution, Lungs, Fluid Dynamics, Savannah monitor lizards, Pulmonary, Breath, unidirectional airflow

Tulane University professor and contemporary American historian William Brumfield has spent much of his life traveling the vast and remote lands of Russia and documenting its unique architecture, history and literature. On Thursday, Dec. 5, Brumfield’s nearly 50 years of work and dedication was recognized by the Russian Federation during a ceremony at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., where Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov presented Brumfield with the Order of Friendship medal, the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation given to foreign nationals.

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Keywords: TulaneUniversity, OrderofFriendshipMedal, Russia, WilliamBrumfield