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Facebook vs. Apple: Tech's biggest cold war heats up — and gets personal
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By David Ingram SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO Tim Cook has rarely missed an opportunity in the past year to hit Facebook about its privacy issues. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t been shy...
E-cigarettes outperform patches and gums in quit-smoking study
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5 years ago
A major new study provides the strongest evidence yet that vaping can help smokers quit cigarettes, with e-cigarettes proving nearly twice as effective as nicotine gums and patches. The British...
Some doctors helping anti-vaccine parents get medical exemptions
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By Lauren Dunn and Linda Carroll Alyssa Hernandez often worries about her 2-year-old son, Noah, when they leave their Sacramento, California home. The little boy, who had a liver transplant...
Protein shakes don't count: Why older adults should eat real food
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5 years ago
Older adults need to eat more protein-rich foods when they’re trying to lose weight, dealing with a chronic or acute illness, or facing a hospitalization, according to a growing consensus among...
2019 lunar eclipse: 5 things to know about the 'super blood wolf moon'
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5 years ago
By Denise Chow This weekend, a total lunar eclipse will give skywatchers a chance to see the moon turn a dull red as it slips into Earth’s shadow. The eclipse, which will occur...
Bad Medicine ‘Miracle Man’ wakes up after family removes him from life support
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5 years ago
By Perrie Halpern Although the news is presenting this as a feel good story about a guy who defied death, it is actually a cautionary tale. The hospital should have been able to tell if he...
Mideast farmers who use pesticides often find no buyers abroad
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5 years ago
By Linda Givetash AL-KARAMEH, Jordan — Farmers in the Middle East and North Africa are facing roadblocks exporting their crop to Western countries because of the pesticides they use. This is...
LET’S DO FOLLOW THE CLIMATE MONEY!
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The climate crisis industry incessantly claims that fossil fuel emissions are causing unprecedented temperature, climate and weather changes that pose existential threats to human civilization and...
Conjoined Twins Refuse to Be Separated Despite Doctor's Warnings
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Conjoined Twins Refuse to Be Separated Despite Doctor's Warnings People, April 22, 2017 When Carmen and Lupita Andrade were born, doctors said they only had three days to live. The conjoined...
The $35 billion race to cure a silent killer that affects 30 million Americans
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At the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, the liver transplant group is busy handling an onslaught of patients who have come from all over the country in hopes of a chance at life. For many, a...
How to fight the urge to hibernate this winter
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5 years ago
By Vivian Manning-Schaffel The days are shorter, the temperature is dropping , and just like so many other animals in the wild kingdom, we humans can easily find ourselves possessed with...
The Untold Story of Neurosciences Most Famous Brain
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6 years ago
Like most famous patients in the history of neuroscience, Henry Molaison—or HM, as he was known among scientists—was famous because his brain was defective. Unlike the other patients, his case...
How chicken soup makes you feel better, according to science
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6 years ago
How chicken soup makes you feel better, according to science Revealed: The secret to chicken soup's medicinal properties. By Brian Nelson, Mother Nature Network, December 26 2018...
CDC warns of respiratory virus affecting kids and adults
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to alert you about a respiratory infection that can affect your children and even some adults. As it...
'I'm in your baby's room': Nest cam hacks show risk of internet-connected devices
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6 years ago
By Elizabeth Chuck and Jason Abbruzzese The man’s voice came through the Nest camera of Houston mother Ellen Rigney just before midnight. “I’m going to kidnap your baby. I’m in your baby’s...
The average American man is 5'9" and 198 lbs, and the average American woman is 5'4", 171 lbs.
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6 years ago
The average American is on the edge of borderline obese. What perhaps is more troubling though, is that these average weights are rising rapidly. The average American adult male is 9 pounds...
Israeli spacecraft gets special passenger before moon journey
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6 years ago
Israeli spacecraft gets special passenger before moon journey by Michael Smith, AFP (reported by MSNNEWS), December 18 2018 © Provided by AFP The general manager...
Can't put down the phone? How smartphones are changing our brains — and lives
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6 years ago
By Lynne Peeples Until a year and a half ago, Samuel Veissiere's smartphone was the last thing he saw before he fell asleep and the first thing that greeted him when he woke up. During the...
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades about toxic baby powder
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Having failed to persuade the FDA that up to 1 percent asbestos contamination was tolerable, J&J began promoting self-policing as an alternative to regulation. The centerpiece of this...
NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space
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6 years ago
This illustration shows the position of NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, outside of the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto....
I, holobiont
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Cicadas might be a pest , but they’re special in a few respects. For one, these droning insects have a habit of emerging after a prime number of years (7, 13, or 17). They also feed exclusively...
Atheist Professor: Intelligent Design Arguments Should 'Be Taken Seriously'
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6 years ago
In a soon-to-be released book, an atheist professor has argued that the critiques of the Theory of Evolution by intelligent design defenders should "be taken seriously." A woman walks beside...
California areas burned by wildfire hit with heavy rain, floods
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6 years ago
California areas burned by wildfire hit with heavy rain, floods updated at 07:49 via Latest News - UPI.com Strong rains, floods and mudslides have hit...