Overweight or obese people tend to have less brain tissue than those considered to have normal weight, researchers say.
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Archive for August, 2009
Overweight People Have Skinnier Brains – 752th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Highway Trooper Delivers Baby In Pickup Truck – 751th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009A Rhode Island state trooper responding to a call of a medical emergency on a highway has helped deliver a baby in a pickup truck.
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Health Workers May Skip Swine Flu Shot – 750th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Less than half of Hong Kong’s health care workers would be willing to take a vaccination for the H1N1 flu.
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China Moves To Cut Use Of Executed Inmates’ Organs – 749th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009China has launched a national organ donation system to try to reduce its dependence on body parts harvested from executed prisoners, who make up the majority of donors, state media reported Wednesday.
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Circumcision May Not Protect Gays From HIV – 748th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn’t help protect gay men.
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High-Testosterone Women Choose Riskier Jobs – 747th Edition
Thursday, August 27th, 2009A hormone associated with aggressive men may affect how some women choose their careers.
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New Exercises Get Athletes Out Of Gym – 746th Edition
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009New thinking in fitness has people working on whole-body movements, rather than just lifting a big weight with one muscle at a time.
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High-Testosterone Women Choose Riskier Jobs – 745th Edition
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009A hormone associated with aggressive men may affect how some women choose their careers.
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Health Claim Costs Expected To Rise 10.5% – 744th Edition
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Costs for employer-provided health plans are expected to rise more than 10 percent within the next 12 months.
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Panel: H1N1 To Kill Thousands; Kids At Risk – 743th Edition
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Officials say they think the swine flu will kill up to 90,000 Americans before the year is out, concentrated among children and young adults.
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