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17 Feb 2010 00:06

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Biz: Quick: What grocery store is this produce section in?

Hint: It’s a brand name grocer whose name quickly rolls off the tongue. No, not that one. OK, time’s up! Click the link and find out! source
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15 Feb 2010 20:06

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Tech: Oh, oxytocin, what can’t you do? You’re a wonder-hormone!

  • It slices, it dices, it helps Asperger’s patients … Oxytocin, a hormone often important to childbirth for females, has been shown to significantly help people suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. It helped, specifically, with social situations. For example, they were more willing to look at other people’s faces for 90 minutes after taking the hormone. This is a huge breakthrough for an often-challenging disease. source
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13 Feb 2010 13:21

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U.S.: Fat children apparently “set” as fat kids at really early ages

  • 50% of overweight teens were overweight by 24 months of age
  • 90% of overweight teens were overweight by 5 years of age source
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11 Feb 2010 20:18

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U.S.: You’re welcome: An explanation of what a freaking stent is

  • A stent is something that holds a vessel open. Ex-president Bill Clinton received two of these today when in the hospital. The ex-president is in good spirits today, but we bet he wouldn’t be without this medical wonder. He’d probably be yelling. Hopefully he can go to some other country and play our heroic diplomat again. You aren’t a doctor, are you? (graphic courtesy National Institute of Health) source
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11 Feb 2010 16:55

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U.S.: Bill Clinton hospitalized, Twitter freaks the heck out. Yikes.



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10 Feb 2010 22:01

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U.S.: Most people favor taxing smokers (again) for quick government cash

  • 60% the percentage of taxpayers who would support a $1 cigarette tax increase as a way to raise cash
  • $9 billion the amount health advocates say could be made if the tax was actually implemented source
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08 Feb 2010 20:33

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Culture: This number should scare you out of drinking another Coke

  • 87% added risk of pancreatic cancer for pop-drinkers source
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06 Feb 2010 13:16

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U.S.: Know all that swine flu vaccine? It’s just kinda hanging around

  • 70 million out of 120 million doses have been used source
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22 Jan 2010 11:36

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U.S.: Kid susceptible to high cholesterol levels just like their parents

  • 20% of all kids have unhealthy cholesterol levels; fat kids get it more
  • 14% of otherwise healthy kids also suffer from high cholesterol source
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16 Jan 2010 16:49

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World: Sanjay Gupta officially more helpful than the United Nations

  • What is striking to me as a physician is that patients who just had surgery, patients who are critically ill are essentially being left here, nobody to care for them.
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta • Regarding a situation where he ended up helping a bunch of earthquake victims out of security concerns after the UN-led group that was there was reportedly told to leave out of security concerns. Gupta stayed overnight with the victims, trying to help them out, but having trouble due to lack of supplies. The UN, for their part, claims it did not tell the doctors and other medical support to leave, but other organizations they were tied to might have. Gupta made sure all the victims survived through the night, because he’s an amazing human being. source
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