Health
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Shorter life expectancy linked to 2016 presidential election outcome | Lee Goldman
Credit: unforgettable.org Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Concerns about health and rising death rates may have helped tilt the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump, according to a ...
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Globally, 1.4 billion adults at risk of disease from lack of physical activity | Regina Guthold
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- More than a quarter (1.4 billion) of the world's adult population were insufficiently active in 2016, putting them at greater risk of cardio ...
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Monotreme and marsupial brain hemispheres communicated before development of corpus callosum | Bob Yirka
White matter fiber architecture of the brain. Credit: Human Connectome Project. Sept. 4, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Mammalian brain hemispheres had a means of communicating long before the development of the ...
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Homeless Women Need Your Help -- But They’re Not Helpless | Jocelyn Cheng
Credit: Mickey Z. Giving homeless women your leftovers may not be as helpful as you think. Aug. 29, 2018 (Period) -- Michael Zezima, a native of Queens, New York, is one of the few people who breaks ...
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What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.
Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will no ...
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New study reveals why women take sexy selfies | Isabelle Dubach
Credit: University of New South Wales Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study has revealed the science behind sexy selfies, showing that women tend to sexualize themselves in environments with greate ...
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As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies | Sam Myers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 ...
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When Illness is a ‘Death Sentence’: The Victimization of Gaza Women | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2018 Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her 3-year-old son, ...
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Sleeping five hours or less a night associated with doubled risk of cardiovascular disease | Moa Bengtsson
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following t ...
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Deep forehead wrinkles may signal a higher risk for cardiovascular mortality | Yolande Esquirol
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- People with lots of deep forehead wrinkles -- more than is typical for their age -- may have a higher risk of dying of cardiovascular diseas ...
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Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind | Pilleriin Sikka
Credit: futurestreet, Flickr (CC BY 2.0)Aug. 24, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Happy people have better dreams, new research suggests. A new study by researchers from the University of Turku, Finland and t ...
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