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439 articles from WEDNESDAY 25.1.2012

• WEDNESDAY 25. JANUARY, 2012
• 00:24 Availability and use of sanitation reduces by half the likelihood of parasitic worm infections

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  Access to sanitation facilities, such as latrines, reduces by half the risk of becoming infected by parasitic worms that are transmitted via soil (soil-transmitted helminths) according to a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. These findings are important as infection with parasitic worms can cause diarrhea, weakness, and malnutrition, which in turn can impair physical and mental development in children; they reinforce the importance of increased access to sanitation (a Millennium Development Goal target) to improve health outcomes.  

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• 00:24 Black tea reduces blood pressure: study

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  (Medical Xpress) -- Drinking a cup of black tea three times a day may significantly reduce your blood pressure.  

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• 00:24 CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically

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  Foot and leg amputations were once a fairly common fate for diabetics, but new government research shows a dramatic decline in limbs lost to the disease, probably due to better treatments.  

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• 00:24 Google to merge user data across more services

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  Google Inc. is overhauling the way it treats user data, linking information across its array of email, video and social-networking services so that information gathered in one place can be used in another.  

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• 00:24 Lifestyle counseling reduces time to reach treatment goals for people with diabetes

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  Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly lower blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and keep them under control, according to a large, long-term study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care.  

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• 00:24 More on legal remedies for ghostwriting

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  In an Essay that expands on a previous proposal to use the courts to prosecute those involved in ghostwriting on the basis of it being legal fraud, Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona, Spain and colleagues lay out three outline specific areas of legal liability in this week's PLoS Medicine.  

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• 00:24 Neanderthals and their contemporaries engineered stone tools

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- New published research from anthropologists at the University of Kent has scientifically supported for the first time the long held theory that early human ancestors across Africa, Western Asia and Europe engineered their stone tools.   

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• 00:24 Restored wetlands rarely equal condition of original wetlands

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  Wetland restoration is a billion-dollar-a-year industry in the United States that aims to create ecosystems similar to those that disappeared over the past century. But a new analysis of restoration projects shows that restored wetlands seldom reach the quality of a natural wetland.  

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• 00:24 Shoulder pain from using your iPad? Don't use it on your lap

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  The sudden popularity of tablet computers such as the Apple iPad has not allowed for the development of guidelines to optimize users' comfort and well-being. In a new study published in Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Microsoft Corporation, and Brigham and Women's Hospital report that head and neck posture during tablet computer use can be improved by placing the tablet higher to avoid low gaze angles, and through the use of a case that provides optimal viewing angles.  

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• 00:24 Solar storm expected to fire up northern lights

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  Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years.  

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• 00:24 Tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are biggest killers of Japanese adults

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  The life expectancy of a person born in Japan is among the highest in the world (82.9 years) yet tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are still the major risk factors for death among adults in Japan, emphasizing the need to reduce tobacco smoking and to improve ongoing programs designed to help people manage multiple cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure, according to a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine.  

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• 00:24 US publisher Meredith buys Allrecipes.com

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  Meredith Corp., publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and other magazines, announced Tuesday it has bought Allrecipes.com from The Reader's Digest Association Inc. in a $175 million transaction.  

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• 00:24 Yahoo delivers another listless performance in 4Q

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  Yahoo's latest financial results show the Internet company is still losing ground in the battle for online advertising.  

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• 00:11 Scientist at Work Blog: In Winter Weather, Flying to Find Wolves

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  As the winter study of wolves and moose begins on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, scientists wonder what they will find and how much flight time the weather will allow.
  
   

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