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Global Warming Threatens Biodiversity in Australia’s Wet Tropics
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Global climate change will pose serious challenges for wildlife populations around the world in the coming decades. The findings of Dr. Stephen Williams (Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change, James Cook University) suggest that endemic wildlife populations in Australia’s Wet Tr...
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No Bad Foods, Only Bad Eaters: Popular TV Host and Author
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“Food is related to just about every single challenge people have living on this planet,” is the perspective of Alton Brown, television personality and author of the popular book, I’m Just Here For The Food, who spoke Sunday at the opening of the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting + FOOD...
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Environment Plays Big Role in Women Starting to Smoke
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Researchers have long known that reasons for smoking include social pressure and other environmental factors, as well as genetic factors based on results of previous twin studies. Now a more comprehensive study of twins by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has provided...
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Experts on Global Warming
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The following faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to the media for interviews concerning global warming issues.
Dr. Jay Banner, Director, Environmental Science Institute
Banner's research interests include the application of field, petrologic, che...
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Get Sun-Kissed, Not Sunburned
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Saint Louis University Dermatologist Offers Advice, Picks for Hot New Sunless Tanners
Hot, humid and hazy. Yes, it’s summer again, and time for the sun to wreak havoc on your skin.
Not so fast, says dermatologist DeeAnna Glaser, M.D., professor of dermatology at Saint Louis University Sc...
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A Lot On The Plate: What Makes People Eat?
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Heredity and family customs—especially what you are fed as baby—have an enormous impact on eating habits and taste cravings as an adult. That’s what scientists speaking at the world’s largest annual food science conference said here Monday at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting +...
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Diet Pattern More Important than Specific Food Choices
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Making changes to what you eat is difficult. Often the barrier to change is a preoccupation with specific choices: Can I have eggs for breakfast? Is oatmeal better than raisin bran? Individual choices are meaningful, but if they fit into a sound overall dietary pattern, there will be plenty of wiggl...
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Coffee Intake Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk
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Drinking coffee, especially when it is decaffeinated, may be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the June 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Previous studies in the United States and Europe have linked coffee to...
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Cleaning Water at Household, Not Source, Is Best Diarrhea Prevention
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Clean water can prevent diarrhea and save lives, but, among the world’s most susceptible populations, it is cleaned best at its point of use rather than its source, researchers report in a large new review of studies.
“While interventions to improve the microbial quality of drinking water are...
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Risks of Smoking Extend to the Bladder
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We all know that smoking is bad for you. But if you’re a woman, listen up. A study from the University of Southern California says women’s bladders may be more susceptible to cancer-causing agents in tobacco. Researchers found that when women and men smoke at comparably high levels, women’s bladder...
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