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Global
Health Story Of The Week
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Non-ozone-depleting pesticides sought
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| VALLADOLID, Spain, May 12 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists say the search for alternatives to ozone-depleting agricultural pesticides might be a more complex task than originally thought.....full story |
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Active women reduce breast cancer risk
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| CALGARY, Alberta, May 13 (UPI) -- Physically active women are 25 percent less likely to get breast cancer but some benefit more than others, Canadian and Australian researchers say...full story |
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Ponds take up carbon at high rate
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| AMES, Iowa, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined the Earth's ponds are capable of absorbing as much organic carbon as the world's oceans....full story |
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Media affects women's body image -- badly
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| MADISON, Wis., May 13 (UPI) -- Exposure to media depicting ultra-thin actresses and models significantly increased women's concerns about their bodies, a U.S. review found...full story |
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Method found to make tumors easier to kill
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| ST. LOUIS, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have found a vulnerability they say can be used to make cancer cells easier to heat and radiate and, therefore, easier to destroy...full story |
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MIT building low-cost solar concentrator
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| CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students is building a prototype power concentrator with a goal of revolutionizing the solar energy field...full story |
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