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Category Archives: FYI
Facebook’s Plan to Deal with Entities Spreading Fake News
Like the inspector in Casablanca, Facebook apparently is shocked – shocked! – to discover it’s been used to spread fake news.
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Hearing Tests May Miss Common Form of Loss
Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioral tests, according to the findings of a University at Buffalo-led study published in the … Continue reading
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Low-Sodium Diet Might Not Lower Blood Pressure
A new study that followed more than 2,600 men and women for 16 years found that consuming less sodium wasn’t associated with lower blood pressure. The new findings call into question the sodium limits recommended by the current Dietary Guidelines … Continue reading
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What Does ‘Science’ Mean?
How often have you heard some politician or scoundrel (I don’t think the two are synonymous) proclaim, “The science is settled.” Well, it’s not – regardless of what the topic is. In seven short paragraphs, Set Godin explains what science … Continue reading
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Unemployment Appears to Increase Stroke Risk
Unemployment appears to increase the risk of middle-age Japanese men and women having a stroke, and may have similar implications in the U.S, according to new research published in the American Heart Association‘s journal Stroke. Compared with continuously employed middle-aged … Continue reading
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Tagged Ehab. S. Eshak, Hiroyasu Iso, M.D., M.P.H, MSc., Ph.D.
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Filing Taxes in Japan is a Breeze. Why Not Here?
Americans will spend more than 6 billion hours this year gathering records and filling out forms, just to pay their taxes, T.R. Reid writes in The New York Times this morning. They will pay some $10 billion to tax preparation … Continue reading
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