Category Archives: Health

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Long Working Hours Increase Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation People who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, according to a study of nearly 85,500 men and women published in … Continue reading

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Keeping Brands Safe in a Programmatic World

Recent revelations that major brands and political parties have inadvertently funded terrorism through their online advertising highlights just how easy it is for premium advertising messages to appear alongside unsavory, and even extremist, content. The initial furor caused advertising platforms, … Continue reading

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The Best and Worst Ice Creams for Your Diet Insider analyzed the nutrition facts of classic flavors from eight major ice cream brands to come up with the best and worst options your money can buy.  Read more here.

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Two UK Distilleries on List of Top EU Polluters

They aren’t at the top of the list – power plants represent nine of the 10 top EU polluters – but they are on the European Environment Agency’s list. Cameronbridge Grain Distillery, the largest of the remaining grain distilleries in … Continue reading

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F.Y.I. – The Health Care Debate

Don’t Assume Private Insurance Is Better Than Medicaid Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Austin Frakt, a health economist with several governmental and academic affiliations, lay out the case in the New … Continue reading

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Pairing Customers’ DNA with Boutique Wines

“After years of analyzing DNA to develop medicines for cancer, we started thinking,” said Sara Riordan.  “If there’s a gene that tells you whether you like Brussels sprouts or not, and whether you like cilantro or not, why aren’t we … Continue reading

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