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Diabetes Rates Skyrocket Among Americans, CDC says
cnn.com — The Number of Americans with Diabetes has grown to about 24 million people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population, the government said Tuesday.More… (Health)
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The Real Reason Your Beer Costs More Than It Should
thestar.com — Imagine a store where most of the products are kept in the back. You order from the cashier. The products can't be sold below a legislated minimum price. And the overwhelming majority are made by one of three large companies, which also own the store. Surprisingly, few consumers know this is the set-up.More… (Food & Drink)
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A taste for soup - a bite out of a population
ac360.blogs.cnn.com — Often shark bodies are thrown overboard because they take up valuable boat space and have little value. It’s the fins that are the prize. Of a sharks about 8 fins, only 4-6 of them kept. That means that an entire shark is often killed for 4 or 6 fins.More… (Educational)
louiebaurDad convicted for feeding kids vegan diet
azcentral.com — An Arizona man has been convicted of negligent child abuse and reckless child abuse for feeding his three children an extreme vegetarian diet. More… (Health)
hdar3415Africa and Coca-Cola: Index of Happiness?
economist.com — AFRICANS buy 36 billion bottles of Coke a year. Because the price is set so low—around 20-30 American cents, less than the price of the average newspaper—and because sales are so minutely analysed by Coca-Cola, the Coke bottle may be one of the continent’s best trackers of stability and prosperity.More… (Food & Drink)
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The Boys and the Subway
niemann.blogs.nytimes.com — My sons Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3, are obsessed with the New York City subway system. They can barely sit through an episode of “Sesame Street.” But when we go for aimless subway joy rides on the weekends, they sit like little angels, devoutly calling out the names of every station.More… (Arts & Culture)
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What Does Alzheimer’s Look Like in Your Brain?
discovermagazine.com — This A-beta peptide fibril has been rendered in 3-D by a transmission electron microscope, providing the most detailed look yet at the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease.More… (Health)
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Pomegranate Ranked Healthiest Fruit Juice
cbsnews.com — Pomegranate is the healthiest of them all because it contains the most of every type of antioxidant. It wins in all categories. And it's thought that it might do some very good things; it may protect against some cancers, such as prostate cancer. It might also modify heart disease risk factors, and it could be healthy for your heart. More… (Health)
petsheepBenefits of ‘magic mushroom’ therapy long lasting
nature.com — The benefits for people who have had positive or even mystical experiences induced by the psychedelic drug psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’ — linger for as much as a year, according to the latest follow-up study of such patients.More… (Health)
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The Urge to End It: The Science of Suicide
nytimes.com — Is suicide the deadly result of a deep psychological condition — or a fleeting impulse brought on by opportunity? How to explain why, among the only species capable of pondering its own demise, whose desperate attempts to forestall mortality, there are those who, by their own hand, would choose death over life?More… (Health)
MrBabyMan20 Ways to Lose Weight After Holidays
rd.com — I ate way too much yesterday.... More… (Food & Drink)
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Need to spruce up your ladyparts? The vagina spa is here!
nytimes.com — And now comes the first medi spa in Manhattan wholly dedicated to strengthening and grooming a woman’s genital area.More… (Health)
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Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Contest
time.com — Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.The men tied at 59 frankfurters in 10 minutes, before being made to gobble another five dogs in a last-minute tiebreaker.More… (Food & Drink)
Volkswagen to Make Limited Edition of 1-Liter Car (282 MPG!)
treehugger.com — The 1-Liter car has been around in prototype form since 2002 and greens everywhere have been drooling at its 282 miles per gallon fuel economy (or 1 liter of gasoline per 100 kilometers, hence the name). VW has finally decided to make more and sell them, and a limited edition (estimated in the thousands) should start selling in 2010.More… (Autos)
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