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Safer Groceries: Landmark Food Law Being Enforced

Dec 30, 2014 12:31PM

A court settlement has set firm enforcement deadlines for a 2011 law mandating food safety measures.

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Pristine Protection: America’s Huge New Underwater Park

Dec 30, 2014 12:31PM

A section of remote Pacific Ocean waters twice the size of Texas has been set aside to protect it from deep-sea mining and fishing.

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Mistletoe Extract Benefits Pancreatic Cancer Patients: Natural Alternative Increases Survival Rate

Nov 26, 2014 10:52AM

A three-times-a-week dose of European mistletoe lengthened the survival rate of patients with highly advanced pancreatic cancer to 4.6 months, compared to 2.7 months for a control group.

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Hospice Care Adds Months for Cancer Patients: End-of-Life Care Extends Survival Time

Nov 26, 2014 10:52AM

Melanoma cancer patients receiving four or more days of hospice care survived 10 months, compared to six months for patients without hospice.

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Cell Phones and Router Microwaves Stress Plants: Radiation Effects on Greenery

Nov 26, 2014 10:52AM

Parsley, celery and dill weed plants exposed to microwave radiation had thinner cell walls and smaller mitochondria.

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Hip Fractures Decrease on Weekends and Holy Days: Injuries More Common During Specific Times

Nov 26, 2014 10:49AM

Elderly patients are more likely to fracture a hip during cold and rainy weather, but not during the Sabbath.

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Planet Power: Scientists May Harvest Energy from Earth’s Infrared Emissions

Nov 26, 2014 10:49AM

A device being developed at Harvard with the aid of new technology and man-made materials could tap the planet’s infrared emissions as a direct source of DC current.

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Bamboo Bamboozle: ‘Green’ Clothing Made with Toxic Chemicals

Nov 26, 2014 10:49AM

Most so-called bamboo clothing is rayon, manufactured with harsh chemicals and unworthy of the “green” label.

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Feeding Hope: Recognizing Restaurants that Support the Homeless

Nov 26, 2014 10:49AM

A new program initiated by college students recognizes with a door sticker those restaurants that donate unsold food to homeless shelters.

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Green Envy: Don’t Be So Quick to Bash the Rich

Nov 26, 2014 10:49AM

In a recent survey, people of both high and low income levels fared pretty much the same in such measures of altruism such as doing and returning favors, sympathy and empathy.

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