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Cell phone use interferes with walking accuracy
Everyone knows the danger of texting or talking on a cell phone while driving, but a new study has found that using a cell phone while walking may hold hidden dangers as well. A study done at Stony Brook U. shows that cell phone usage in combination with walking interferes with memory recall.
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Some tweets are not worth reading, researchers say
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon U., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Institute of Technology found that Twitter users say only about a third of the tweets they receive are worth reading. According to Twitter’s website, more than 200 million tweets are sent each day.
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Bar, night club workers harmed by cigarette smoke
Airborne pollution can come in many forms, but one of the most dangerous ones is secondhand smoke. While many individuals can avoid significant exposure, employees of bars and restaurants that do not have bans on smoking are forced to work in a potentially hazardous environment.
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Study: Obama mentioning climate change far less in speeches
Last summer, Brown U. senior Graciela Kincaid was digging around for White House budget statistics on climate finance policy as part of her Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award when she stumbled across something that caught her attention.
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Leukemia drug kills T-cells, spares immunity
A study published this January by dermatologists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital may transform the way physicians approach treatment for leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (L-CTCL).
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Doctors’ weights linked to diagnosis for patients
Being "too skinny" or "too fat" has always come down to the number on the scale when a doctor is reading a patient's body mass index. However, a recent study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, linked patients' weight diagnosis to the weight of their doctors.
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Study finds calories alone account for changes in body fat
The scale may not be the best way to determine obesity. According to a recent study conducted by Louisiana State U.'s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, excess calories are the cause of fat gain, and fat gain does not always translate to weight gain.
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Shark attack numbers down nationally, up around the world
An annual U. Florida report released Tuesday showed a decrease in shark attacks in the U.S. but a rise for the rest of the world. The report found 75 instances of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide. Out of those attacks, 29 incidents happened in the United States — the lowest since 1998.
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Study: Some political stereotypes hold true for liberals and conservatives
Characterizing conservatives as realistic and liberals as idealistic may seem like mere stereotypes, but a new study at U. Nebraska-Lincoln found these stereotypes may hold some truth.