Sleep appears to influence a child’s body weight, particularly their body fat, a new study shows.
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About two-thirds of U.S. adults meet minimum physical activity guidelines while doing leisure activities, but walking or moving around more at the workplace could help, the CDC says.
Continue reading …Jon Huntsman is quite the candidate; he’s a moderate, cerebral, urbane internationalist with tons of experience. “In other words, he is ‘toast’ in today’s Republican Party, and he has very little chance to be the 2012 nominee,” writes ex-Reagan and Bush staffer Ed Rogers in the Washington Post . To win,…
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Two blood-thinning drugs combined with omega-3 fatty acids may reduce heart attack risk for people with stents in their arteries, a new study says.
Continue reading …Raising your “good” HDL cholesterol might not be such a good idea. A federally funded study into the effectiveness of the HDL booster niacin has been abruptly cut off, after it became clear that the drug did nothing to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke—and in the…
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Continue reading …Barbara Boxer rounds up some facts and figures related to the Afghanistan war: Osama bin Laden is dead, al-Qaeda looks to be crippled in the country, more than 1,500 Americans have been killed, and we’re spending $10 billion a month on a seemingly never-ending war effort. Easy to see…
Continue reading …Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles?
May 27, 2011 No Comment
A few years back, the Department of Transportation recommended that auto makers give car owners a heads up when they slip event data recorders — also known as “black boxes” — into new models. Now, it looks like the department is considering taking its policy a step (or several) further: a memo reveals that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to propose later this year that all new passenger vehicles have EDRs. So far, heavy-duty vehicles appear to be excluded, and either way, it’s unclear how many years auto makers might have to work black boxes into their future models. Interestingly, when we asked a DoT staffer for clarification, he reminded us that the agency hasn’t issued a press release and said he wasn’t sure where Wired and other outlets were getting their information. Indeed, the Transportation Department hasn’t proposed such a law yet, though it’s pretty safe to say it’s at least pondering it. Hit the source link to pore over the 197-page doc for yourselves (tip: we suggesting paying particular attention to page 54). [Warning: PDF source link] Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 May 2011 14:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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After a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Mo., frustrated families around the world are still searching for missing family members. So local newspaper The Joplin Globe has created a Facebook page to reconnect them. And with 9,472 “likes” already, it has certainly become popular. The page, “Joplin, Mo., Tornado Survivors,” encourages residents to post messages on
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