Having three or more drinks of liquor a day is associated with an increased risk of dying from pancreatic cancer, a new study shows.
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Severely obese adults may reap significant health benefits from bariatric surgery, a long-term weight-loss procedure that reduces cardiac risks and whose rewards may outweigh risks, according to a new scientific statement.
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Eating fatty fish one or more times a week may reduce your risk for developing age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss in people aged 60 and older.
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The Fab 5 – ESPN Films Documentary (Part 1 of 5) The Fab Five on Laettner and Hill. No Love For Christian Laettner From Fab Five Documentary Rekindles ' Fab Five ' Memories – NYTimes.com The “ Fab Five “, better known as former University of Michigan basketball players Jimmy King, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson, Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, are back in the public conversation again thanks to a documentary. Former Duke Guard Bobby Hurley On Fab Five : “High Level Of … We’ve already seen what the members of Michigan’s Fab Five thought of Duke…but what did Duke think of the Fab Five ? Fab Five Member Jimmy King Talks Duke, Defines Uncle Tom | SportsGrid Today on ESPN’s First Take, Fab Five member Jimmy King discussed the animosity towards Duke he and his teammates felt. He also defined the term Uncle Tom. 'The Fab Five ': We're Gonna Shock the World < PopMatters The Fab Five were winning games — 56 all together, over two seasons. This made them objects of admiration as well as anxiety. Sewingmachineguy on Cards: The Fab Five I am a huge Michigan fan and have been an avid collector of Jalen Rose cards since the Fab Five first landed in Ann Arbor. I don’t know why, but Jalen was always my favorite. I had to DVR the show, but am going to watch tonight. … mshaikh81 says: 5 Lessons from the Fab Five . http://t.co/HejfBu8 via @kash_shaikh #FabFive
Continue reading …BrookePope32 says: Oklahoma coach fired that #sucks !
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Nate Silver is a famed political number-cruncher, and was once a revered baseball statistician. So when he goes to fill out his March Madness bracket, he doesn’t just pick whichever names sound good. Instead, the New York Times writer has analyzed data from all the tournament games dating back to…
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(Video Link) Rick Borovoy and his colleagues at MIT devised a means to use multiple mobile devices, such as cell phones and tablet computers, to create a large screen displaying a single image. It looks quite simple to implement. You don’t need to download anything; just access his website. Link via Boing Boing | Creator’s Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 14/03/2011 11:56 Number of articles : 3
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The driver at the wheel of a gambler’s tour bus that crashed and killed 15 people over the weekend criminal history that includes manslaughter and theft convictions. He hasn’t been charged but the NTSB is investigating his role in the crash. (March 14)
Continue reading …You Stay Classy, Rog: Ebert Misinterprets Cable Ratings to Bash Fox Viewers as ‘Indifferent to Japan’
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Demonstrating the ability to go unhinged without provocation, movie critic Robert Ebert looked at this Hollywood Reporter item discussing CNN's audience increase on Friday as an excuse to tweet the following at about midnight Eastern time last night: As poster “Hollywoodland” at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood pointed out , Ebert's link doesn't even support his claim. Looking at more comprehensive numbers, let's compare Media Bistro's cable news scoreboards for Friday, March 11 to Friday, March 4 . One sees that while CNN's viewership went up astronomically, Fox's viewership also increased quite substantially (all figures presented are March 11 vs. March 4): Total Day, All viewers, CNN — 2.532 million vs. 495,000, up 412% Total Day, 25-54 Demo, CNN — 1.100 million vs. 169,000, up 551% Total Day, All viewers, Fox — 2.273 million vs. 1.381 million, up 97% Total Day, 25-54 Demo, Fox — 724,000 vs. 368,000, up 97% Prime Time, All viewers, CNN — 2.645 million vs. 582,000, up 354% Prime Time, 25-54 Demo, CNN — 1.163 million vs. 242,000, up 381% Prime Time, All viewers, Fox — 2.719 million vs. 2.069 million, up 31% Prime Time, 25-54 Demo, Fox — 754,000 vs. 488,000, up 55% Further contradicting Ebert's claim, MSNBC's numbers compared to the other two cable networks barely budged. Each of MSNBC's four March 4-11 audience
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