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Obama forges compromise birth control plan

US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted election-year Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise can reverse negative effects of maternal obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- Exercise is the key to overcoming the adverse metabolic effects passed on to offspring by their overweight mothers, with research showing for the first time these effects can be almost completely reversed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world

The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Speed gene' in modern racehorses originated from British mare 300 years ago

Scientists have traced the origin of the 'speed gene' in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ago, according to findings published in the scientific journal ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The opposite of evil: Google named best place to work in America

Google has a new weapon in the intense war for engineering talent in Silicon Valley: The search giant on Thursday was named by Fortune magazine as the best place to work in America.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study faults research linking hormone therapy to cancer

A landmark investigation which found that hormone treatment for the menopause boosts the risk of breast cancer is riddled with flaws, a new study published on Monday alleges.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Girl power surges in India

By putting 18 million cracks in the proverbial glass ceiling, Hillary Clinton changed the way Americans think about women in politics, and new Northwestern University research suggests that an affirmative action law in India ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lower risk of breast cancer occurrence but higher mortality amongst low-educated and immigrant women

(Medical Xpress) -- Low-educated and immigrant women run a lower risk of breast cancer occurrence than highly educated women and women born in Sweden. However, the risk of dying from breast cancer is higher for those low-educated ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Severe congenital disorder successfully treated in a mouse model for the first time

Using a mouse model, Heidelberg University Hospital researchers have for the first time successfully treated a severe congenital disorder in which sugar metabolism is disturbed. The team headed by Prof. Christian Korner, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quotas for women in local politics brings surge in documented crimes against women in India

An increase in female representation in local politics has caused a significant rise in documented crimes against women in India, new research has found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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