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Running slows the aging clock, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 11, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (68) | comments 11

Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer ...


Best intentions: The presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choices

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More restaurants and vending machines offer healthy choices these days, so why do Americans' waistlines continue to expand? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that some efforts to control eating may ba ...


Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles

Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles

Technology / Energy

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few ...


Focus on the future: Long-term goals help us resist unhealthy urges

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Imagine a delicious pile of French fries next to a low-fat green salad. After resisting the fries, can you really be expected to go to the gym instead of watching TV? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Re ...


Dietary acrylamide not associated with increased lung cancer risk in men

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dietary acrylamide was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to data from a large prospective case-cohort study in the April 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Minority groups pick up worst European eating habits

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immigrant populations in Europe face an increased risk of diet-related diseases as they adjust to a 'Western' lifestyle, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.


Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC (AP)

Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in artery-clogging ...