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Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review (AP)

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for control of NBC Universal's broadcast network, cable channels and movie ...


Videos can help cancer patients choose level of care they prefer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Patients with terminal brain cancer who watched a brief video illustrating options for end-of-life care were significantly more likely to indicate a preference for comfort measures only than were patients who listened to ...


Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

Medicine & Health / Health

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If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...


Widowed facing higher mortality risk, MSU researcher finds

Widowed facing higher mortality risk, researcher finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist.


Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life

Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life

Medicine & Health / Research

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Getting the correct balance of proteins in our diet may be more important for healthy ageing than reducing calories, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and Research into Ageing suggests.


Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research

Other Sciences / Economics

created 22 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.


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Taiwan to invest 65 million dollars in e-book industry

Technology / Business

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said.


Preterm births higher among deprived mothers, despite equal care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite improvements in obstetric care services, women from deprived areas are still more likely to give birth to a very preterm baby compared with mothers from more affluent areas, finds a study published on bmj.com today.


Intelligent blood bags

Intelligent blood bags

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have the blood supplies got too warm? Do they match the patient?s blood group? In the future, these kinds of questions will be answered by intelligent radio nodes attached to blood bags. These ...


Chubby hubby is common, but ethnicity matters

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity.



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