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The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their ...
Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday.
'World's oldest blogger' dies in Spain at 97
May 21, 2009 |
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A Spanish great-grandmother who billed herself as the "world's oldest blogger" and who gained a global following on the Internet, died Thursday at the age of 97, local officials and reports said.
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New research provides insight into menopause
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Insight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change.
Tests reveal first cancer victim in Norway
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2008 |
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DNA and X-ray tests of two bodies dated back to the year 834 have revealed the first case of cancer in the history of Norway, researchers say.
Balance problems? Step into the iShoe
Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.
The health burden of raising a grandchild
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Precautionary health measures such as mammograms and cholesterol tests that identify the risk of heart disease are critical for the well-being of women over 50. Add the responsibility of providing sustained care for a grandchild, ...
Family skeletons detrimental to healing
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Family secrets such as alcoholism, abuse and unwanted pregnancies are quite common and an obstacle to healing when disease strikes, according to Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, a professor at the Université de Montréal's ...
Racial disparities in cardiovascular health linked to birth weight, slavery
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Two new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health disparities. The studies, published in American Journal of Human Biology, suggest that the higher rates of hypertension and cardio ...
Facial expressions say more than 1,000 words
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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People talk to exchange information. Yet understanding another person involves far more than just the content of the message. Only with the correct intonation and facial expression does the message acquire meaning. People ...
Study: Men shed light on the mystery of human longevity
Sep 12, 2007 |
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It turns out that older men chasing younger women contributes to human longevity and the survival of the species, according to new findings by researchers at Stanford and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
China hackers crash Aussie film festival website
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Chinese hackers crashed the website of Australia's biggest film festival, organisers said on Saturday, escalating tensions over a visit here by the exiled leader of the Uighur minority.
A fabric with green sheen: Fast-growing bamboo offers more eco-friendly cloth
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Anne Kai, of Lacey, Wash., owns a small, hand-dyed fabric business with an environmental slant.
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