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Seasonal hunger devastating and under-recognized

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open access journal PLoS Medicine. The hu ...





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UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem ...


Impoverished areas of Africa and Asia face severe crop losses from climate change in 20 years

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 31, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 3

Many of the world’s poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University’s Program on Food Security and the Environment ...


Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.


Some 6,000 families were affected by the drought in the Chaco region of Paraguay, particularly indigenous populations

El Nino intensifies Latin America drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.


Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.


Chewing gum can reduce calorie intake, increase energy expenditure

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.


Health-centered weight control method shows promise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...


Scent signals stop incest in lemurs

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical identifiers secreted from the genital glands of lemurs, allow them to avoid incest and also to engage in nepotism. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have identified the smells ...


Prevent tomato late blight next growing season

Biology / Other

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Across the northeast, home gardeners expecting the usual bumper crop of tomatoes this season were dismayed to find their plants affected by late blight, the same fungus that caused Ireland's potato famine ...


Mathematics Professor Says Yankees, Dodgers Should Make World Series

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the League Championship Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet has, once again, analyzed the probability of each team winning their post-season series. Bukiet updates his calculations ...



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