News tagged with season
Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Besides delectable dishes that help us pack on the pounds during the holiday season, many people also let loose with a bottle of wine or a pack of cigarettes. Richard Rood, MD, says moderation ...
Shoppers with smart phones IQ squeezing retailers
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The rise of smart phones, with their go-anywhere Web access, is changing the shopping game this holiday season.
The Medical Minute: New toy safety standards bring parents confidence
Dec 16, 2009 |
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The holiday season is here and for many kids that means one thing: toys. About half of all toy purchases in the United States occur between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Getting the most out of every drop of water is a high priority for grape growers in the southern Napa Valley, where summers are hot and dry and vines have to be irrigated to make it through the growing season. But Stanford ...
Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
Dec 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...
Nine gaming predictions for 2010
Dec 11, 2009 |
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The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.
CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu (Update)
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.
Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
Consumers overpredict the use of holiday gifts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Before you add that fancy "it" gadget to your holiday wish list, you should know you're not going to use it as much as you think you will. For a better estimate of the use you'll get out of your new toy, ask a stranger.
Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction.
Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store and commit yourself to a two-year contract, consider ...
Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- This holiday season is a great time to buy a PC. There's a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here's a guide to what's fresh in PCs, ...
Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(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.
Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.
Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines
Dec 01, 2009 |
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With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence ...
