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Second, more realistic estimate can reduce planning and purchasing errors

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created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The next time a contractor tells you the kitchen remodeling will be done in six weeks, you might ask him to get real and reconsider his estimate.





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UCLA historian attempts to revive reputation of Union general, Reconstruction president

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new book, UCLA historian Joan Waugh argues that Ulysses S. Grant deserves to be remembered with as much reverence and gratitude as Abraham Lincoln.


Nationwide study examines youth access to indoor tanning

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to ...


On-the-job pesticide exposure associated with Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals whose occupation involves contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology.


From Mass.: Health care reform 'dos and don'ts'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Three years into its experiment with near-universal health care, Massachusetts has some "dos and don'ts" for the nation as it grapples with the best way to cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans.


Swine flu 'unstoppable', all countries will need vaccine: WHO (Update 2)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The swine flu pandemic has grown "unstoppable" and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official said Monday, as seven new deaths were reported and a study raised fresh concerns.


Flu overhyped? Some say officials 'cried swine' (AP)

Flu overhyped? Some say officials 'cried swine'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Did government health officials "cry swine" when they sounded the alarm on what looked like a threatening new flu? The so-far mild swine flu outbreak has many people saying all the talk about a devastating ...


Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...


How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language

How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of St Andrews have discovered that gorillas have a more extensive repertoire of gestures than any other mammal.


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New study may give hope that ivory-billed woodpeckers still around

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Until credible sightings popped up three years ago, the scientific world was in agreement that ivory-billed woodpeckers had gone the way of the dodo. A new study conducted by University of Georgia researchers ...


How to treat fevers in African children up for debate

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malari ...



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