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Cranberries Reduce Urinary Tract Infections: Healthy Holiday Staple

Nov 30, 2016 10:34AM

Pile on the cranberry sauce. Women given 500 milligrams of cranberry powder daily for six months had significantly fewer UTIs.

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Teens Hooked on Ear Buds Prone to Tinnitus: Ringing in Ears Linked to Headphones

Nov 30, 2016 10:34AM

Half of a group of 170 teenagers that used ear buds reported bouts of ringing or buzzing in their ears.

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Why Some Kids Grow Up with Fewer Allergies: Connection to Thumb Sucking

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

Children that sucked their thumb or bit their nails had fewer allergies as adults, reports a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Bye-Bye Birdies: North American Species at High Risk

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

Factors as diverse as island rats and cats, overfishing and plastic products are putting a third of all North American bird species at risk of extinction.

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Ocean Watch: Sea Mammals Update

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

This year scientists discovered a new whale species in the Bering Sea and long-living orcas in the Pacific, even as dolphins in China, Hong Kong and Gulf of California waters are rapidly disappearing.

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Good Move: Officials Urge Chinese to Cut Meat Consumption

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

China is using a campaign by Hollywood icons Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron.to urge its citizens to eat half as much meat.

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Solar Sidewalk: Missouri Debuts Energy-Generating Pavers

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

In literally groundbreaking news, photovoltaic pavers are to grace a sidewalk section of a rest stop on iconic Route 66.

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Extinction Scenario: Humans an Endangered Species

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

The risk of humans disappearing from the Earth is estimated at one-tenth of a percent every year, say environmental biologists, but rising temperatures and populations may push that probability up to 3 percent.

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Greening Planet: Satellites Reveal Unexpected Plant Growth

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

In the last 33 years, one quarter to a half of Earth’s vegetated lands have become more dense with living plants, which can help counter rising carbon emission levels.

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America Outdone: Venezuela Bans GMOs

Nov 30, 2016 10:33AM

To protect its traditional seeds and agriculture, Venezuela has passed perhaps the toughest law in the world regulating the use and research of genetically modified organisms.

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