Mesothelioma Victims Center Shares Recent Article on Power Plant Worker and Future of Mesothelioma Compensation
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San Diego, California - The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "Because a diagnosis of mesothelioma frequently comes out of the blue, most victims and/or their family members we talk to are desperately looking for information about treatment options, compensation possibilities, and more.
Research links tobacco smoke and roadway air pollution with childhood obesity
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Los Angeles, California - New research from Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) bolsters evidence that exposure to tobacco smoke and near-roadway air pollution contribute to the development of obesity.
Baby Boomers Will Drive Explosion in Alzheimer’s-Related Costs in Coming Decades
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Los Angeles, California - As baby boomers reach their sunset years, shifting nationwide demographics with them, the financial burden of Alzheimer’s disease on the United States will skyrocket from $307 billion annually to $1.5 trillion, USC researchers announced Tuesday.
Long-term benefits of popular diets are less than evident
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Dallas, Texas - Popular commercial diets can help you lose some weight in the short term, but keeping the weight off after the first year and the diet’s impact on heart health are unclear, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve memory will be well suited for applications such as sensors for environmental and medical monitoring.
Half of Premature Colorectal Cancer Deaths Due to Socioeconomic Inequality
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Atlanta, Georgia - Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic inequalities, and therefore could be prevented according to a new study by American Cancer Society researchers. The report, which appears in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found more preventable deaths occur in southern states than in northern and western states, but that in virtually all states those with the least education had significantly higher colorectal cancer death rates.
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