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Tips offered for finding buyer for medical practice
(HealthDay)—Suggestions are provided for finding a buyer for a medical practice in an article published online June 10 in Medical Economics.
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Former athletes finish first in race for top jobs
Whether you were a quarterback or point guard, past participation in competitive team sports marks you as a winner in the competition for better jobs, according to a new Cornell University study.
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Sleep education program spurs preschoolers to snooze 30 minutes longer at night
Taking part in an educational sleep program resulted in a 30-minute average increase in sleep duration at a one-month follow-up for preschoolers, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.
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Scientists find no correlation between moon phases and human sleep
Popular beliefs about the influence of the moon on humans widely exist. Many people report sleeplessness around the time of full moon. In contrast to earlier studies, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry ...
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Pain pilot explores hand shiatsu treatment as sleep aid
(Edmonton) There was a time, back in Nancy Cheyne's youth, when she combined the poise and grace of a ballerina with the daring and grit of a barrel racer. When she wasn't pursuing either of those pastimes, she bred sheepdogs, ...
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E-cigs heavily marketed on Twitter, study finds
E-cigarettes, also known as vaping pens or e-hookas, are commonly advertised on Twitter and the tweets often link to commercial websites promoting e-cig use, according to University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.
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Labels and liability: Until the law is laid down, food companies cry "natural" at their own risk
In 2002, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), an advocacy group that routinely challenges food companies on their labeling claims, asked the FDA to take action against that upbeat ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's ...
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Soft-drink tax worth its weight in lost kilos
A tax on sweetened soft drinks could be an effective weapon in the war against obesity, generating weight losses of up to 3.64 kilograms as individuals reduce their consumption.
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Popular artificial sweetener not so sweet
One of the active ingredients in a popular artificial sweetener could have the potential to limit the impact of therapeutic drugs, reduce the number and balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut and alter hormone secretion, ...
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Half of the world's poor classed as 'destitute'
An Oxford University study to identify the multidimensionally poor in the developing world has found that in 49 countries, half of the poor are so deprived they should be classed as 'destitute'.
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