A surgeon talks to a patient before lap band surgery.
Weight loss surgery can cure diabetes in most obese people, a new review of earlier studies suggests.
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Sexting is more popular among women than men
Women are more likely to engage in sexting than men.
Sexting, sending sexually explicit messages via mobile phones, is popular with both the sexes. But it is women who are more likely to have ‘sexted’ than men, according to a new study.
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Study: payday can be a killer
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According to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist William Evans, people are more likely to die on or shortly after they’re paid.
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Futurist Thomas Frey to introduce challenge: Mankind’s Eight Greatest Competitions to World Future Society
Frey to Deliver Closing Keynote at “WorldFuture 2011” in Vancouver, BC
On Sunday, July 10, 2011, futurist Thomas Frey will outline a series of eight massively difficult competitions as part of his closing keynote to an audience of over 1,000 people attending the World Future Society’s “WorldFuture 2011” event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Minorities make up the majority of U.S. babies
Minorities outnumber whites among babies under age 2.
Minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., for the first time ever. The ‘cultural generation gap’ is part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies.
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Lytro: A camera that lets you shoot first and focus later
Users will be able to change the focus of a picutre after the shutter clicks.
Have you ever taken a great picture only to find it wasn’t in focus? With the introduction of Lytro the out of focus picture may be a thing of the past. The Lytro is an entirely new kind of camera that allows users to completely change the focus of a picture after the shutter clicks. And, according to AllThingsD, this next-generation camera will be available before the end of the year.
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City dwellers suffer more stress and anxiety than their rural counterparts
Different parts of the brain are used depending on where you live.
People born and bred in cities were more likely to suffer anxiety or mood disorders than their rural counterparts. People living in the countryside are less likely to suffer stress and anxiety than city dwellers because their brains are wired differently, a study has found.
How your pillow is an ideal breeding ground for undesirable pests and diseases
Pillows are ideal breeding grounds for undesirables ranging from the superbugs MRSA and C.diff to flu, chicken pox and even leprosy.
a study has found that up to a third of the weight of your pillow could be made up of bugs, dead skin, dust mites and their feces.
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Small habits slowly pack on the pounds over the years: Study
Watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda are a few bad habits that slowly pack in the pounds.
Just a few bad habits like watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night are just a few bad habits that can add up to a steady creep of pounds over the years, U.S. researchers have found.
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Humans can sense the Earth’s magnetic field
The ability to see Earth’s magnetic field may also reside in human eyes.
Humans might be able to innately detect Earth’s magnetic field without even realizing it, thanks to a compound found in our eyes. Or we may have been able to do so some time in the past.
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Ocean life threatened by mass extinction
The combined effects of climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and habitat loss will cause the mass extinction.
Ocean life is at an imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, according to a study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO).
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Demand for airline pilots is about to take-off
Costas Sivyllis has dreamed of becoming a pilot for as long as he can remember. “There was no specific moment,” says Sivyllis, 20, a junior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “I’ve grown up my whole life knowing this was it.”
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