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Drugs cause about five times more side effects than realized

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Pharmaceuticals found to be more harmful than beneficial?

There’s always that part at the end of drug commercials that goes something like: if you develop sausage fingers, webbed feet, or a three-week erection, call your doctor! But as exhaustive as those auctioneer-style lists sound, they barely scratch the surface when it comes to the side effects pople are actually experiencing.

Stanford researchers created an algorithm that identified 1,332 drug side effects not currently listed on labels. They estimate that each drug has 329 adverse reactions on average, nearly five times the 69 currently listed…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Education, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, New Discoveries

Scientists have identified a completely new human species from China

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Another new discovery in China.

Your family tree just got wider. Scientists have analyzed fossils found in China, and deemed them to be from a new human species unlike any ever identified before; say hello to your long-lost cousin.

The skull, originally unearthed in 1979 in the Guangxi Province of China, has only now been fully analyzed (talk about procrastination, right?). It turns out that it has thick bones, extremely prominent brow ridges, a very short, flat face, and also lacks our typically human chin. “In short, it is anatomically unique among all members of the human evolutionary tree,” explains researcher Darren Curnoe to New Scientist…

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Kids too dependent on parents say scientists

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Why do American children depend on their parents to do things for them that they are capable of doing for themselves?

Elinor Ochs, an anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles and her colleagues, have studied family life as far away as Samoa and the Peruvian Amazon region, but for the last decade they have focused on a society closer to home: the American middle class.

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Scientist implanted with RFID Chip gets computer virus

A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus.

Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.

The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab – and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone…

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14-y-o Florida girl buys foreclosed house with money from Craigslist furniture-selling hobby

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Willow and her tenants, in front of the house Willow bought with her mother.

NPR’s Planet Money profiles Willow Tufano, a 14-year-old Florida girl who saved thousands of dollars by harvesting furniture from foreclosed houses and selling it on eBay. She’s just bought half interest in a house that went for $100,000 at the peak of the bubble. Her mom owns the other half, and the house went for $12,000. They rent it out for $700 a month now. Chana Joffe-Walt writes:

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, DIY, Economy, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior

Frugal food: 10 DIY tips to save money while eating better and healthier

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Here’s some great money saving tips.

Pretty much all of us are fond of all things handmade, and of clever ways to stretch one’s household budget. As the cost of staple foods and happy indulgences like coffee continue to rise, now is a good time to explore ways to save money on food with DIY smarts. Here’s a list of 10 proven ways I’ve managed to cut my household budget—feel free to share more of your own in the comments. Also, apropos of nothing? Cats…

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Women are happier in relationships when empathetic partner feels their pain

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Relationship satisfaction was directly related to men’s ability to read their female partner’s positive emotions correctly.

According to a new study published by the American Psychological Association, men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset

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The problem with body mass index

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BMI is a simple system, but it does have some flaws.

The Body Mass Index is a popular way to measure and assess whether someone is overweight or underweight. Basically, it’s just your weight divided by your height. BMI is a simple system, but it does have some flaws. Over at the Obesity Panacea blog, Peter Janiszewski (who has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology) has a nice post explaining why BMI is sometimes useful, and also why it’s not a great measurement of individual health…

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