Thursday, November 10th, 2011
From 2005 to 2010 the obesity/overweight rate in children in California dropped one percentage point, offering hope that the three-decade-long increase may be finally turning, researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) revealed in a new report. However, the ...
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned of the risk of a “lost decade” for the global economy unless nations act together to counter threats to growth.
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone contributed to the deaths of nearly 15,000 people in 2008. That's more than three times the 4,000 deaths in 1999.
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Although it is of course impossible to say exactly when it will happen, demographers have picked 31st Oct 2011 as the symbolic date when the world population officially hits 7 billion. Its somewhat ironic choosing the day of the dead to highlight world population, that has taken little more ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Billionaire Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors made at least $14 million profit in the past decade on suspicious trades, says the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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