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Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women Boston, MA — Women who work a rotating (irregular) schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes when […]
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Spanish Soccer Star Kicks Off Orangutan Campaign Spanish soccer star Carles Puyol, who captains FC Barcelona and led Spain to the World Cup title one year ago, is now tackling an even bigger challenge – saving orangutans. Puyol is featured in “Act Now for Orangutans,” a new campaign from the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) […]
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Chinese health coverage improves with government efforts A new study of health insurance in nine Chinese provinces shows that individual coverage surged within a two-year time frame, from 2004-2006, coinciding with new government interventions designed to improve access to health care. The changes were most dramatic in rural areas. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Health care […]
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Volunteers are powerful force for peace and development – UN report Stressing that volunteerism contributes to the well-being of individuals, communities and society, a new United Nations report released today urges countries not to forget this largely untapped asset. The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report by UN Volunteers (UNV) presents for the first time empirical evidence […]
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UN report highlights need to make television more accessible to persons with disabilities ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré Television should be made more accessible to persons with disabilities, argues a new United Nations report released today, which identifies different accessibility options that would enable users to fully access audiovisual content. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), […]
Infectious fungus, thought to be asexual, isn’t Candida tropicalis turns out to have sex, making it the second medically important member of the genus to be capable of mating. Sex may improve the survival of the species, particularly when it’s under pressure. It may also mean the species can achieve greater virulence or drug resistance more […]
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Burundian sports centre a beacon for peacebuilding, says UN official Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke A new youth centre in the border region between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will use the power of sports to bring peace to an area historically fraught with tragedy, the […]
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Key Hearing Proteins Identified Researchers have found what appear to be 2 key components of the long-sought-after mechanotransduction channel in the inner ear—the place where sound waves are transformed into the electrical signals that the brain recognizes as sound. Sensory cells in the inner ear called hair cells are crucial for transforming sound into electrical […]
Wood Cooking Stoves Combat Pneumonia A new study found that wood-burning cooking stoves with chimneys lowered exposure to wood smoke from open cooking fires and reduced the rate of severe pneumonia by 30% in children less than 18 months of age. Childhood deaths from pneumonia are relatively uncommon in the United States. But the disease […]
Targeted Light Therapy Destroys Cancer Cells Scientists have developed a noninvasive technique that uses light to selectively wipe out cancerous cells in mice without harming surrounding tissue. With further research, this novel method might eventually be used to treat tumors in humans. A cluster of breast cancer cells. (Image by Annie Cavanagh. All rights reserved by […]
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