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First Lady Aims to Fight Fat - Wall Street Journal
February 8, 2010
 Boston Globe |
First Lady Aims to Fight Fat
Wall Street Journal First lady Michelle Obama, center, speaks with Cabinet members and lawmakers on childhood obesity at the White House on Feb. 2. WASHINGTON—First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday plans to unveil a campaign to fight childhood obesity, … US first lady tackles child obesity, out to change how millions eat, look The Canadian Press Obesity threatens national security Atlanta Journal Constitution Michelle Obama’s war on childhood obesity CNN Somerville Journal - News@Northeastern - Women’s eNews all 170 news articles » |
Study Links Soda Consumption To Pancreatic Cancer - WCCO
February 8, 2010
 Globe and Mail |
Study Links Soda Consumption To Pancreatic Cancer
WCCO Taxes are going up beginning Tuesday Sept. 1 on a variety of consumer items, such as soft drinks, to help pay for Illinois’ new road program. Nobody ever claimed soda is actually good for you. There is reason to believe it may help cause something very … Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Sodas? WebMD Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic Cancer U.S. News & World Report Research Links Soda, Pancreatic Cancer KERO-TV 23 Reuters - BETTER Health Research - Los Angeles Times (blog) all 304 news articles » |
Virtualizing a Supercomputer
February 8, 2010
bridges writes “The V3VEE project has announced the release of version 1.2 of the Palacios virtual machine monitor following the successful testing of Palacios on 4096 nodes of the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer, the 17th-fastest in the world. The added overhead of virtualization is often a show-stopper, but the researchers observed less than 5% overhead for two real, communication-intensive applications running in a virtual machine on Red Storm. Palacios 1.2 supports virtualization of both desktop x86 hardware and Cray XT supercomputers using either AMD SVM or Intel VT hardware virtualization extensions, and is an active open source OS research platform supporting projects at multiple institutions. Palacios is being jointly developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the University of New Mexico, and Sandia National Labs.” The ACM’s writeup has more details of the work at Sandia.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?
February 8, 2010
It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there.
Cell Therapeutics drug draws US FDA staff concerns - Reuters
February 8, 2010
 TheStreet.com |
Cell Therapeutics drug draws US FDA staff concerns
Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - US drug reviewers questioned effectiveness data from Cell Therapeutics Inc (CTIC.O) (CTIC.MI) for an experimental lymphoma drug and said the medicine had substantial side effects, according to documents … UPDATE 5-Cell Therapeutics drug draws US FDA staff concerns Reuters India FDA Tough on Cell Therapeutics’ Drug TheStreet.com Drug stocks turn higher; Cell Therapeutics, Novavax slide MarketWatch Wall Street Journal (blog) - TopNews New Zealand - Xconomy all 46 news articles » |
US clears wider use of AstraZeneca cholesterol drug - Reuters
February 8, 2010
Twins learn of teen brother’s death on Facebook
February 8, 2010
Twins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn’t notified the family.
Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study (AFP)
February 8, 2010
AFP - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.
Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug - Reuters
February 8, 2010
 InTheNews.co.uk |
Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday. Women who took GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil while taking … Paxil Blocks Tamoxifen, Lowers Survival Odds Against Breast Cancer Palm Beach Post Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study AFP Anti-depressant linked to breast cancer deaths Daily Mail myGLOSS - Vancouver Sun - The Press Association all 88 news articles » |
Cleaning Agent Tied to Parkinson’s in Study (HealthDay)
February 8, 2010
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — The industrial cleaner trichloroethylene (TCE) has been linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, U.S. researchers say.
Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic Child (HealthDay)
February 8, 2010
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Older moms are more likely to have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new research shows.
Paxil Blocks Tamoxifen, Lowers Survival Odds Against Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
February 8, 2010
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Women with breast cancer who take both tamoxifen and the antidepressant Paxil may increase their risk of dying because Paxil reduces tamoxifen’s effectiveness, Canadian researchers report.
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No video to playSilicon: It’s good for you, especially in beer
February 8, 2010
Researchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly “bioavailable” when consumed in beer.
Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government
February 8, 2010
angry tapir writes “Microsoft’s XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). The agency wants to start a debate over the report as part of its work on standards in the Norwegian government. (As we discussed a week ago, Denmark has already decided to choose ODF over OOXML)”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
University worker accused of extorting student file sharers
February 8, 2010
Security analyst at University of Georgia tasked with catching copyright violators allegedly uses his position to shakedown students.
Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP)
February 8, 2010
AP - A woman’s chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
Finance »
What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …
September 12, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]
Real Estate »
Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures
September 9, 2009
Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]
Business »
Flaw in Free Markets: Humans
September 12, 2009
THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.
Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]
Technology »
iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?
February 8, 2010
It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there.
Health, Technology »
First Lady Aims to Fight Fat - Wall Street Journal
February 8, 2010
Boston Globe |
First Lady Aims to Fight Fat
Wall Street Journal First lady Michelle Obama, center, speaks with Cabinet members and lawmakers on childhood obesity at the White House on Feb. 2. WASHINGTON—First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday plans to unveil a campaign to fight childhood obesity, … US first lady tackles child obesity, out to change how millions eat, look The Canadian Press Obesity threatens national security Atlanta Journal Constitution Michelle Obama’s war on childhood obesity CNN Somerville Journal - News@Northeastern - Women’s eNews all 170 news articles » |
SPORTS »
Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final
September 13, 2009
Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]