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Chelation Cuts Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Removing Heavy Metals from Blood Improves Heart Health

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

Heart-attack patients that underwent chelation therapy to remove heavy metals from their blood suffered fewer heart-disease events than a placebo group.

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Sage Linked to Cognitive Health: Helps to Preserve Mental Function

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

Australian scientists report that sage appears to preserve memory by inhibiting changes to an enzyme that’s key in cognitive functions.

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Sedentary Kids Lag in Reading Skills: Lower Scores in Less Active Boys

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

Young Finnish children that tend to be sedentary showed lower reading scores than peers that are generally physically active.

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Tai Chi Eases Chronic Neck Pain: Helps to Reduce Chronic Suffering

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

In a Harvard Medical School study, patients with chronic neck pain that practiced tai chi won the same reduction in pain as those doing conventional neck exercises.

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Saving Sharks: Ocean Sanctuaries Expand in Pacific

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

With 30 percent of shark species threatened with extinction, island nations are establishing bans on shark fishing in surrounding waters.

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Petroleum-Free: Phasing Out Plastic Film Food Wrappers

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

To replace plastic consumer waste, innovators have created a food wrap made of milk casein and a six-pack ring made of barley and wheat.

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Dirty Driving: Traffic Pollution Chokes Big Cities Worldwide

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

From Paris to Athens to Seattle, cities are struggling to counter vehicular pollution with car-free days and other strategies.

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Tree Terminators: Insects Assault America’s Forests

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

From New England to the West Coast, forests are under attack from an army of invasive insects that may eat several native tree species to extinction.

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Growing Organics: Toxin-Free Farmlands Rise to 4.1 Million Acres

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

Spurred by rising consumer demand, organic farmland in the U.S. increased 11 percent in two years.

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Water Saver: Teen Finds Drought Solution in South Africa

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

A South African girl has designed a super-absorbent polymer made of recycled avocado skins and orange peels that can store reserves of water hundreds of time its own weight.

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