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Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk: Increased Vitamin D Reduces Likelihood

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Perhaps because of the natural vitamin D supplied by sunlight, researchers found that children are less likely to have asthma if their mothers lived in a sunny location during the second trimester of pregnancy.

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Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss: Daily Serving Helps to Shed Pounds

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Eating three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas or other legumes per day as part of their usual diet helped subjects feel more full and shed nearly a pound in six weeks.

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Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain: Lack of Sleep Early On Leads to Complications Later in Life

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

About two in five Dutch adults between the ages of 19 and 22 that reported problems sleeping had chronic pain three years later.

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Scrambling Species: Climate Change Favors Some Birds over Others

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

A warming planet strongly influences bird migration patterns, which in turn allows some species to thrive while others struggle to survive.

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Toxic Trinkets: Low-Cost Jewelry May Harbor Cadmium

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Cheap jewelry made with the heavy metal cadmium, banned in the European Union, is sold in North America in popular fashion chains.

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LOL TTYL: Hope for a New Generation

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Despite their bad press, youngsters born between 1980 and 2000 are just as ambitious and tenacious as their parents and grandparents, new data shows.

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Show Stopper: Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Following the action of Ringling Brothers Circus to retire all its performing elephants, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit any exotic animals under big tops.

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Good Reads: Fiction Readers Have More Empathy

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Snuggling into a chair with a good novel whisks us into another world—and that makes us not only smarter but more empathetic, recent studies show.

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Green Serenity: Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM

Farmers in Sikkim, in the Indian Himalayas, use only manure and compost on crops 12 years after pesticides and fertilizers were banned in the state.

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Salt Air in the City: Salt Rooms Soothe Allergies and Skin Conditions

Jul 29, 2016 11:50AM ● By Avery Mack

The red eyes, sneezes and runny noses of nasal allergies respond to a surprising treatment—microscopic salt particles circulating inside a specially designed room.

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