South Asian women in Britain have an 8% higher risk of developing breast cancer than British white women, compared to a 45% lower risk ten years ago, researchers from the University of Sheffield reported at the National Cancer Intelligence Network Conference in Brighton on Friday, June 14th...
If you suspect that opening windows to let in fresh air might be good for you, a new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has confirmed your hunch. Analyzing extensive data on ventilation rates collected from more than 150 classrooms in California over two...
People with higher IQs might just have a higher sex drive than their lower-IQ having counterparts (even though those people doubtless have kindness IQs of 175). A sex toy retailer conducted a survey that found that, in England, students at Cambridge spend the most on sex toys, while students at...
I have set an maximum upload speed of 5kb/sec both in preferences and manually per torrent.
Yet it is downloading (from a single source, not multiple peers) over 200kb/sec.
I do not want this. Why is it not following the settings i've set?
>< I accidentally said download. It was a typo. I meant...
Little wonder, then, that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said: “Drugs are tearing apart our societies, spawning crime, spreading diseases such as AIDS, and killing our youth and our future.” Often, people involved with drugs are responsible for crimes such as drug trafficking and drug-related...
Effective health screening and preventive care is known to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes, yet new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that restrictive Medicaid policies are associated with patients delaying needed medical care due to cost. States and...
And I dislike when others say everything in bible is proven. If it is proven show me the evidence. There's nothing n that's why its not a law to believe in JC bc they know it is just a belief. Not saying they're wrong but who says they're right
New Study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Reports A new study from the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reports that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are primarily responsible for higher caloric intakes of children that consume SSBs as compared...
memory device? I've had a 4th generation iTouch, which is about 2 years old and in pretty good condition. I just need more space for music, apps, pictures, etc. I would like a new iPod, but I don't need the brand new one or anything. A 32 GB 4th generation iTouch would be fine, but I don't want...
To which of the higher taxa listed below do humans (Homo sapiens) not belong?
a. Osteichthyes.
b. Vertebrata.
c. Craniata.
d. Lissamphibia.
e. Synapsida (Mammalia)
I know the answer is A or D... but i'm not sure which one. Help?
serves Americans well? It used to be that a 4-year college education was considered a wise thing to get, partly because you'd earn more money in your lifetime and partly because you'd be doing something 'more fulfilling' for yourself, whatever; but in recent years the cost of higher education...
A syndrome common in women of reproductive age may place them at greater risk for hardening of the arteries, which predisposes them to heart attack and stroke, according to research published Feb. 15 in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Glucose can stimulate an...
When I hear that someone (usually in Florida) died in some freak accident that involves fireworks or sidewalks or parked cars or wild animals, I wonder to myself, what the hell are the odds of that freaking happening? The good thing? They're pretty high! The bad thing? It really, really sucks...
New findings by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health may help identify situations in which smokers who are trying to quit are at a higher risk of relapse. More than 1,200 people die in the United States every day from...
...same speeds on either)? I want to use a motorbike to get around, really not fussed about a high cc engine but I suppose a 400cc would be better for getting out of trouble, however I don't want to get a higher cc if it's going to guzzle fuel and end up costing me about the same as a small car...
A new study from New Zealand finds firstborn children have reduced insulin effectiveness, a known risk factor for diabetes, and higher blood pressure, compared to children who have older siblings. More research is needed to find out how these relate to risks in adulthood, since puberty and...
There are higher incidences of prostate and thyroid cancer, as well as multiple myeloma, among rescue and recovery workers who inhaled fumes and dust following the World Trade Center terrorist attack, researchers from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported in JAMA...