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No Straws: Why Seemingly Trivial Efforts Matter in Addressing Our Most Serious Problem
Dec 4, 2019 - Eliminating single-use plastic products has become a cause célèbre over the past few years, but some in the environmental community complain it's a distraction from the bigger issues. Here's why they're wrong
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Wellness For Not Just The 'Well To Do'
Dec 4, 2019 - The wellness and prevention market will outgrow the health care market - Leroy Hood
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What We (Still Don't) Know About Vaping
Nov 19, 2019 - Manufacturers were quick to claim that e-cigarettes were safe. Now, amid a glut of vape-related lung ailments, claims of hazards inherent to all vaping are coming just as quickly. Truth is, there are many questions, but few answers.
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Can You Save Your Own Skin with Sunscreen?
Nov 7, 2019 - Not only do their use give you a false sense of security by placing you in harm's way for longer periods of exposure, but they can actually increase your chances of getting cancer - ShiloZ
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Will Fake Meat Save Us?
Sep 13, 2019 - Meatless alternate protein products are flooding the fast food market. Are plant-based foods here to stay or are they just a passing fad? And will they really save the environment?
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What's Next? Great Pacific Garbage Patch Dolls
Jul 18, 2019 - As governments and NGO’s scramble to find a solution to the dumping of plastic polymers in our oceans, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow to a size rivaling one of the earth’s continents - Shilo Zylbergold
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The Leading Cause of Blindness Is Almost Completely Treatable
Jun 25, 2019 - It's pretty much a fact of life that if you live long enough you will develop cataracts. But it's also pretty much a fact that you can do something about it.
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'Cryptonite' Invades the Pacific Northwest
Jun 18, 2019 - Cryptococcus gattii, a virulent fungus that has invaded the Pacific Northwest is highly adaptive and warrants global "public health vigilance - Translational Genomics Research Institute
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Reading Is Fundamental⎯But Less So with E-Books, a New Study Suggests
Apr 18, 2019 - All technology can be considered a form of progress, but not all such progress is for the better. And when it comes to reading to kids, e-books may be a step backward from print.
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Got Postpartum Depression? Now There's a Drug for That...Which Could Be a Good or Bad Thing
Apr 16, 2019 - For the first time ever, a drug specifically to treat postpartum depression is slated to hit the market. But there's more to "the baby blues" than the biological.
