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Sunday 26 October 2008
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Quicker Pace Of Eating Associated With Higher Body Mass Index
Written by Peter M Crosta
A new study published on bmj.com finds that people who eat quickly and eat until full are three times as likely to be overweight than people who do not share those eating behaviors...
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On Emergency Plan Communication, Nearly Half Of US States Fail
Seven years after Sept. 11, and in the wake of many major natural disasters such as forest fires, hurricanes and flooding, nearly half of U.S. states either have no state-level emergency plan or do not provide it readily to...
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Unique Research Partnership Announced By GUMC And Oak Ridge National Labs
Georgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have announced an agreement between the institutions that formalizes their research relationship and will help facilitate additional biomedical research...
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