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Unique Inflamed Gut Linked to Type 1 Diabetes: Researchers' Findings Raise Hopes for Treatment

Jun 30, 2017

Italian researchers have found gut inflammation in Type 1 diabetics linked to 10 specific genes, raising hopes for treatment.

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Post-Stroke Exercise Improves Brain Function: Physical Activity Helps Survivors

Jun 30, 2017

Cognition improves in patients after a stroke with as little as 12 weeks of aerobic exercise and strength training, University of Pittsburg researchers report.

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Tart Cherry Aids Runner Performance: Improves Times, Decreases Inflammation

Jun 30, 2017

Young adult distance runners in Texas taking a powered tart cherry supplement for 10 days improved their running time and reported a third less muscle soreness.

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Colicky Babies Respond to Acupuncture: Solution to Help Reduce Crying

Jun 30, 2017

Swedish babies given acupuncture twice a week cried markedly less after only two weeks of treatment.

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Bee Killers: Neonic Pesticides Again Linked to Decline

Jun 30, 2017

As use of controversial neonicotinoid pesticides on plants grew from 1994 onward, extinction rates of bees grew by a parallel amount.

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Combo Probiotics Ease Hay Fever: Supplements Relieve Seasonal Allergy Symptoms

Jun 30, 2017

A combination of two probiotics reduced spring allergy symptoms in adults in a University of Florida study.

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Last Call: Endangered Species Protection Act May Go Extinct

Jun 30, 2017

Endangered species may lose their federal protection if some Republican senators from western states succeed in taking the teeth out of the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973.

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Species Die-Off: Animals that Are No More

Jun 30, 2017

Species of rhinoceros, tortoise, treefrog and leopard are among those verified as having disappeared forever as of 2016.

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Astonishing Agriculture: Food Grows Without Soil or Groundwater

Jun 30, 2017

A greenhouse in the South Australia desert uses coconut husks, solar power and desalinated seawater to grow 17,000 tons of non-GMO food every year.

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Healthy Holdover: Kitchen Garden Stays at White House

Jun 30, 2017

Michelle Obama’s White House kitchen garden that promotes healthy eating will continue for 17 years.

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Robot Janitors: Floating Trash-Eaters Clean Up Baltimore Harbor

Jun 30, 2017

Solar- and hydro-powered trash robots are sucking up plastic, Styrofoam and other debris from Baltimore’s harbor, and the waste is used to generate electricity.

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Rigged Research: GMO Studies Compromised by Conflicts of Interest

Jun 30, 2017

French researchers have concluded that 40 percent of 579 GMO (genetically modified food) studies are tainted by conflicts of interest, such as a study author being employed by a company that profits from genetically engineered crops.

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Floral Throughways: Garden Clubs Help Beautify Roads

Jun 30, 2017

If you’re awed by the mass of blooms decorating highway meridians and embankments, you often have local garden clubs to thank, along with partnering state highway departments.

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