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japan nuclear disaster released higher radiation levels than previously reported study finds
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new york -- the fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as japanese authorities estimated reaching 40 percent of the total from chernobyl a preliminary report says the estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-137 comes from a worldwide network of sensors

one-quarter of us millionaires have smaller tax burden than some of middle class: study
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into the debate over whether america

anesthesia before age 2 may be linked with learning disabilities later on
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if an infant or toddler has surgery requiring anesthesia it could raise the risk of learning disabilities later in life a new study suggests the study published in the journal pediatrics and conducted by mayo clinic researchers found that kids who are administered general anesthesia before age 2 may have as much as a three times higher risk of learning problems

pet obesity: over half of us dogs and cats are overweight study says video
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over half of us dogs and cats are now overweight or obese reports a recent study conducted by the association for pet obesity prevention one-fifth of dogs and cats are obese -- weighing 30 over a healthy weight

bank boards in us have relatively little financial expertise study finds
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bank boards in the us are far too often composed of directors with relatively little financial expertise a new study has found even though they are charged with overseeing financial institutions the majority of directors who sit on us bank boards are not financial experts a new study from nestor advisors has found

acinetobacter baumannii drug-resistant bacteria found in almost half of hospital rooms: study
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a hospital is a place of healing but a new small study shows that drug-resistant bacteria may be lurking in some hospital rooms researchers from the university of maryland school of medicine found acinetobacter baumannii a drug-resistant bacteria known as mdr-ab in 48 percent of hospital rooms tested in their study

facebook complaints to stores go unanswered 65 percent of time study shows
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by brad dorfmanreuters - store chains use facebook pages to reach out to customers but when customers reach back with complaints many go unanswered a new study shows retailers did not respond to 65 percent of complaints and questions on their facebook pages during a five-day period in september according to joshua march chief executive officer of conversocial a firm that helps companies interact with customers on social media

low birth weight linked to autism study shows
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babies who are unusually small at birth have a higher-than-average risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder asd later in life a new study in the journal pediatrics suggests beginning in 1984 researchers followed 1105 babies who weighed less than 4 pounds 7 ounces at birth and they found that 5 percent of them met the criteria for asd by age 21 -- a rate roughly five times higher than that in the general population of children the rate seen in the study is quotquite strikingquot and underscores the importance of screening all children -- especially those who are born at a low birth weight -- for asd at a young age says lead researcher jennifer pinto-martin phd the director of the center for autism and developmental disabilities at the university of pennsylvania school of nursing in philadelphia

gays in the military study: most us troops families say gays ok
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washington ampmdash an internal pentagon study has found that most us troops and their families don039t care whether gays are allowed to serve openly and think the policy of quotdon039t ask don039t tellquot could be done away with according to officials familiar with its findings the survey results were expected to be used by gay rights advocates to bolster their argument that the 1993 law on gays could be repealed immediately with little harm done to the military

commercial diet programs like weight watchers more effective than doctor-guided programs: study
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a new study suggests that sometimes the commercial way is the best way to go when it comes to losing weight

yoda language study: new research shows human ancestors spoke like star wars character
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speak like yoda did you two linguists say your ancestors did

richard muller former climate change skeptic warns congress that global warming is real video
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washington -- richard muller a prominent scientist long skeptical of the science behind climate change declared at a congressional briefing on monday that the world is getting warmer and he has the evidence to prove it the well-known physicist from the university of california berkeley recently spearheaded the berkeley earth surface temperature study a two-year study underwritten in part by the charles g koch foundation whose results confirmed the scientific underpinnings of global warming

boomers seniors embracing facebook study finds
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toronto - older canadians are increasingly following their younger counterparts into the world of social media with facebook by far the most popular way to network a new poll suggeststhe harris-decima survey conducted for the canadian press indicates that 68 per cent of those asked used social media in 2011 up from 57 per cent two years agothe main difference over the past two years has been the surge in participation by those over the age of 50two years ago almost all the respondents under the age of 25 were already on the social media bandwagonhowever only 39 per cent of those over 50 had climbed aboard in 2009 a ratio that jumped to 57 per cent by 2011 an increase of almost two-thirdsquotthey

andy plesser: as many us newspapers retrench from online video new opportunities should not be missed the ap039s kevin roach
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washington - touted just three or four years ago as a promising editorial and business opportunity for newspapers to compete with local television stations and to grab new visitors and revenue streams a large number of newspapers are cutting back on video and laying off video journalists according to a study of 100 us newspapers undertaken by the associated press the internal study was directed by kevin roach director of us broadcast news