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Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 4:32am | By HELEN BRANSWELL The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A hospital stay can be a heart-rending pivot point in the life of an older person. Frail seniors who go into hospital still able to manage at home can within a short period of time lose the strength and mobility they need to get...
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Count the ways to make relationship a lasting one

Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 4:32am | JASON BROWN

February is important to everyone for two reasons: Valentine’s Day and my birthday. But let’s focus on the former, and specifically what mathematics can say about relationships. I have been reading an article by a group of...
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SCIENCE Q&A

Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 4:32am

Clots no more of a risk in economy-class passengers Q: Flying in economy class may be easier on your wallet. But can it put a greater strain on your legs, raising risks of blood clots? A: For half a century, travelling in coach by plane...
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Revised plan stymies dieters

Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 4:34am | By RONI CARYN RABIN The New York Times

When Janet Holwell joined Weight Watchers seven years ago, she lost 43 pounds in one year and considered the popular commercial weight-loss plan “miraculous.”
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Real race in cancer is finding its cause

Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 4:34am | By SUSAN LOVE

A decision by the leading breast cancer advocacy group in the U.S., Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to largely cut off financing for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood set off howls of outrage last week. Once again, it seemed, political...
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SCIENCE Q&A

Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 4:34am

Long work hours can cause depression Q: Routinely putting in extra hours at the office can put a strain on your social life, but can too much overtime cause depression?
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SCIENCE QUESTIONS

Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 4:34am | By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Doctors dilate eyes to see retina, optic nerve Q: Why do doctors dilate your eyes for an exam, and are there any drops to reverse the dilation? A: Doctors use a class of drugs called mydriatics to widen the pupil, enabling them to see the retina...
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Lens goes up close and personal

Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 4:34am | JOHN McPHEE OUT THERE

When I was a young lad with scientific aspirations, I pestered my family to get me a telescope for Christmas. About a year later, after losing interest in blurry views of the moon, I asked for a microscope.
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AIDS prevention inspires ways to make circumcision easier

Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 4:34am | By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Now that three studies have shown that circumcising adult heterosexual men is one of the most effective “vaccines” against AIDS — reducing the chances of infection by 60 per cent or more — public health experts are struggling...
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Stroke on rise amongst young, middle-aged

Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 4:34am | By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, “But he’s so young.”
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SCIENCE Q&A

Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 4:35am | By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Earth will end in a giant ball of flames Q: As our sun dies, what will happen to the planets, especially our own?
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Study: Women do suffer more

Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 4:35am | By TARA PARKER-POPE The New York Times

Do women feel more pain than men?
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Researchers discover the allure of disgust

Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 4:35am | By JAMES GORMAN The New York Times

Disgust is the Cinderella of emotions. While fear, sadness and anger, its nasty, flashy sisters, have drawn the rapt attention of psychologists, poor disgust has been hidden away in a corner, left to muck around in the ashes.
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MDs: Aspirin has risks

Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 4:35am | By TARA PARKER POPE The New York Times

NEARLY A THIRD of middle-aged Americans regularly take a Baby Aspirin in the hope of preventing a heart attack or a stroke or lowering their cancer risk. But new research shows that Aspirin is not for everyone, and that in some patients this wonder...
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Van Gogh forgeries yield to math

Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 4:35am | By JASON BROWN

Last month I was invited to a workshop on mathematics and the arts in Banff. I have a math and music lecture about mysteries surrounding the Beatles’ songs that I take on the road, and Banff was to be my third stop in a month.
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