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• Tai Chi found to be as effective as physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis

  07-11-2015 23:29
  Both Tai Chi and physical therapy positively impact pain, function and other symptoms of knee osteoarthritis – making Tai Chi a viable treatment alternative for people suffering with the degenerative disease, according to new research.
  
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• Pedometers: The new prescription for rheumatoid arthritis

  07-11-2015 23:29
  Using a pedometer to measure the number of steps one takes in a day has been linked to lower fatigue in persons with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research.
  
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• Mechanical and manual cpr produce equivalent survival rates for cardiac arrest patients

  07-11-2015 23:29
  Mechanical CPR, in which a device is used by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers to deliver automated chest compressions during cardiac arrest resuscitation care, is associated with an equivalent survival rate for patients experiencing cardiac arrest outside of the hospital as manual CPR, according to new findings. The study is the first large scale, real-world proof that mechanical CPR may be an equivalent alternative to manual CPR for treating patients experiencing extensive cardiac arre
  
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• Search for missing in Brazil mudslide disaster

  07-11-2015 22:19
  
  Rescuers searched for a third day Saturday the site where an avalanche of mud and mining sludge buried a village in southeastern Brazil, as authorities struggled to pin down the number of dead and missing.
  
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• Sierra Leone celebrates end of Ebola epidemic

  07-11-2015 21:58
  
  By Umara Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Residents of Sierra Leone's capital held a candlelit vigil and celebrations to mark the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people including more than 220 health workers since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African nation's epidemic was declared over on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma and U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) representative Anders Nordstrom. Thousands of people
  
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• Peru creates huge national park in Amazon basin

  07-11-2015 20:32
  
  Peru is creating a national park to protect a vast territory in the Amazon basin that is vulnerable to drug trafficking and illegal logging and mining, the country's environment minister said Saturday.
  
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• Search resumes for missing in Brazil mine mudslide

  07-11-2015 17:03
  
  Rescue teams searched for a third day Saturday for survivors of an avalanche of mud and mining sludge that buried a village in southeastern Brazil, as authorities tried to pin down the number of dead and missing.
  
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• F-35 Fighter Jet Blasts Through 1st-Ever Airborne Gun Test

  07-11-2015 16:01
  
  A four-barrel machine gun blasts a spray of rounds into midair. It was the first of a series of trials meant to test the functionality of the jet's internal 25-millimeter machine gun, according to Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor that developed the fighter jet. The plane is equipped with a four-barrel machine gun, which remains hidden under a trap door in the left wing of the plane, near the cockpit, until it's time to fire.
  
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• Jetpack Pilot Soars Over NYC's Hudson River, Salutes Lady Liberty

  07-11-2015 15:59
  
  A man wearing a jetpack soared across the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday (Nov. 3), looping around the Statue of Liberty before landing safely on the deck of a boat. The jetpack-wearing joyrider was David Mayman, an Australian entrepreneur who has spent the past 10 years designing and building prototypes of the wearable flying device.
  
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• Scientists Come Up With Formula For Perfect Cheese Toastie

  07-11-2015 15:50
  
  Scientists have come up with a formula for the perfect cheese toastie/Creative Comms
  
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• Meet Timothy Peake, the astronaut boldly going where no Brit has gone before

  07-11-2015 15:19
  
  Timothy Peake is 43-years-old, a former army major, and now he is set to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. When Peake blasts off on a six-month mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) in December, he will also become only the second person from the UK to leave planet Earth, after Helen Sharman travelled on a Soviet spacecraft for eight days in 1991. Speaking to ITN during a press conference at the Science Museum, Peake said that being part of the Eu
  
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• Diverse subtypes of serotonin-producing neurons uncovered

  07-11-2015 13:47
  It used to be enough to call a serotonergic neuron a serotonergic neuron. These brain cells make the neurotransmitter serotonin, which helps regulate mood, appetite, breathing rate, body temperature and more. Recently, however, scientists have begun to learn that these neurons differ from one another -- and that the differences likely matter in dysfunction and disease.
  
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• Exercise program in senior centers helps decrease participants' pain and improve mobility

  07-11-2015 06:00
  
  (Hospital for Special Surgery) A study finds that a low-impact exercise program is improving quality of life for many older adults with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. The program, offered by Hospital for Special Surgery, has helped decrease pain, improve mobility and enhance the overall health of many participants.
  
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• 1st Hawaii telescope protest trials end in convictions

  07-11-2015 04:16
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The first two trials for those arrested for blocking telescope construction crews on Mauna Kea have ended in guilty verdicts.
  
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• Brit Astronaut Talks The Perfect Space Cuppa

  07-11-2015 02:40
  
  Tim Peake will soon be travelling at 17,000 miles an hour around the world aboard the International Space Station and he will be having a nice cup of tea while he does so. Mr Peake told of his concerns about the tea situation on board the space station - because of zero gravity, current techniques require keeping the teabag in the pouch.
  
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• Monsanto to Mexico honey farmers: Our soya seeds not to blame for woes

  07-11-2015 02:31
  
  CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Monsanto Co on Friday denied that plantings of its genetically modified soybeans have impacted bees, led to deforestation or caused damage to the honey production industry in two Mexican states.
  
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• From deep freeze to drought: 10 extreme weather events

  07-11-2015 01:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Some of the extreme weather experienced around the world last year is our fault, according to a report by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
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• Oil confirmed under Africa's oldest wildlife park Virunga: DRC govt

  07-11-2015 01:01
  
  Seismic tests in Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, Africa's oldest wildlife reserve which is famed for its mountain gorillas, have confirmed the presence of oil, the Congolese government said Friday.
  
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• Dakotaraptor ruled Hell Creek Formation as lethal predator

  07-11-2015 00:44
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Tyrannosaurus rex may have been known as the big guy around the Hell Creek Formation 66 million years ago, but a newly discovered species of raptor would have roamed nearby as one of the region's most lethal predators.
  
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• 'Star Wars' International Trailer Is Packed with New Footage

  07-11-2015 00:09
  
  Audiences thought they'd have to wait until December to see more scenes from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but a newly released international trailer features as-yet-unseen footage. More droids, more ships, more Princess Leia, a cameo by C-3PO and Chewbacca blowing some stuff up are among the new bits of footage that appear in the international trailer (released today) that were not featured in the English-language trailer released in October. The villain, Kylo Ren, rasps, "I will complete our
  
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• See the Moon and 3 Planets Shine Before Dawn This Weekend

  07-11-2015 00:08
  
  A spectacular gathering of three bright planets and a lovely waning crescent moon will be the chief celestial attraction in the predawn sky this weekend, with the moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter all making an appearance. On Saturday (Nov. 7), three of these objects – Venus, Mars and the moon – will appear to crowd into a relatively small spot in the sky. On Saturday morning, the moon will shine less than 2 degrees to the right of Venus (your closed fist held out at arm's length covers
  
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• Gene editing helps a baby battle cancer

  07-11-2015 00:01
  
  Doctors used molecular scalpels to tweak T cells to target leukemia but not harm the patient.
  
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