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WHO: Insecticides Lindane, DDT Linked To Cancer

IARC said high exposures to lindane have previously been reported among agricultural workers and pesticide applicators. The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agricul...

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Health

GLOBAL HEALTH VIS-À-VIS DIPLOMACY

Global health diplomacy is the interdisciplinary field where health sciences, including medicine, meet policy-making. A simple definition would struggle to capture the broa...

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Gender

Working Moms Have More Successful Daughters And More Caring Sons, Harvard Business School Study Says

it’s looking less and less warranted. According to a working paper (pdf) published June 19 by the Harvard Business School, daughters of working mothers are more likel...

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Environment

New Research Warns Of Catastrophic Food Shortages Due To Unchecked Climate Change

New research supported by the United Kingdom?s Foreign Office and insurer Lloyd?s of London finds that, absent major changes, humanity risks a catastrophic collapse in its ...

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Sustainable Development

The First Graphene Light Bulb Is Also The 'World's Thinnest' Light Bulb

On your rapidly diminishing list of things graphene cannot improve, go ahead and cross off “light bulbs.” An international team of researchers drawn from Columb...

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Environment

Climate Change Could Erase 50 Years Of Health Advances, Report Says

'We are facing a predicament that strikes at the heart of humanity' Climate change may have a bigger impact on our health than we think. According to new research by an int...

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TV

NEW SHOWS, FRESH LOOK

June-July is traditionally the time for new shows. In fact, SAB TV jumped the gun in early June with an unusual RomCom, a very silent Rumm Pumm Po, with music only ? every ...

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Health

MD/Phd Student Expanding Research And Advocacy For Health Care In India

UMass Medical School students are working in Gujarat, India, this summer to improve health care in the mostly low-income rural region. They are conducting health disparitie...

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Environment

The World Is Running Out of Water

Humans are depleting underground aquifers around the world at alarming rates, threatening hundreds of millions of people who rely on them for survival, according to a compr...

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Sustainable Development

New Data Reveals Which Approach To Helping The Poor Actually Works

For years, policymakers have debated different approaches to helping the poor — everything from building schools, to delivering soccer balls that produce electricity....

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