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- December 15, 2010
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachlorethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a likely human carcinogen. “The evidence against this ubiquitous dry cleaning chemical piled up for years, like dirty laundry in the corner of the room,” said David Andrews, Ph.D., a senior scientist with Environmental Working Group. “It’s encouraging
READ MORETim Tebow has partnered with BOOK IT!, a reading incentive program, to host America’s Biggest Story time, an annual celebrity webcast to motivate children to read more and to help develop a lifelong love of reading. Tim will read his favorite childhood book, “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. Readers can access the webcast
READ MOREA patient's own heart cells can be used to regrow new heart tissue and help undo damage caused by a heart attack, according to early research published on Monday by scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. CNN Blogs, 2/13/2012
READ MOREA new study shows that kids get about half an hour less sleep than recommended, the same deficit as a century ago, even though the recommended amounts have changed over that time. Studies show a chronic lack of sleep raises the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The Wall Street Journal, 2/14/2012
READ MOREA New York City high-school senior, age 18, explains why he quit Facebook. New York Post, 2/12/2012
READ MORETara Parker-Pope lovingly remembers her good friend, author Jeffrey Zaslow, who died in a car accident over the weekend. Whether he was penning his insightful novel about friendships among a group of women from Ames, Iowa; writing “The Last Lecture” with the Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who delivered that now famous lecture after learning
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