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Venezuela, No Longer an Oil Industry Leader, Agreed To Sell Its 50% Share in the Chalmette Refinery
The state of Venezuela’s oil industry — like the rest of the country, really — continued to decay after a recent announcement that ExxonMobil Corp. would be ending its partnership with Venezuela’s national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA). The two corporations currently have a joint ownership on one particular refinery in Louisiana, but…
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The FBI Is Investigating Medical Power Tools Linked to the Spreading of Cancer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now leading an investigation into a device which may be responsible for spreading a deadly cancer. Morcellators are medical power tools used to perform hysterectomies, procedures that remove the uterus to treat uterine fibroids. Basically, morcellators break the tumors up into smaller pieces, so they can be more easily…
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Bakersfield Doctors Lead Seminar on Skin Cancer
On June 9th, two oncologists in sunny Bakersfield, California led a public lecture on the dangers, signs, and symptoms of skin cancer. The Bakersfield Californian reports that Dr. Luis Mariscal and Dr. Constance Stoehr led the public lecture and lunch in the San Joaquin Community Hospital (SJCH). Entitled “Skin Deep,” the lecture warned that the…
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Mississippi Is the Most Obese State in the Nation For the Second Year in a Row
Calling the U.S. obesity epidemic an “issue” would be to grossly understate matters. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, more than two-thirds (68.8%) of adults over the age of 20 are considered overweight or obese, and more than one in 20 are extremely obese. Consequently, the U.S. is plagued…
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100-Year-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine Could Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
A 100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine not only shows promise for treating diabetes, but also for reversing it. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are launching a five-year clinical trial of BCG, an inexpensive generic vaccine that’s been used to prevent tuberculosis for decades, to investigate how it can improve type 1 diabetes in adults. Currently, the researchers…
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Adblock Browser for iOS and Android to Keep Away Ads
Even people who aren’t tech-savvy can rejoice at the latest development in phones. Eyeo, a company based in Georgia, has now integrated the Adblock add-on and made it a full-on browser. The company hopes this will be more helpful than traditional blocking add-ons, and that it will attract more users. Over half of people who…
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Divorce Mediation Vastly Reduces Number of Child Custody Cases in Pennsylvania County
Thanks to an alternative approach to divorce, an area in Pennsylvania has seen a decline in child custody cases. Divorce mediation brings in a neutral mediator who helps former spouses come to an agreement on each aspect of their divorce. This mediator may or may not be a lawyer, but he or she is well…
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GOP Lawmaker Accidentally Votes With Dems While Distracted by Facebook
Use of Facebook and similar social media is ubiquitous these days, since almost three-quarters of adults who use the Internet (and 70% of U.S. businesses) have an account. But a California politician’s blunder earlier this week may serve as a warning for when to use that social media — and when not to. Rep. Scott…
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How To Keep Grandma Safe From Abuse
On Monday, June 15, organizations and activists around the world will come together to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an annual event to educate the public about this growing problem. More than two million aging Americans fall victim to elder abuse each year, and what’s more, one in three nursing homes have been cited…
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Researchers in London Discover Dinosaur Blood in Fossils; Internet Reacts With ‘#DinoBlood’
Summer 2015 is the Summer of the Dinosaurs, apparently: just days before the newest Jurassic Park movie was released, scientists at Imperial College London made an astonishing discovery while examining a pile of “poorly preserved” 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones. #TigerBlood is so 2011. This summer, it’s all about #DinoBlood. The Washington Post and NBC News…