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Read More »Small Business’ Real Problem with the Banking System
Increased regulation of bank lending still needs to allow for measured risks that permit sound small businesses to receive funding needed to thrive. I self-financed Metal Mafia when I first opened it in 2004.
Read More »What’s in the Air You’re Breathing? Competition Aims to Spur the Development of Personal Air-Pollution Detectors
The amount of chemical and/or particulate pollutants in the air on a global scale is a touchy subject with little cross-border agreement over the best way to alleviate the problem. This week alone, the U.S.
Read More »Womb with a View: Labor inside an MRI Scanner Reveals the Mechanics of Childbirth
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Read More »Startups Should Play To Their City’s Strengths. Here’s How.
Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.
Read More »Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Scotland grows to 51 cases
Scottish Health Secretary said cases had risen by 24 new infections overnight
Read More »Empowering the Body to Fix Its Parts
Over the past few months, we have been flooded with emails from distressed parents asking whether their deaf child will be able to hear one day. With each new email comes a poignant story about a child whose world is silent. It is estimated that hearing loss affects 11% of school age children and even mild loss may adversely influence school performance, cognitive development and language acquisition
Read More »Video: Alzheimer’s study unable to find volunteers
The National Institute of Health has begun hosting a two-day summit on the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Wyatt Andrews reports a group of researchers in one study are facing an unexpected hurdle
Read More »Methylating Your Muscle DNA
There’s more to your DNA than your DNA. We are now becoming aware of the epigenome. While DNA controls you, your epigenome may help control your DNA, or rather, it can have an extensive impact on how your DNA is expressed.
Read More »Five medical tests to think twice about
Expert from Consumer Reports explains why they're unnecessary, could hurt your wallet and perhaps even your health
Read More »Vaccination Campaign Addresses Need for Life-Saving Inoculations in Developing World
The Importance of Being Social
Guest Blog by Leonard Mlodinow* Belonging to a group is good for your health. Courtesy of joncandy via Flickr.
Read More »Small Business Does a Body Good?
A group of sociology professors think that start-up rates could be linked to health and fitness of a community. Experts agree that small businesses are good for the economy. But can they actually improve people's health
Read More »Synthetic marijuana sales banned in N.Y. amid health concerns
State Health Commissioner says products cause increased heart rates, paranoid behavior, agitation, nausea, may lead to heart failure and death
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