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Working mothers multitask more - and enjoy it less - than their male counterparts, researchers say
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Lipitor cholesterol pills will be sold in generic form, bringing the co-payment from $25 per month to $10 per month. Terrell Brown reports
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The Verge's Joshua Topolsky and The Wirecutter's Brian Lam hope to distinguish themselves in a crowded field. By taking two vastly different approaches, they may just do it.
Read More »San Francisco toy giveaway ban spotlights childhood obesity
McDonald's said 10-cent charge for Happy Meal toy will be donated to charity
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New recommendations from health officials suggest immediate treatment for city's 110,000 HIV patients
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Read More »Obama offering new plan to combat HIV/AIDS
New initiatives would increase access to antiretroviral drugs and boost spending on treatment
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I moved my eyes, and I realized that I was asleep in bed. When I saw the beautiful landscape start to blur, I thought to myself, “This is my dream; I want it to stay!” And the scene reappeared. Then I thought to myself how nice it would be to gallop through this landscape
Read More »Gumming Up Appetite to Treat Obesity
Losing weight is not always about anticipating swimsuit season or squeezing into skinny jeans--for the clinically obese , losing weight is about fighting serious illness and reclaiming health. But the primal part of the brain that regulates appetite will not place a moratorium on hunger just because someone and their doctor acknowledge the need to lose weight. Researchers at Syracuse University are working toward a unique solution: a stick of chewing gum that suppresses appetite.
Read More »How a Computer Game is Reinventing the Science of Expertise [Video]
A crowd observes the match playing on the main stage at the StarCraft 2 championships in Providence, RI. Credit: Major League Gaming If there is one general rule about the limitations of the human mind, it is that we are terrible at multitasking. The old phrase united we stand, divided we fall applies equally well to the mechanisms of attention as it does to a patriotic cause.
Read More »Crafting the Perfect Newsletter
Having a targeted newsletter with relevant and important information can bring increased traffic to your business. Also, Ryan Paugh, founder of Brazen Careerist suggests creating personal newsletters can have a greater effect. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/video/201111/ask-gerber-crafting-the-perfect-newsletter.html
Read More »Sara Blakely Shares Secrets to Spanx Success
Sara Blakely's company, Spanx, has taken the hosiery world by storm. But it takes more than a great product to disrupt an industry.
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