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Feed SubscriptionBreast cancer studies spotlight "false positive" mammograms, digital scans
False positives common with annual mamography, but less-frequent screening can raise the risk of being diagnosed with late-stage cancer
Read More »Binge drinking costs U.S. $224 billion: CDC
Binge drinking costs U.S. money in lost work, property damage, prison incarcerations, health care costs, according to study
Read More »Ken Dumps Barbie, Leading Mattel To Rethink Its Rainforest Relationship
Greenpeace's successful campaign to get the toy company to change its packaging has lessons for future plans to target large companies to improve their behavior: Amp up the humor and go viral. Sometimes it takes humor to make a serious point.
Read More »Families of gastric bypass patients slim down, too
New research suggests that gastric bypass surgery often has a halo effect on patients' family members, causing them to also lose weight.
Read More »Spurlock Penetrates The Nerd Herd In Comic-Con Doc
With the likes of Whedon, Smith, Groening, Del Toro, and Roth as interpreters, Morgan Spurlock explores what's become a pop culture mainstay in Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope. Commonly, and mistakenly, considered the domain of smelly dudes in freaky costumes, Comic-Con has emerged as the epicenter for pop-culture influence and a hotbed for creativity
Read More »10 easy ways to shrink big medical bills
Dicker with doctors and haggle with hospitals?
Read More »iPhone 4S Sales Top 4 Million, RIM To Offer Free Apps For Outage, Wireless Users To Get Overage Alerts
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Report Record iPhone 4S Sales
Read More »Firearm injuries to kids underestimated, study shows
New study shows that number of children injured by firearms may be 30 percent higher than previously believed
Read More »The Secret To Dealing With Difficult People: It’s About You
Each of us has a lens through which we see the world, but we have the power to view the world through other lenses.
Read More »Dead German Satellite Will Fall to Earth This Week
A defunct German satellite is expected to plunge to Earth this week, but exactly when and where the satellite will fall remains a mystery. The massive
Read More »Marijuana a major cause of accidents? What study says
Nearly 30 percent of fatally injured drivers tested positive for drugs other than alcohol - mostly marijuana - study found
Read More »Obesity-fighting school says no to cupcakes, yes to exercise
Calorie-conscious cafeteria is just the beginning of Illinois school's medal-winning initiative
Read More »Flowtown Acquired by Demandforce
Start-up Flowtown, which started out helping small businesses connect e-mail and social marketing, has been acquired by Demandforce. Start-up Flowtown, which started out helping small businesses connect e-mail and social marketing, has been acquired by Demandforce. It's an especially sweet victory because the two-year-old company has gone through several iterations.
Read More »Did Saturn’s Moon Iapetus Once Have Its Own Moon?
Could a planet have a moon that itself had a smaller moon? A former subsatellite would help explain some of the mysteries of Iapetus, one of Saturn's moons
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