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Childhood obesity is unhealthy and dangerous - is it time for the government to intervene? Obesity experts seem to think so

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Two studies report HIV transmission cut by over 70 percent in straight men, women who took daily antiretroviral medication

Elaine Quijano reports on the growing popularity of companies paying employees to get healthy and profiles how one New Jersey woman lost weight with the help of her employer's incitement-based healthcare.

A review of Google+, Netflix changes its pricing structure, 'native' apps, and six products that are less environmentally friendly than you think. Testing out Google+. The Wall Street Journal's Katie Boehret reviews Google's latest attempt at a social networking service that falls somewhere between Facebook and Twitter

Two billion years ago-- eons before humans developed the first commercial nuclear power plants in the 1950s-- seventeen natural nuclear fission reactors operated in what is today known as Gabon in Western Africa [Figures 1 and 2]. The energy produced by these natural nuclear reactors was modest. The average power output of the Gabon reactors was about 100 kilowatts, which would power about 1,000 lightbulbs

Sixty-five feet below the streets of Manhattan, workers are digging the city’s first new subway line since the 1940s.

HP TouchPad moves, Win phone not for tabs, and a Facebook app hits almost every Web phone you can imagine.

At least 19 big ones to add healthier choices, and promote them more

Our diets are unhealthy, that much is clear. Now, an increasing number of scientists and physicians wonder if our propensity for unhealthy, obesity-inducing eating might be tied to the food choices made during our first weeks and months of life

Research shows daily doses of meds significantly reduce risk of AIDS virus infection in heterosexual couples

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Obesity is associated with a host of health problems. But a new study finds that obese people may actually have an advantage in a specific medical situation: they’re less likely to die after surgery from certain respiratory complications than are their non-obese counterparts.

Does sex have to be taboo-breaking to be hot? And now that just about every taboo has been broken, have people under 40 lost interest

Social travel advisor Gtrot is banking on your friends to make its business model work: The newly launched travel-recommendation system leverages the wealth of travel and venue advice available from your extended social graph. Gtrot's system is pretty simple: It looks at the information available from your social network on Facebook and Twitter , determining information about where your contacts have traveled, where they've stayed, or if they live near where you're going. Instead of relying on "Bob, age 48" on TripAdvisor, who may have hated the hotel you're considering, you can solicit a more personal, trusted opinion from someone you already know pretty well