Obesity Spreads to World’s Remote Regions Says AAAS
At the AAAS meeting, experts warn obesity is emerging in distant areas once free of it. In Papua New Guinea’s Purari delta, 1980 figures showed 0 percent obesity, rising to 1 percent men and 5 percent women in a five year survey. In Rarotonga 1966 figures showed 14 percent men and 44 percent women obese, now 52 and 57 percent respectively. Obesity tied to high calorie foods and less physical work, with malnutrition still a major global issue.
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Pacific Islands
Ubjaszek
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Karoo
Australia
Low nicotine biotech tobacco heads to spring cigarettes
Washington report says biotech tobacco with very low nicotine is to be used in new cigarettes by Vector Group and Liggett Group. An Agriculture Department study found environmental risk minimal as the company seeks to lift growing restrictions.
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Vector Group
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Classified Categories List
A catalog of public notices and classifieds categories includingBusiness Services Real Estate Sales Real Estate Rentals and Farmers Market items such as livestock apartments houses and equipment, plus sections for home services and building materials. The list blends services rentals sales and products with category codes and brief descriptors.
High Tech Mammography Tools Face Cost Hurdles
Insurers say CAD systems like MammoReader from ISSI in Boca Raton raise radiologist costs. Doctors cite low Medicare payments and high liability as barriers, even as FDA approved MammoReader adds a second look and in a study detected 23 percent of cancers missed by radiologists.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Kathy Schilling
Schilling
Issi — Intelligent Systems Software — of
Boca
Food and Drug Administration
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