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• Cafe Gratitude - Where Everyday is Thanksgiving

  

  I first discovered Cafe Gratitude after a good friend and renowned reconstructive breast surgeon Dr. Heather Richardson, invited me to join her for lunch. Heather had just moved to Los Angeles, and we were grabbing a quick bite near her new office in Larchmont to talk about the project that we were working on for WaterKeeper Alliance. As we sat down and were studying the delicious vegetarian menu prepared with only the best of local and organic ingredients the server who came to take our o..

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• Recalled Toys For Sale: Consumer Watchdog Warns Hazardous Toys Are Still Sold Online

  

  Dangerous toys such as those with toxic paints and those with small parts that easily come off are recalled because of the potentially deadly hazards they pose to children. Recalled toys are taken out of store shelves. Unfortunately, this does not mean that they can no longer reach the hands of some children. Recalled Toys Still Available For Sale Online In a new report, a consumer watchdog group has warned holiday shoppers that some of the dangerous toys that have already been recalled are st..

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• New Skin Patch Analyzes Your Sweat During Exercise

  

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- How much are you really sweating when you exercise? You may not need to wring yourself dry to find out.Researchers say they've developed a flexible device that sticks to the skin, analyzes your sweat and sends the results to your smartphone.That's not all. Researchers say the device -- about the size of a quarter -- offers insight into whether you need to drink more water or down an energy drink to boost electrolyte levels. "The intimate skin interfa..

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• Eli Lilly's promising Alzheimer's drug fails in clinical trials

  

  The failure of the much anticipated drug, which showed promise in earlier results, is being seen as a disappointing setback, but not the end of hopes to fight the disease.On Wednesday, US drugmaker Eli Lilly announced that the Phase 3 clinical trial of its drug solanezumab did not progress as planned."Patients treated with solanezumab did not experience a statistically significant slowing in cognitive decline compared to patients treated with placebo," the company said in a statement.Almost 47 m..

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• Czech scientists develop human lung model to aid treatments

  

  BRNO, Czech Republic Czech scientists have developed a model of a functioning human lung that can be used to simulate problems like asthma or other chronic diseases and their treatments.The research group from the Brno University of Technology says its mechanical- and computer-based model of the lung can help devise treatment methods with more precision than past testing and tailor it to individual patients.It can also be used as a reference model for developing inhaled drugs. "This model will..

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• Calls grow for recount of US vote amid concerns about Russian hacking

  

  As the U.S. election wore down, Donald Trump repeatedly warned the process could be “rigged,” refusing to even say if he would accept results that didn’t favour him.Two weeks after Trump’s stunning victory, the spectre of a fixed vote is suddenly emerging again, but this time academics and election-rights advocates are suggesting the Republican himself might have benefited.And they’re raising the possibility that a foreign nation — namely, Russia — may have distorted the free vote in a country t..

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• The Impact Of Zika On Asian Countries May Be Graver Than We Thought

  

  CHICAGO/BANGKOK (Reuters) ― Zika’s rampage last year in Brazil caused an explosion of infections and inflicted a crippling neurological defect on thousands of babies ― an effect never seen in a mosquito-borne virus. It also presented a mystery: why had a virus that had been little more than a footnote in the annals of infectious diseases taken such a devastating turn in the Americas? How had Africa and Asia, where Zika had quietly circulated for decades, escaped with no reports of major outbreak..

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• Dogs have a similar kind of memory that gives humans their sense of self

  

  Science has found that your dog remembers the way you do. A new study published yesterday (Nov.23) in Current Biology reveals dogs can remember things even if they are not instructed to do. According to the study, (pdf. pg.4) this “is the first evidence of episodic-like memory of others’ actions in a non-human species.” The specific part of “episodic-like memory” suggests that dogs are able to construct their memories with unique feelings, according to the scientists from MTA-ELTE Comparative E..

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• 3 Australians critically ill after rare thunderstorm asthma

  

  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three patients remained critically ill on Thursday, three days after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma killed four people and sent hundreds to hospitals in Australia's second-largest city, an official said ...

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