Drinking Diet Soda May Reduce the Risk of Forming Kidney Stones
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Majority of Americans Overestimate Amount of Time it Takes to Form a New Habit; Lack of Motivation and Effort Serve as Greatest Barriers to Achieving Healthier Habits GREENWICH, Conn., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a survey released today by Nestle(R) Pure Life (R) brand bottled w...Teams Forming for Courage Center 5k Your Way
Run, Walk, Roll or Stroll Four ways to get to the finish line. Thousands of reasons to cross it! MINNEAPOLIS, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- 5k Your Way, a fundraiser benefitting Courage Center, is set for Saturday, August 2, 2008 at Courage Center in Golden Valley. In addit...Ohio Prematurity Caucus Forming to Meet Challenge
Group of Lawmakers Vow to Fight Premature Birth in Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The latest figures are out and Ohio's rate of premature birth is up once again from 12.5% in 2004, to 13% in 2005. A total of 19,321 preterm births were recorded for 2005 and over...Cancer Cells Forming Blood Vessels Send Their Copper to the Edge
Researchers have discovered new information about a link between the growth of blood vessels critical to the spread of cancer and the copper in our bodies. // Growing new blood vessels from existing ones — a process called angiogenesis — is important in growth, development and wound healing. B...Kevin McHale Instrumental in Forming the 'Help Me Hear Foundation'
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kevin McHale is one of five board members to start the Help Me Hear Foundation ("HMH"), a non-profit organization incorporated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. McHale will also act as the spokesperson. HMH was created to gift cochlear implants to ...Ironwood Announces Linaclotide European Licensing Agreement with Almirall
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LINTHICUM, MD, April 26, 2009Patients with stone disease could benefit from drinking diet soda. New research from the University of California, San Francisco suggests that the citrate and malate content in commonly consumed sodas may be sufficient to inhibit the development of calcium stones. The ...New regulatory mechanism discovered for cell identify and behavior in forming organs
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