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Canadian businesses struggle to turn bright ideas into money makers: report Brandon Sun Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:21 PM PDT OTTAWA - Canadians are a talented bunch with a lot of bright ideas â€" but we struggle to cash in on those ideas. That's the conclusion of a new report by an advisory body to the federal government on science and technology matters. Are you fit? Test yourself to find out The Wichita Eagle Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:07 PM PDT It's summer. Time to get real about all those body parts suddenly peeking out of your lightweight clothes (yikes!). You're probably wondering just how far you have to go. Looking in the mirror (sucking in that belly or not) isn't always the best fitness gauge. Researchers identify new lung stem cell that helps repair large airways News-Medical-Net Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:50 PM PDT Researchers at UCLA have identified a new stem cell that participates in the repair of the large airways of the lungs, which play a vital role in protecting the body from infectious agents and toxins in the environment. Things your hands say about your health The Trinidad Guardian Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:26 PM PDT They’re one of the most important parts of our body when it comes to day-to-day activities; without them we couldn’t cut vegetables, grip pliers, or text our friends. Former North quarterback Strohmeier headed to D-II Southwestern Oklahoma State Evansville Courier & Press Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:26 PM PDT For a while, everything was perfect. North High School quarterback Matt Strohmeier was beginning to grow into his 6-foot-6 body and was getting looks from schools such as Purdue University, Louisville and Southern Illinois. Whoopi tackles bladder leakage C-Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:47 PM PDT Light bladder leakage sounds a heck of a lot better than incontinence. But "the spritz" sounds better still. The spritz is "that little psst of water that comes out of your body," says comic Whoopi Goldberg who admits that she occasionally spritzes. Sheriff's Office sees deadliest weekend of 2011; 3 homicides in roughly 2 days The Monitor Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:20 PM PDT EDINBURG â€" This was one of the deadliest weekends for the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office as the body count rose from 9 to 12 since the beginning of the year, Sherriff Lupe Treviño said Monday. His office investigated three separate homicides... Rosalyn Yalow obituary Guardian Unlimited Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:09 PM PDT Winner of the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology in 1977 Professor Rosalyn Yalow, who has died aged 89, transformed clinical medicine through the development of new and extremely sensitive methods of measuring concentrations of hormones, and other biologically active molecules, in the body. These techniques are known collectively as radioimmunoassay, or RIA. For this, and for her later ... How too much cheese and meat can make your body dangerously acidic Daily Mail Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:38 PM PDT The diet is based on the idea that eating these foods can increase the body's acid levels to dangerously high readings, dubbed 'hyperacidity'.

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