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Are DNA Patents Doomed? Scientific American Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT DNA is special. Unlike other body parts, it holds information. Even discarding a blood spot or saliva sample doesn t necessarily prevent the telltale DNA sequences from living on in a database. We guard our DNA data in a way that we don t other test results, such as cholesterol levels. Genes are uniquely ours. They say something about us at some fundamental level, more than a mammogram or a Pap ... Waist measures further specify lipid, blood pressure assessments in overweight and obese adolescents News-Medical-Net Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:24 AM PDT Waist measures (waist circumference, waist to height ratio) in conjunction with body mass index appear to be associated with lipid and blood pressure assessments among overweight and obese adolescents, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Managing weight is about more than energy balance or ‘bad foods’, warn experts Nutraingredients.com Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT The report â€" produced by a group of international experts and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition â€" reviews the components of energy balance, considering the interactions between components of metabolism and the ways in which the body regulates energy imbalances. Study support pre-workout benefits of Assault supplement Nutraingredients.com Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:21 AM PDT The supplement, a combination of caffeine, B-vitamins, amino acids, creatine, and beta-alanine, was found to improve agility choice reaction performance as well as boosting muscular endurance in the lower body. UNEQUAL Technologies Invited to Address the Issue of Concussions With National Football League Players Association Marketwire Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:21 AM PDT KENNETT SQUARE, PA--(Marketwire - Apr 3, 2012) - UNEQUAL Technologies ®, the premier provider of head and body armor for soldiers and athletes, was invited to present at the National Football League Player Association ( NFLPA ) annual meetings held March 23-27 in Marco Island, FL. UNEQUAL founder and President Rob Vito addressed the issue of concussions in an effort to raise awareness around new ... Have Your Say BruDirect.com Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:54 AM PDT Bandar Seri Begawan - A school sent a boy to hospital after staff found scars on the boy's forehead, which doctors later found out to be signs of abuses on his body as well as his genital area. We may be fatter than we think, researchers report Q13 FOX Seattle Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:06 AM PDT A new study finds that the widely used body mass index, or BMI, may be understating obesity in many people. As if the nation's weight problems were not daunting enough, a new study has found that the body mass index, the 180-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be incorrectly classifying about half of women and just over 20% of men as being the picture ... Managing weight is about more than energy balance or ‘bad foods’, states expert committee Food Navigator USA Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT The report â€" produced by a group of international experts and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition â€" reviews the components of energy balance, considering the interactions between components of metabolism and the ways in which the body regulates energy imbalances. Trader Believes Body Of Hatyai Blast Victim Is His Son's Bernama Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:37 AM PDT HATYAI, April 3 (Bernama) -- A Malaysian trader who is here to identify a body at Songkhla Nagarind Hospital is convinced that the remains are that of his son who was killed in Saturday's bomb blast here. Doping expert quits on 'muzzling' BBC News Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:36 AM PDT A leading scientist has told the BBC he is resigning from an expert body on the athlete's biological passport because he is being "muzzled".

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