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From Times Online...

Dolphins are the only animals apart from humans to develop a natural form of type 2 diabetes. This discovery offers important insights into a disease that is linked to one in 20 deaths. Scientists have discovered that dolphins show a form of insulin resistance very similar to that seen in human diabetes. However, unlike patients with the condition, the marine mammals can turn this state on and off when appropriate.

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Eight out of 10 men and nearly seven out of 10 women in England will be too fat by 2020, according to new data released Wednesday. Some 41 percent of men aged 20 to 65 will be obese by 2020, with 40 percent overweight, according to the figures from the National Heart Forum, based on data from the Health Survey for England. That makes a total of 81 percent.

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From Fox News...

Breast cancer survivors who take aspirin regularly may be less likely to die or have their cancer return, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday. The study of more than 4,000 nurses showed that those who took aspirin — usually to prevent heart disease — had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer and a 50 percent lower risk that the cancer would spread.

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From The Financial Times...

One of the biggest puzzles in biology – how and why living cells age – has been solved by an international team based at Newcastle University, in north-east England. The answer is complex, and will not produce an elixir of eternal life in the foreseeable future. But the scientists expect better drugs for age-related illnesses, such as diabetes and heart disease, to emerge from their discoveries.

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A massive new study of Americans' attitudes concludes that Boulder, Colorado is home to the happiest, healthiest people in the United States. At the bottom of 162 large and medium-sized cities: Huntington, W.Va. The study is based on interviews with more than 353,000 Americans during 2009, asked individuals to assess their jobs, finances, physical health, emotional state of mind and communities.

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At a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the launch of the ‘Let’s Move’ campaign to end childhood obesity in the United States, an epidemic she said is costly and a threat to national security. “A recent study put the health care cost of obesity-related diseases at $147 billion a year,” Mrs. Obama said.

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About one in five people can train all they want but, because of their genetic makeup, are not likely to see much improvement in their endurance levels, research authors said this week. Still, the authors caution, their findings shouldn't be an excuse to stop exercising. "There are other positive physiological responses to exercise, such as heart rate, cholesterol levels, blood pressure and insulin metabolism.

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A "dark side" to the internet suggests a strong link between time spent surfing the web and depression. British scientists found that the longer people spent online, the less likely they were to be happy. But it was unclear whether using the internet causes mental health problems, or whether people with mental health problems are drawn to the internet.

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Some patients thought to be in a vegetative state actually show signs of consciousness when assessed with a brain scan. A team of British and Belgian neuroscientists conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on 54 patients who were diagnosed as being in a vegetative or a minimally conscious state because of traumatic brain injury, brain stem stroke, meningitis or other brain injury.

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