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Uniform higher quality
Every auction barn study says the larger the group and the more uniform the cattle, the higher the premiums. Work from Arkansas to North Dakota proves it's true on individual lots, but what of that logic when it's applied to the nation's cowherd? In a...Tags: Steaks, Science and Technology, Consumers, Foods and Beverages, Biology
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Kids With Crohn's
Kate Moskowitz was still in diapers when she diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that would change her life. Not many people have heard of Crohn’s disease, and there’s no one-size-fits-all method of treatment. Kate, now 5, has already been...
Tags: Bones and Joints, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Immune System, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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String test easier for patients to swallow
She's only 17, but Jessica Chrzan is at the forefront of an effort to do a better job of monitoring a disease that makes her nauseated. Chrzan participated in a University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine study that tested a new way to...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Northwestern University, Science and Technology, Biology, Science
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Exactly what feedyards want
Some cattle grow like weeds; some hit the high-grade targets. Some do both, some neither. That's the way it goes in the world of commodity cattle. But cattle can be so much more, adding profit throughout the supply chain. “Cattle that grow fast and...Tags: DNA, Science and Technology, Biology, Medical Specialization, GeneMax Corporation
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The Belushis: Funny is in their bones
Jim Belushi is sitting with his son Robert and mulling the matter of genetics. "I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man," he says. "He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and...
Tags: Entertainment, Stand-up Comedy, Science and Technology, Biology, Mike Royko
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Dr. Alice Heisler Hissey, behavioral pediatrics clinic director
Dr. Alice Heisler Hissey, medical director of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic who also was a consultant to city public schools, died Oct. 18 of pancreatic cancer at her Columbia home.
The former Catonsville and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Security Agency, Science and Technology, University of Maryland Medical Center
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95th Rose Queen Officially Crowned in Pasadena
KTLA NewsPASADENA, Calif. (KTLA) -- The 95th Rose Queen was officially crowned in a ceremony Thursday at the Pasadena Convention Center. Vanessa Manjarrez, 17, from Mayfield Senior School, was selected from among the seven young women named to the 2013 Tournament...Tags: New Year's Day, Festive Events, Schools, High Schools, Arts and Culture
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Red Angus Association now offering GE-EPDs powered by HD 50K
MADISON, N.J. - The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) and Pfizer Animal Health have partnered to provide more reliable genetic predictions for RAAA members and their commercial customers. Breeders can now take advantage of genomic-enhanced...Tags: DNA, Science and Technology, Biology, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry
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$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Feminism, Timonium, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma
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Hereford breed makes a mighty resurgence
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Despite back-to-back years of drought and escalating costs in the beef industry, the Hereford breed is making a mighty resurgence. Hereford registrations were up more than 8% during the 2012 American Hereford Association (AHA) fiscal...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Inventories
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The risk factors for breast cancer
Breast cancer affects hundreds of thousands of families each year. A potentially deadly disease, breast cancer is associated with several risk factors. Some of those risk factors, including gender and age, are beyond an individual's control, while other...Tags: Weight, Breast Cancer, Birth Control, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Breaking the breast cancer code
How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed? Do you work...Tags: Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology, Biology, Blood
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