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Internet dating: Latest fad to start relationship - Times of India
6 Feb 2012 at 5:10pm

Stuff.co.nz
Internet dating: Latest fad to start relationship
Times of India
WASHINGTON: You may call it the digital revolution in romance, but a new study says that online dating is now the latest matchmaking fad in the US. In fact, internet dating is now the second most common way of starting a relationship after meeting ...
Psychologists highlight pitfalls of online datingCNN
Spoilt by choice? It may offer access to plenty of singles, but online dating ...Daily Mail
Report: Online dating isn't t...
Smoking in Men Speeds Up Mental Decline - WebMD
6 Feb 2012 at 3:48pm

Daily Mail
Smoking in Men Speeds Up Mental Decline
WebMD
By Cari Nierenberg Men who smoke tend to have a more rapid mental decline than men who do not smoke, a new study shows. But the findings did not reveal a similar link between smoking and mental decline in female smokers. Although the exact reason for ...
Smoking Slows Memory, Reasoning in Middle-Aged MenABC News
Smoking Clouds Men's MindsMedPage Today
Male smokers lose brain function faster as they ageReuters
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Real Race in Cancer Is Finding Its Cause - New York Times
6 Feb 2012 at 2:39pm

USA TODAY
Real Race in Cancer Is Finding Its Cause
New York Times
A decision by the nation's leading breast cancer advocacy group, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to largely cut off financing for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood set off howls of outrage last week. Once again, it seemed, ...
Politics For the Cure?The Chronicle
No secret: Planned Parenthood fights breast cancerOCRegister
Planned Parenthood's HostagesWall Street Journal
WFAA -Huffington Post -Yahoo! Contributors Network
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Dementia should be detected by family earlier, experts say - CBS News
6 Feb 2012 at 2:24pm

USA TODAY
Dementia should be detected by family earlier, experts say
CBS News
(AP) "How are you?" the doctor asks a patient with brewing dementia. The patient answers that she is fine. But is this enough? According to Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatric physician at Maine Medical Center, it's not. "So often I hear, "The doctor only ...
A push for family input to detect dementia earlierThe Associated Press
AGING AMERICA: Experts work to identify best screenings for detecting risk of ...Washington Post

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Transplant jaw made by 3D printer - BBC News
6 Feb 2012 at 6:09am

BBC News
Transplant jaw made by 3D printer
BBC News
A 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. The transplant was carried out in June in the Netherlands, but is only now being publicised.
83-Year-Old Woman Gets the World's First 3D Printed Jaw TransplantPopular Science
Woman receives world's first 3D printed jawCBS News
3D printer makes new transplant jawIrish Times
Outcome Magazine -TechNewsDaily -New York Da...