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Fattening Flu? Childhood Obesity Linked to Cold Virus

By Katie DrummondSep 20th 2010 – 11:02AM
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

(Sept. 20) -- Researchers think they've found another piece to the complex puzzle of what's causing a rise in childhood obesity worldwide: Kids who've suffered from a common cold virus are also more likely to be significantly heavier than their peers. What the study found In a small study of 124 youths, slightly more than...

Data Overload: Americans in the Digital Age

Dec 16th 2009 – 10:34AM
AP

AP

(Dec. 16) -- Americans now spend three out of every four waking hours being bombarded by some form of information, according to a new study called "How Much Information?" put out by two researchers at the University of California, San Diego. The report says that the average American consumes 34 gigabytes and 100,000 words...

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The University of California, San Diego (also referred to as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.

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