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...study of 10 common allergies finds that 54% of the U.S. population suffers from at least one. The good news, according to the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: one of the most dangerous allergies, to peanuts, is also the least widespread, affecting 9% of the population. Topping the list are dust mites, rye, ragweed and cockroaches, with more than 25% of Americans allergic to each...
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers have for the first time put a number on how fit a female should be. In the study of more than 5,700 women over age 35, those who couldn't reach 85% of their expected exercise capacity in a treadmill test were twice as likely to die within eight years as their fitter peers. --By Sora Song
...next.yahoo.com offers experimental tools like Mindset, which lets you sort search results according to what you're doing, such as shopping or researching. Yahoo! 360?: This is like Friendster, Blogger and a newsgroup rolled into one. Create an online club with friends or family members and keep a journal with photos and lists of your favorite books, songs and movies. Yahoo! My Web 2.0: My Web lets you tag interesting sites, news stories and blogs, store them in a searchable database and share your finds with friends. You can also see what sites other users have deemed tagworthy. Yahoo! mail...
SCHOOLKIDS AND PESTICIDES Farmers and building managers rely on pesticides to keep bugs at bay, but they should probably be more careful about spraying in or near schools. There were 2,593 cases of acute pesticide-related illnesses among U.S. schoolkids and school personnel from 1998 to 2002, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported last week. The rates are still low--7.4 cases per 1 million kids--but they are on the rise...
...girls really don't intend for their sexuality to be taken seriously. Finally, girls are talking about their own powerful feelings; they have complex and sometimes overwhelming insights into life. Their joy can be great and is visible, but their despair is hidden in solitary late-night crying, journal entries, weight obsessions and, for a few, the secret self-mutilation of cutting...