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The winners of the Everyday Health Awards for Innovation

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Winners of Awards for Innovation in Digital Health at 2014 International CES. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfXTdAxX09s   2014 International CES, Everyday Health, along with the Digital Health Summit, announced the winners for the inaugural Everyday Health Awards for Innovation, honoring outstanding achievement in technology innovation aimed at improving health outcomes. The winners include wearable devices: a smartwatch for … Read more

The curse of the plastic. Plastic lost at sea is an environmental and potential human health hazard

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Plastic: The threats of oceans and coasline   Take a look around you- most of what we eat, drink, or use in any way comes packaged in petroleum plastic– a material designed to last forever, yet used for products that we then throw away. Each year, humanity pours six million tons of plastic into the sea. The oceanographer … Read more

Royal treatment for pets, despite a turbulent economy

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Man’s best friend gets the royal treatment, despite recessionary woes The pet marketis worth more than $49 billion in 2012, up 15% since 2007, according to the latest report issued by Mintel. Pets are often looked upon as a four-legged member of the family. This fact have produced consistent gains in the retail sales of … Read more

Top 10 pet-friendly properties in America

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With 49 Percent of Pet-Owning U.S. Travelers taking their animals on the road, TripAdvisor announces America’s Top 10 Pet-Friendly Properties Travelers love the companionship of their pets while on vacation Forty-nine percent of the pet-owners plan to travel with their pets in the next 12 months. Among that group, 56 percent will stay in hotels with … Read more

Space food in progress: appetizing foods for long-term gastronauts

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Love and passion comes through the stomach. With this in mind, a team of scientists with the NASA-funded Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation project (HI-SEAS) is working to develop more appetizing and healthy foods for long-term space travel, as space agencies prepare to send astronauts on two-to-three year missions to Mars. In March 2013, … Read more

Pet’s wellbeing can trump that of others. Pet spending is recession-proof: survey

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Three-in-four (75 percent) pet owners say that the state of the economy doesn’t affect how much money they spend on their pets, according to a new survey. Twelve percent report they spend $101 or more per month on their pets, while more than one in five (21 percent) said they spend $51-$100 per month on … Read more