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Luncheon Meat, Hamburger, Steak, Pork Increase Diabetes Risk

BOSTON (UPI) — There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Frank B. Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues tracked 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study from 1986-2006, 48,709 women in […]

Blood Test One Day May Detect Oral Cancer From Oral Sex

BETHESDA, Md. (UPI) — A test may one day detect human papillomavirus to identify those of increased risk of HPV-related oral cancer as a result of oral sex, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer found […]

High Air Pollution Areas Linked To Double The Risk Of Autism

BOSTON (UPI) — U.S. mothers-to-be exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were twice as likely to have a child with autism, researchers say. Lead author Andrea Roberts, research associate in the Harvard School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said exposure to diesel particulates, lead, manganese, mercury, methylene chloride […]

Toddlers Exposed To Violence More Likely To Be Bullies Later

CLEVELAND (UPI) — Children exposed to violence before age 3 between their mother and her partner increases the likelihood of the child bullying in school, U.S. researchers say. “People may think children that young are passive and unaware, but they pay attention to what’s happening around them,” Megan Holmes, assistant professor of social work at […]

Report Says 70 Percent Of U.S. Workers Are Disengaged

PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) — A large majority of U.S. workers do not like their jobs with a significant portion of them disruptive in at least a passive-aggressive sense, a survey found. Being passive-aggressive at work would include attitudes that were so negative they held back personal productivity or interfered with others at work. In an […]

U.S. Price Inflation Remains Mild In May

WASHINGTON (UPI) — U.S. consumer prices rose marginally in May, keeping the 12-month inflation well under the U.S. Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2 percent or lower. Prices rose 0.1 percent in May with an uptick in energy prices, which gained 0.4 percent, offset by lower food prices, which fell 0.1 percent. Economists had expected […]

U.S. Housing Starts Rose In May

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Privately owned housing starts rose in May, but permits for new projects dropped slightly, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday. Building starts for private homes have yet to regain the 1 million mark that was surpassed in March before slipping in April. In May, building starts rose to 914,000, which is […]

Retail Week Shows Modest Gain

NEW YORK (UPI) — U.S. retail receipts rose modestly in the week that ended Friday, the International Council of Shopping Centers said Tuesday. The ICSC-Goldman Sachs weekly tracking report indicated sales rose “by a modest 0.3 percent” from the previous week although sales rose 2.5 percent from the same week of 2012, the trade group […]

Slow Slide For U.S. Gasoline Prices

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The average U.S. retail price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was down a penny as commuters settled into the work week, AAA reports. AAA said the average retail price was $3.60 a gallon nationwide for regular unleaded Tuesday, down about a cent from Monday. The Energy Information Administration, the U.S. […]

New Language Discovered In Australia Gives Development Insights

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) — A new language discovered in a remote indigenous community in northern Australia reveals insights into how languages develop, a U.S. linguist says. University of Michigan linguist Carmel O’Shannessy has studied a language she has dubbed Light Warlpiri spoken in a small region of Australia’s Tanami Desert. Residents there speak a […]