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ADHD In Childhood May Be Linked To Obesity In Adults

NEW YORK (UPI) — U.S. men who had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as children weighed 19 pounds more at age 41 than those with no ADHD, researchers say. Study co-author F. Xavier Castellanos, a psychiatrist at the Child Study Center at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, and colleagues at Verona University in Italy; […]

Exergaming May Counteract Children’s Sedentary Behaviors

PERTH, Australia (UPI) — Exergaming, active console video games that track player movement to control the game, may counteract kid sedentary behaviors, Australian researchers say. Dr. Louise Naylor and researchers from The University of Western Australia, Liverpool John Moores University in England and Swansea University in Wales evaluated 15 children, ages 9-11, who participated in […]

Coffee Drinking Linked To Reduced Risk Of A Liver Disease

ROCHESTER, Minn. (UPI) — Regular coffee drinking is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis, an autoimmune liver disease, U.S. researchers say. Study author Dr.  Craig Lammert, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, said PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and subsequent fibrosis that can lead to cirrhosis […]

Carol Burnett Wins Mark Twain Prize For Humor

WASHINGTON,  (UPI) –  The 16th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be presented to television icon Carol Burnett at a ceremony in Washington this fall. Burnett, 80, is to collect the award during a star-studded tribute Oct. 20. The event is to air on PBS stations nationwide Oct. 30. “From her television program […]

Man Survives Fall Onto Broadway Theater Marquee

NEW YORK, (UPI) –  Emergency responders in New York said a man fell out a window at a Broadway theater and landed on the facility’s marquee. Fire officials said the man, whose name wasn’t released, was at the Lyceum Theater to see “The Nance” starring Nathan Lane and fell out a window around 2:50 p.m. […]

Toy Helicopter Triggers School Fire Sprinkler

MIDLOTHIAN, Va.,  (UPI) –  Officials at a Virginia high school said students were soaked when a toy helicopter collided with a fire sprinkler. Brenda Mayo, principal of Cosby High School in Midlothian, said the fire sprinkler in a classroom was triggered when it was struck Thursday morning by a toy helicopter, WTVR-TV, Richmond, Va., reported […]

Headstones Used To Ward Off Vagrants Bear Real Names

HOUSTON, (UPI) –  A Houston property owner said he did not know the phony headstones he installed to ward off vagrants bore the names and information of real people. The property owner, who asked not to be named, said he installed the headstones on his grassy lot of land near the highway about a year […]

Canadian Singer Apologizes For U.S. Anthem Botch

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, (UPI) –  A Canadian jazz singer apologized for botching the U.S. national anthem at the Memorial Cup junior ice hockey game in Saskatchewan. Alexis Normand said she had been asked the day before the Saturday game to learn the Star-Spangled Banner to perform at the Western Hockey League game between Nova Scotia’s Halifax […]

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin: ‘We Will Get Through This’

MOORE, Okla., (UPI) –  Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday the amount of destruction from Monday’s tornado is unfathomable but “we will get through this.” At least 24 people were killed when the EF4 twister carved a 22-mile path from Newcastle through Moore in central Oklahoma. At some places the path was 2 miles wide. […]

U.S. Appeals Court Says No To Release Of Bin Laden Death Photos

WASHINGTON, (UPI) –  An appellate court Tuesday ruled the U.S. government properly classified more than 50 post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden and they can remain secret. The organization Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking 52 images of bin Laden taken after he was killed by U.S. Navy SEALS and […]

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