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11 hrs ago | Home

Animal welfare group boosts anti-cruelty efforts

A national animal welfare group has donated $50,000 to a University of Missouri training academy to help rural law enforcement investigators attend anti-cruelty workshops.

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15 hrs ago | Medical News Today

Statins May Reduce Exercise Benefits For Obese Adults

Main Category: Statins Also Included In: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness ; Sports Medicine / Fitness Article Date: 18 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity , diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports Medicine, Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic)

19 hrs ago | The Motley Fool

Pick Your Poison: Overweight or High Cholesterol

Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at University of Missouri.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition, Missouri, Alternative, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic)

Thu May 16, 2013

KMIZ

Proposed student housing apartment complex raise concerns with city staff

A Columbia Parks and Recreation commission expected to vote Thursday night on if a proposed eight story student housing complex near the University of Missouri campus will affect the MKT trail.

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Newsday

Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland

Iceland is awash in guns, yet it has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Iceland, Suffolk University, Drugs

PsychCentral

Upbeat Music Helps Improve Mood

Although the notion of listening to music to improve mood may not come as a surprise, researchers at the University of Missouri found that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.

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Home

Research looks at teens and their knowledge of news

A University of Missouri journalism researcher says that social-media saturated teenagers aren't necessarily savvier consumers of news.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Education Etc.

Wed May 15, 2013

Child Up

Dual Language in Early Education Best for Youngest ELLs, Report Says

Young English-language learners who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages.

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Related Topix: North Carolina

Science Daily

Cholesterol-lowering drug may reduce exercise benefits for obese adults

However, University of Missouri researchers found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Life, Food, Nutrition

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

St. Louis United Way names new leader

Orvin Kimbrough will be the new president and CEO of the United Way of Greater St.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MI, Aquinas Institute of Theology

BioSpace

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Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the free GenePool newsletter today! Sporting events can bring a community together, such as when the Louisville Cardinals won the NCAA championship and University of Louisville campus was filled with camaraderie.

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Related Topix: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

The Index Journal

Shawn Bell introduced as latest member of staff

David McCuen introduced the latest member of the Abbeville City staff Tuesday evening.

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Related Topix: Ferguson, MO

Business Journal

Science Center hires first VP of development

The University City Science Center said Tuesday that Monica Cawvey has joined it in the newly created position of vice president of development.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, University of Chicago

Tue May 14, 2013

Science Daily

Trying to be happier works when listening to upbeat music

Recent research at the University of Missouri discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.

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KMIZ

Bonding bill not being taken up in the Senate

A bill that would give hundreds of millions of dollars for renovating and constructing buildings for the University of Missouri and other colleges across the state is now dead.

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Related Topix: Missouri

Examiner.com

Upbeat, cheery music can make you happier say scientists

Trying to be Happier Works When Listening to Upbeat Music, According to MU Research Locally, in Sacramento and Davis holistic music therapists bring uplifting music to make children and adults happier and sometimes to feel less pain, for example, in the U.C. California, Davis music therapy programs, such as those documented in the article, " Music ... (more)

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Missouri

KOMU-TV Columbia

Columbia Police and Fire Departments to Host Job Fair

Both the fire and police departments hosted a small news conference Tuesday morning to discuss an upcoming job fair for the Columbia community.

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Related Topix: Fire, Columbia, MO, Boone County, MO

Missourian

from Readers: Civic Leaders Internship Program puts Mu students in government settings

Melissa Gilstrap is a senior at MU, majoring in journalism and English. She is also a student communications assistant in the MU Office of Undergraduate Studies and she was formerly a Missourian reporter in the fall of 2011.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Missouri Government, Columbia, MO, Jefferson City, MO

Green Car Congress

Univ. of Missouri team progressing with convection battery; enabling...

Masses of dry components of the indicated electrodes. The lower part of each bar is the active component and the upper part of each bar graph is the required additive to the electrode.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Electric Vehicle

Richmond Daily News

James Donald Norris

James Donald Norris, 82, passed away Jan. 16, 2013, at Oak Crest Retirement Center with his family by his side.

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Related Topix: Richmond, MO, Warrensburg, MO, Columbia, MO, Hiram College