Imperial Valley News Center
Consumers increasingly face companies’ creative smoke and mirrors
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- Written by Karen Nikos-Rose
Davis, California - Heavily marketed as a safer, healthful alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes are under fire from California health officials who have declared “vaping” a public health threat, hoping to head off the type of deceptive manipulation that tobacco companies succeeded with for decades, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.
European grain yield stagnation related to climate change
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- Written by Leslie Willoughby
Stanford, California - The European Union led the world in wheat production and exports in 2014-15. Yet Europe is also the region where productivity has slowed the most. Yields of major crops have not increased as much as would be expected over the past 20 years, based on past productivity increases and innovations in agriculture.
Animals tend to evolve toward larger sizes over time
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- Written by Ker Than
Stanford, California - Does evolution follow certain rules? If, in the words of the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, one could "rewind the tape of life," would certain biological trends reemerge? Asked another way: Can evolution be predicted?
Scientists discover a protein's novel role in several types of cancers
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- Written by Amy Adams
Stanford, California - A protein found in pancreatic tumors may lead to a new chemotherapy that is effective against many different kinds of cancers, but turning the discovery into a new drug has required a bit of chemistry know-how.
Stanford study shows rural disadvantages under Obamacare
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
Stanford, California - One year after the launch of Obamacare, some rural residents face significant disadvantages, a new Stanford study shows.
For young Liberian rape victim, a broken system proves fatal
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- Written by UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California - A 12-year Liberian girl was recently detained and allowed to die on the way to the hospital after being raped. According to Liberian newspapers, she was turned away from two health centers (including one with a gender-violence ward) because she was bleeding profusely and staff feared she had Ebola.
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