Mexican politicians: going to the dogs, er, cats?

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Animal and Pets News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Mexican politicians: going to the dogs, er, cats?

Mayoral candidate Morris the Cat is seen at his home in XalapaBy Luc Cohen MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Fed up with politicians they call "rats," a group of friends in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa have put forward their ideal candidate for mayor: a cat named Morris. Xalapa resident Sergio Chamorro, who adopted the cat in August, said the plan began as a joke between friends borne out of their frustration with the Veracruz state government over freedom of speech. "Fed up of voting for rats? Vote for a cat," reads one campaign poster featuring the black and white cat, using the Spanish "ratas" for rats and "gato" for Morris. …

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Late Bedtimes Linked To Weight Gain In Healthy People

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Late Bedtimes Linked To Weight Gain In Healthy People
If you are healthy and go to bed late regularly and you do not sleep enough, your risk of gaining weight is significantly greater than if you go to bed earlier and have a good night’s sleep every night, says a new study published in the journal Sleep. If you also eat late at night, you will probably put on even more weight, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania added…

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U.S. to retire most chimpanzees from medical research

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U.S. to retire most chimpanzees from medical research
By Matt Haldane WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday it is reducing the number of chimpanzees it uses in biomedical research and will retire most of them to sanctuaries, a decision applauded by animal rights groups. “Chimpanzees are very special animals … We believe they deserve special consideration,” said NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, announcing the move. The decision followed a recommendation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in January. …

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Fewer minority kids diagnosed with ADHD

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Fewer minority kids diagnosed with ADHD
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Black and Hispanic children are half as likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as their white peers, according to a new study that followed U.S. kindergarteners through middle school. “We’re seeing that the disparities occur as early as kindergarten and then remain and continue until the end of eighth grade,” said Paul Morgan, who led the study at Pennsylvania State University in University Park. …

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July brings an abundance of planetary activity

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Health & Science: Science News, Health News, Scientific Developments, Healthcare & Nutrition – The Washington Post
July brings an abundance of planetary activity

  Even under July’s star-spangled and muggy conditions, Washington’s heavens give proof through the night that our solar system siblings are still there.

Find the effervescent Venus low in the western sky at dusk. How can you tell it’s Venus? It looks like an airliner — with landing lights — on approach. It’s a negative-3.9-magnitude object, quite bright and easy to spot from urban locations. Slowly, it sinks toward the horizon as night settles. You’ll find the young, skinny moon below Venus on July 10, and the crescent moon scoots south on successive nights.

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With stress down and happiness up, old age can be the time of your life

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With stress down and happiness up, old age can be the time of your life

Concerned about getting older? There might be fewer reasons to fret. ¶ Older people do experience changes and losses, such as retiring from a job, bidding old friends good-bye and seeing some cognitive skills decline. But the later years also offer some relief from stress. And rates of depression actually go down after age 60, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you take the right steps, old age can rank among the best years of your life. Here are five ways you get better with age.

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NIH to retire most research chimpanzees

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Health & Science: Science News, Health News, Scientific Developments, Healthcare & Nutrition – The Washington Post
NIH to retire most research chimpanzees

In a significant step toward ending controversial biomedical research using chimpanzees, the federal government announced a decision Wednesday to retire all but about 50 of the animals available for testing and retire them to sanctuaries.

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