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Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus

NPR - Submitted: Jul 4, 2009

Weekend Edition math guy Keith Devlin graded the body mass index, a popular measure of determining healthy body weight, and failed it on 10 grounds. » Full Story on NPR

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Made Popular: 21 hours ago; AP - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline… » See more; Comments (4)
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Dems To Vitter: Denounce Glenn Beck's Landrieu-Prostitute Analogies Buzzed Down: Huffington Post -
Made Popular: 15 hours ago; The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservatives who have called his fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu… » See more; Comments (37)
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Over 33 million infected with AIDS virus: U.N. (Reuters) Buzzed Down: Yahoo! News -
Made Popular: 21 hours ago; Reuters - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, up from 33 million in 2007, but more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs, according to a… » See more; Comments (18)
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Adults Fooled by Visual Illusion, But Not Kids Buzzed Down: wired.com -
Made Popular: 1 hour ago; Sometimes seeing means deceiving before believing, depending on your age. Children and adults size up objects differently, giving youngsters protection against a visual illusion that bedevils their elders, a new study suggests. » See more; Comments (7)
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