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National Cancer Institute researchers followed nearly 450,00 participants (ages 50-71) for an average of ten years. During that time, 2904 developed malignant melanoma.

However, people who drank 4 or more cups of coffee per day had a 20% lower rate than those who drank none.

Compounds in coffee may suppress skin cancer by protecting cells from oxidative stress. (Reader's Digest World of Medicine)
 

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Kansas State University researchers observed home chefs cooking a meal including raw meat (injected with a nonpathogenic organism to track contamination) and fruit salad.

90% of the cooks contaminated the salad in ways that could lead to foodborne illness.

A major reason: bad hand washing. Most cooks washed their hands, but used only water or didn't wash long enough (the CDC recommends at least 20 seconds)
Reader's Digest World of Medicine
 

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90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

A killer whales heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.

A rodent's teeth never stop growing.

Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.
 

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OMG !! The freezer in the side x side looked like this last month when Hagen Dazz and Ben & Jerry's was on sale. Don't worry,it's all gone now.




 
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