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An unlikely alliance has been formed in an effort to curb rates of heart disease. The American Heart Association (AHA) announced earlier this month that it would be teaming up with Google to fund a $50 million project to fight heart disease.Google Life Sciences (GLS) and the AHA will each invest $25 million of their own money over the next five years to support new strategies for understanding, preventing, and treating coronary heart disease and the complications it brings.Google Life Sciences i …

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Wisconsin-based roofing contractor for safety violations stemming from the death of a worker.Newly released documents found roofing contractor A. Martins & Sons Construction to be responsible for the death of Davide Nascimento in Longmeadow, which occurred earlier this year back in July. According to OSHA, Nascimento's death was preventable but A. Martins & Sons Construction failed to implement the appropriate measures a …

A home is burglarized roughly once every fifteen seconds in the United States, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Unfortunately, many homeowners assume they are safe, only to realize this isn't the case when they come to discover a broken door or window. So, how do you know if your home is a target for burglars?You Don't Hide Your ScheduleIt's important for homeowners and their family members to conceal their daily schedule. If you park in the driveway instead of the garage, …

Searching for ways to lower your risk of heart disease? Sure you are! And if you aren't, you should be, because heart disease remains the leading cause of death among both men and women in the United States. Aside from regular exercise, researchers have found that regular consumption of walnuts may prove beneficial in lowering a person's risk of heart disease.For the study, researchers from the Life Sciences Research Organization recruited several thousand participants who consumed walnuts on a …

The day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, has long been a popular sales day for retail shopping. When family members are stuffed with turkey and tired of sitting around the house, they tend to hit the stores in full force in search of holiday gifts. As such, retailers offer steep discounts on Black Friday, vying for the opportunity to attract your business. To put the popularity of Black Friday into perspective, it's estimated that shoppers spent more than $50 billion during this time l …