Here’s how your body transports zinc to protect your health
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Zinc is essential for wound healing, for vision, for DNA creation, for our senses of taste and smell, even for sexual health.
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What is ‘sustainable’ agriculture? Consumers’ ideas vary
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New information is available on U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance findings related to common perceptions about sustainability and agriculture.
Children’s Urology of Virginia joins Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
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Children’s Urology of Virginia has joined Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Preterm birth increases in U.S. for first time in eight years
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The health of babies in the United States has taken a step backward as the nation’s preterm birth rate worsened for the first time in eight years.
AccuWeather Election Day forecast: Will weather impact voter turnout?
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Tranquil weather over much of the nation may help boost voter turnout among some demographics on Election Day 2016.
Civil War scholar to speak at Bridgewater College on Thursday
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Arthur Candenquist, a scholar and researcher of the Civil War for more than 50 years, will speak on Thursday at Bridgewater College.
Be on the alert: It’s deer mating season
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Those playful deer and their wandering eyes mean motorists will need to be extra cautious over the next several weeks.
Virginia Tech’s Marc Edwards, Flint hero-mom Lee-Anne Walters honored by Smithsonian
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Virginia Tech’s Marc Edwards and hero-mom Lee-Anne Walters will be honored as 2016 American Ingenuity Award winners by Smithsonian magazine.
Virginia Tech StREAM Lab creates a healthy future for historic Stroubles Creek
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You can’t talk about the history of Blacksburg — or the campus of Virginia Tech — without talking about Stroubles Creek.
Does polyester fleece clothing contribute to the problem of plastic in our oceans?
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Even if you are responsible about recycling and not littering, you may still be contributing to the ocean’s plastic burden by virtue of the clothes on your back.
