
Study: Moving to a Better Neighborhood Lowers Obesity and Diabetes Risk
A landmark 2011 NEJM study found that low-income women who moved to less-poor neighborhoods via a housing-voucher lottery had lower rates of extreme obesity
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A landmark 2011 NEJM study found that low-income women who moved to less-poor neighborhoods via a housing-voucher lottery had lower rates of extreme obesity

October 20, 2011: Muammar Gaddafi is captured and killed near Sirte as Libya's eight-month uprising claims his hometown.

They had no demands, they were all unemployed dropouts — the Occupy Wall Street myths, and what the movement actually changed.
Diwali is October 26th — here are three easy, no-fail sweets to make at home: Sandesh, Kesar Shrikhand, and Coconut Ladoo.

Walking or cycling to work is linked to substantially lower obesity risk — because it's exercise built into a routine you already do every day.

Occupy, Anna Hazare, China's factory strikes, Europe's austerity riots — the shared thread behind 2011's global wave of social unrest.

Whiskey was never actually a men's drink — it just had a men's marketing budget. On women claiming their pour, neat or on the rocks.

What research actually says about raising a smart toddler: talk more, read aloud, play unstructured — and be skeptical of educational apps.

What actually separates extraordinary people from the rest? Not talent — purpose, discipline, resilience, and the habit of finishing what they start.

A 2011 case of a young Indian IT couple who died by suicide, leaving a note of 'satisfaction' — and the uncomfortable mental-health conversation it started.

On Dussehra, while Ravana's effigies burn across India, some communities in Madhya Pradesh worship the 10-headed king as a god — here's why.

Psychologists found that for complex decisions, people who slept on it chose better than deliberators — the 'deliberation-without-attention' effect.

In 2011, Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambata's legal opinion forced the Mumbai passport office to concede: a divorced woman may keep her married name.

September 2011 tabloids alleged Ashton Kutcher cheated on Demi Moore on their sixth anniversary weekend — first cracks in Hollywood's age-gap marriage.

On September 24, 2011, more than 2,000 people ran through Salt Lake City in underwear — protesting Utah's conservative laws in a Guinness record run.

A vinegar-based screening test costing a few dollars could bring cervical cancer detection to millions — where most of 250,000 annual deaths occur.

Price too low and you leave money on the table; price too high and the stock sinks. A plain-language look at how IPOs are priced and why the number matters.

After a student's 2011 suicide at IIM Bangalore, hard questions were raised about pressure, relationships, and support at India's elite institutions.

In Madison, Wisconsin, a woman and her son were charged after her sister's body lay hidden in their home for three months — while they went out for pizza.

Bodyguard's record ₹21.6 crore opening made Kareena Kapoor Bollywood's undisputed No. 1 heroine in September 2011 — with four Khan films lined up next.