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(Harvard University) Public immunization efforts may be much more sensitive than previously realized to small changes in the perceived costs or risks of vaccination, scientists at Harvard University report this week.

In some cases, the spread of vaccine avoidance via social networks can make the difference between a minor, localized outbreak and an epidemic four times as large.

Some mental health experts fear that a growing technology addiction, perhaps accelerated by the popularity of smart phones and social networks, will lead to a breakdown of interpersonal relationships and an increase in attention deficit disorder.

A cool new feature was added over this past weekend. Facebook provides some amazing tools that allow other web applications to integrate their site with facebook.com.

We have started to take advantage of these tools and believe it will help users better share their fitness activity, and also begin to help solve the problems that arise with having multiple accounts on multiple social networks.

After joining a Challenge you will now see a link towards the top of the page like the following.

The DSIB and Natural Products Foundation have formed groups on two of the biggest social networks on the web, and we'd like to invite anyone who is interested to join us!

For members of the natural products industry, we have groups on both Plaxo and LinkedIn where we discuss all the current news and updates of the industry, share videos, blogs and pictures, and generally just put our heads together to move the industry forward.