Lack of deep sleep may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Suppression of slow-wave sleep in healthy young adults significantly decreases their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, report researchers at the University of Chicago Medical ...
Groundwater threatens Egyptian treasures
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Encroaching groundwater threatens the foundations, columns and walls of Egyptian treasures in Cairo's Giza Plateau, scientists and engineers say.
Religion habit cuts anxiety in women
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Jan 01, 2008 |
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For many, religious activity changes between childhood and adulthood, and a new study finds this could affect one’s mental health.
For women, marital distress means less relief from stress
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 01, 2008 |
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That's the suggestion from a new UCLA study that tracked levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, among 30 Los Angeles married couples involved in one of our age's trickiest juggling acts — raising kids when both parents ...
Some antipsychotic drugs may be missing their mark
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Drugs that treat depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions and that target a particular protein on brain cells might not be triggering the most appropriate response in those cells, new research suggests.
Silence may lead to phantom noises misinterpreted as tinnitus
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Phantom noises, that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new research published in the January 2008 edition of Otolaryngology ...
Biologists to euthanize beached whale
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Jan 01, 2008 |
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Marine biologists monitoring a sperm whale stranded at the mouth of Florida's Tampa Bay say euthanizing it is the most humane option.
'Swish-and-spit' test accurate for cancer
Jan 01, 2008 |
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A morning gargle could someday be more than a breath freshener – it could spot head and neck cancer, say scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Their new study of a mouth rinse that captures genetic signatures ...
Gen Y logs on at the library
Jan 01, 2008 |
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More Americans turn to the Internet for issues such as illnesses, finances, taxes and careers rather than look to other information sources, a survey found.
Doctors may be giving the wrong dosage of adrenaline in an emergency because of labelling
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 01, 2008 |
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A new study by Cambridge University reveals that doctors treating life-threatening emergencies such as allergy attacks may give the wrong dosage of adrenaline (epinephrine) because of confusing labelling.
Team to study eels' disappearance
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An environmental scientist at Queen's University in Canada will lead a study of whether chemical pollution is killing American eels in Lake Ontario.
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