Archive: 12/01/2008
Curbing hormones' effects in obese patients could aid against breast cancer
Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests.
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Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time
At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens.
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Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS
The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2008 |
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No place like home: New theory for how salmon, sea turtles find their birthplace
How marine animals find their way back to their birthplace to reproduce after migrating across thousands of miles of open ocean has mystified scientists for more than a century. But marine biologists at the University of ...
Biology /
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Lack of vitamin D could spell heart trouble
Vitamin D deficiency—which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness—may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to common CVD ...
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Researchers discover how mosquitoes avoid succumbing to viruses they transmit
Mosquitoes are like Typhoid Mary. They can spread viruses which cause West Nile fever, dengue fever, or yellow fever without themselves getting sick. Scientists long thought that the mosquito didn't care whether it had a ...
Biology /
Dec 01, 2008 |
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New movement models tested at the Smithsonian in Panama
Feeling threatened? Hungry? Looking for a mate? Move! Tracking and remote sensing data are making it easier to locate organisms and find out what they are up to. However, general theories of movement are lacking. ...
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Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well
Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Scientists show function of helical band in heart
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created images of the heart's muscular layer that show, for the first time, the connection between the configuration of those muscles and the way the human ...
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Powerful online tool for protein analysis provided pro bono by Stanford geneticist
Scientists around the world may benefit from a powerful new database, available for free online, that will help them to home in on the parts of proteins most necessary for their function.
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Foretelling a major meltdown: Rare mineral might portend return to hothouse climate of old
By discovering the meaning of a rare mineral that can be used to track ancient climates, Binghamton University geologist Tim Lowenstein is helping climatologists and others better understand what we're probably in for over ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Psychiatric disorders common among college-age individuals; few seek treatment
Psychiatric disorders appear to be common among 18- to 24-year-olds, with overall rates similar among those attending or not attending college, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Almost ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Extended-release naltrexone, treatment for alcohol dependence, improves quality-of-life measures
Most studies examining the impact of alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment on quality-of-life (QOL) have looked at psychosocial treatments. This study looked at the impact of pharmacotherapy on QOL, specifically, the effects ...
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists increases risks
Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal death reports a retrospective ...
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
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