Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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.
Antibiotics: Single largest class of drugs causing liver injury
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Antibiotics are the single largest class of agents that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI), reports a new study in Gastroenterology, an official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ...
Surprise discovery made in cancer research
Dec 01, 2008 |
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One of the defining characteristics of cancer cells is that they systematically prevent programmed cell death (apoptosis), with which the body guards itself against the proliferation of defective cells. In ...
Psychiatric disorders common among college-age individuals; few seek treatment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
Scientists show function of helical band in heart
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Is rubber band ligation an effective method to treat symptomatic hemorrhoids?
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Haemorrhoids are considered one of the most frequent diseases of the anal region with high prevalence (nearly 50% of proctological visits in a colorectal unit), involving any age and affecting both sexes. Numerous modalities ...
The freedom of power
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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With the forthcoming inauguration this January, the nation will be closely watching to see how the President Elect will respond to the advice, influence, and criticism of his advisors, cabinet members, media, and other political ...
Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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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.
Cell movements totally modular, study shows
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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A study describing how cells within blood vessel walls move en masse overturns an assumption common in the age of genomics — that the proteins driving cell behavior are doing so much multitasking that it would be near impossible ...
Sex life of killer fungus finally revealed
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Biologists at The University of Nottingham and University College Dublin have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of death in immune deficient ...
Drivers make more errors when talking on cell phone than to a passenger
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Drivers make more mistakes when talking on a cell phone than when talking to passengers, new research shows.
Elementary school intervention increases mental, sexual health, economic status
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health, sexual health and higher educational and economic achievement ...
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
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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.
Extended-release naltrexone, treatment for alcohol dependence, improves quality-of-life measures
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
