New AIDS drug shows 'phenomenal' results
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 02, 2007 |
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AIDS researchers said a new drug shows promise for inhibiting the HIV virus in patients new to treatment or those currently taking a drug cocktail.
Researchers Blaze Optical Trail with Record-Setting Molecules
Jan 02, 2007 |
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The internet could soon shift into overdrive thanks to a new generation of optical molecules developed and tested by a team of researchers from Washington State University, the University of Leuven in Belgium ...
Time past, time future intricately connected in the brain: study
Jan 02, 2007 |
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Human memory, the ability to recall vivid mental images of past experiences, has been studied extensively for more than a hundred years. But until recently, there's been surprisingly little research into cognitive processes ...
Easing concerns about the toxicity of diamond nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 02, 2007 |
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New research has brightened the prospects for using nanodiamonds as drug carriers, implant coatings, nanorobots and other medical applications that take advantage of diamond nanoparticles' attractive properties.
Omega-3 nutritional fact, not fiction
Jan 02, 2007 |
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Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, and some nuts and oils is the trendy food additive of the just-begun New Year, a product research specialist said.
It's OK for men with high blood pressure to have a drink or two, new study finds
Jan 02, 2007 |
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A prospective cohort study of nearly 12,000 men with hypertension found that men who drank moderately had reduced risk of heart attacks.
Heart, not head, helps change bad habits
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2007 |
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Emotion, not logic, may be the real motivator for trying to change bad habits, research by U.S. doctors indicates.
Change in guidelines could help eliminate TB in US
Jan 02, 2007 |
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To eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States, current guidelines should be changed to reclassify all foreign-born residents from high-incidence countries as "high-risk," regardless of the amount of time they have lived ...
Sleep disturbances, nightmares are common among suicide attempters
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2007 |
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In the first known report of its kind, a study published in the January 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that sleep disturbances are common among suicide attempters, and that nightmares are associated with suicidality.
Study finds surfing safer than soccer
Jan 02, 2007 |
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While public perception may frame surfing as a dangerous sport, new research begs to differ. In the first study of its kind, researchers have computed the rate of injury among competitive surfers and found they are less prone ...
Drug improves tremors, involuntary movements in Parkinson patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 02, 2007 |
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A drug used to treat epilepsy has been found to significantly improve tremors, motor fluctuations, and other involuntary movements, or dyskinesias, in patients with Parkinson disease, according to a study published in the ...
New details on how the immune system recognizes influenza
Jan 02, 2007 |
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Drawing upon a massive database established with funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have completed the most comprehensive ...
Toward pinpointing the location of bacterial infections
Jan 02, 2007 |
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In an advance in the emerging field of bacterial imaging, scientists are reporting development of a method for identifying specific sites of localized bacterial infections in living animals. Bradley D. Smith at the University ...
Humans ape nature in Australia
Jan 02, 2007 |
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Humans acting as apes are on display at the Adelaide Zoo as part of an Australian behavioral nature study.
WiFi hitting the road with Avis
Jan 02, 2007 |
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WiFi is hitting the road through U.S. car rental giant Avis, which signed an agreement with Autonet to provide wireless Internet access to travelers.
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