If you're feeling helpless, it's best to be alone
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2008 |
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If you're going to experience a period of helplessness, it's best to be alone. New research at the University of Haifa found that laboratory rats that were on their own when exposed to uncontrollable conditions, which create ...
Vitamin D2 is as effective as vitamin D3 in maintaining concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that vitamin D2 is equally as effective as vitamin D3 in maintaining 25-hydroxyvitamin D status. The study appears online in the December 2007 issue ...
The risk of osteoarthritis and index to ring finger length ratio
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]Study associates shorter second than fourth digit with independent risk for knee osteoarthritis, especially among women[/B] Index to ring finger length ratio (2D:4D) is a trait known for its sexual differences. Men typ ...
Deep Impact 'celebrates' New Year's Eve with Earth flyby
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Earth Flyby and Moon Pics Mark Start of Journey to Hartely 2 This New Year's Eve the University of Maryland-led Deep Impact team will again celebrate a holiday in a way that few can match, when their Deep ...
Purdue wind tunnel key for 'hypersonic vehicles,' future space planes
Jan 02, 2008 |
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By using the only wind tunnel capable of running quietly at "hypersonic" speeds, Purdue University engineers have conducted experiments to yield critical data for designing an advanced aircraft called the ...
Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Activating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells’ typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings could eventually ...
Model is first to compare performance of 'biosensors'
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.
Researchers reverse effects of sleep deprivation
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance can be reversed when the naturally occurring brain peptide, orexin-A, is administered in monkeys.
Researchers seek to make cavity-causing bacteria self-destruct
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]Larger goal to eliminate key enzyme's contribution to all strep and staph disease[/B] Bacteria that eat sugar and release cavity-causing acid onto teeth may soon be made dramatically more vulnerable to their own acid. Res ...
Carbon sink capacity in northern forests reduced by global warming
Jan 02, 2008 |
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An international study investigating the carbon sink capacity of northern terrestrial ecosystems discovered that the duration of the net carbon uptake period (CUP) has on average decreased due to warmer autumn ...
Just 4 months of hormone therapy can delay prostate cancer growth by up to 8 years
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]Early, short course of hormonal therapy may allow patients to live longer[/B] Alexandria, VA—Researchers report that just four months of hormonal therapy before and with standard external beam radiation therapy slowed can ...
Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]Journal devotes section to how new approaches can benefit economically vital yet ecologically complex areas[/B] The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes a special section entitled “Managing for Resilience in Coa ...
'Electronic switch' opens doors in rheumatoid joints
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Jan 02, 2008 |
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A breakthrough in understanding the way atoms move across cell membranes in the human body could pave the way for the development of new treatments for inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Testosterone supplementation for older men appears to have limited benefit
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Older men with low testosterone levels who received testosterone supplementation increased lean body mass and decreased body fat, but were no stronger and had no improvement in mobility or cognition compared with men who ...
HIV isolate from Kenya provides clues for vaccine design
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Two simple changes in its outer envelope protein could render the AIDS virus vulnerable to attack by the immune system, according to research from Kenya and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published in PLoS Medicine.
