New software allows ISPs and P2P users to get along without getting too cozy
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 02, 2008 |
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, which connect individual users for simultaneous uploads and downloads directly rather than through a central server, are reported to account for as much as 70 percent of Internet ...
Princeton University survey finds 'pain gap'
May 02, 2008 |
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A novel study that attempts to paint the most accurate and detailed description yet of how Americans experience pain has found that a significant portion of the population -- 28 percent -- are in pain at any given moment ...
Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality
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May 02, 2008 |
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Fewer caribou calves are being born and more of them are dying in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate, according to Eric Post, a Penn State associate professor of biology. Post, who believes that ...
Closing the Achievement Gap in Math and Science
May 02, 2008 |
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The latest results from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program show not only improved proficiency among all elementary and middle school students, but also a closing ...
Blood pressure killing the world's workers while banks and drug firms stand idle
May 02, 2008 |
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In a today’s issue of The Lancet, international health experts call for urgent action from international development banks and pharmaceutical companies to stem the epidemic of blood pressure-related diseases affecting develo ...
World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
May 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) have performed the world’s first totally automated administration of an anesthetic. Nicknamed “McSleepy,” the new system developed by the researchers ...
Children affected by parents' behavior following trauma
May 02, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy examines the role that specific parenting practices may play in children’s adjustment after trauma. The study suggests that the quality of parenting practices follow ...
Limitations of charcoal as an effective carbon sink
May 02, 2008 |
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Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a SLU paper in Science shows that charcoal promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the increase in the UK
May 02, 2008 |
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A changing population structure and ongoing migration have increased cases of drug resistant tuberculosis, according to a study published onbmj.com today.
Researchers find link between advertising and increased tobacco use among India's youth
May 02, 2008 |
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As the westernization of India accelerates, tobacco advertising and marketing have been linked to increased tobacco use by urban Indian children as young as 11, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas ...
Analysis of alcoholics' brains suggests treatment target
May 02, 2008 |
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An analysis of brain tissue samples from chronic alcoholics reveals changes that occur at the molecular level in alcohol abuse – and suggests a potential treatment target, according to researchers from Wake Forest University ...
Advertisements saying dairy products help you lose weight are misleading
May 02, 2008 |
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There have been recent claims that dairy products can help people lose weight, and the dairy industry has hyped the assertion by investing millions of dollars in commercial advertising. However, a new review of the evidence ...
Legalizing the production of opium for medical use is neither viable or necessary
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 02, 2008 |
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Proposals to legalise the production of opium in Afghanistan for medical use are unworkable and unnecessary, says the Minister of State for Africa, Asia, and the United Nations in an editorial in this week’s BMJ.
Cholera study provides exciting new way of looking at infectious disease
May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists in Italy have discovered a new perspective in the study of infectious disease. Normally, such studies are based upon laboratory work looking at an organism and how it works within the human body.
Heart failure patients may suffer similarly to advanced cancer patients
May 02, 2008 |
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Heart failure outpatients have similar numbers of symptoms and levels of depression and spiritual well-being as patients with advanced lung and pancreatic cancer, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 9th ...
