Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Traumatic brain injury — not heart disease, stroke or cancer — is the number one cause of death and disability in people under 45. Each year, some 1.5 million Americans, including soldiers, athletes, the elderly and children, ...
Effective over-the-counter prostate cancer test kit likely in next few years
Jun 03, 2009 |
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An over-the-counter prostate cancer test kit could be coming to a pharmacy near you, thanks to the collaborative work of a University of Central Florida chemist and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando researchers.
Despite increased danger, youth gang members still feel safer (w/Video)
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Children who join gangs feel safer despite a greater risk of being assaulted or killed, according to federally funded research led by a Michigan State University criminologist.
Endeavour 'Go' for Launch on June 13
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space ...
Power-sipping cell phone displays come closer
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week.
Electronic pill shows its smarts by measuring pH levels in digestive tract
Jun 03, 2009 |
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An electronic diagnostic tool called the SmartPill is swallowed by patients in order to take measurements as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract. A new study by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill ...
Wage gap linked to customer bias
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because ...
Equatorial region known for massive storms
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's the birthplace of some of the world's strongest storms, a nearly continuous band of colliding weather systems near the equator where the Air France jet vanished in the night.
Anti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDs
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday.
Small molecules mimic natural gene regulators
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the quest for new approaches to treating and preventing disease, one appealing route involves turning genes on or off at will, directly intervening in ailments such as cancer and diabetes, which result ...
Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given ...
The Aerospace Corporation nanosatellite tests the latest generation of solar cells
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Scientists at The Aerospace Corporation are analyzing data received from a 6.4 kg nanosatellite they developed to test a new generation of solar cells.
Oxygen + MRI might help determine cancer therapy success, researchers find
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A simple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test involving breathing oxygen might help oncologists determine the best treatment for some cancer patients, report researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Study evaluates use of diaper alarm for toilet training children
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A new study appearing in Neurology and Urodynamics evaluates the use of a daytime diaper that uses a musical "wetting alarm" for children in day-care centers. The findings show that wetting alarm diaper training is an eff ...
Brain irradiation in lung cancer
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A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee has found that a course of radiation therapy to the brain after treatment ...
