World's smallest snake found in Barbados
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species -- which is as thin as ...
Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life
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The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.
Growth hormone reduces abdominal fat, cardiovascular risk in HIV patients on antiviral therapy
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 03, 2008 |
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Low-dose growth hormone treatment reduced abdominal fat deposits and improved blood pressure and triglyceride levels in a group of patients with HIV lipodystrophy, a condition involving the redistribution of fat and other ...
Male college students more likely than less-educated peers to commit property crimes
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Men who attend college are more likely to commit property crimes during their college years than their non-college-attending peers, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ...
Telemedicine leads to better stroke treatment decisions
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that their first-of-its-kind study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer desktop or even laptop to the patient’s ...
A mechanism for the development of obesity-associated conditions
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Substances known as endocannabinoids have been implicated in the development of many effects of a high-fat diet, including risk factors for type 2 diabetes. New data have now indicated that these effects of endocannabinoids ...
Family type has less-than-expected impact on parental involvement
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Children in step-families and in other non-traditional families get just as much quality time with their parents as those in traditional families, with only a few exceptions, according to research to be presented at the annual ...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy of similar benefit for HIV-infected injection drug users
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Contrary to the belief that HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) receive less benefit from highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), new research finds little difference in the survival rate between IDUs and non-IDUs ...
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