Archive: 12/03/2008
Treatment for advanced hepatitis C doesn't work, researchers find
An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from "maintenance therapy," low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to an initial round of treatment. In addition, the study showed ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Cutting the cord to determine babies' health risk from toxic exposure
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers. Exposure of a developing baby to harmful cigarette byproducts from mothers who smoke affects ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Scientists film inner workings of the immune system
Forget what's number one at the box office this week. The most exciting new film features the intricate workings of the body, filmed by scientists using ground-breaking technology.
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic identifies best treatments for long-term survival in brain tumor patients
A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Study sheds light on causes of HIV dementia
A new study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has clarified how two major variants of HIV differ in their ability to cause neurologic complications. The finding, ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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RIT professor recommends tougher computer security measures to beat hackers
Hackers beware. A Rochester Institute of Technology professor knows how to thwart sophisticated and determined intruders from stealing personal and corporate information. His secret? Anchor your online activities to the physical ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Have numbness, pain or muscle weakness? Guidelines identify best tests for neuropathy
New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology find a combination of blood tests and other specialized assessments appear to be the most helpful tests for finding the cause of neuropathy. Also known as neuritis ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Rooted plants move mysteriously down greenways, scientists say
The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant. And yet, like a grounded teenager who knows where the car keys are hidden, it manages – if it has a reasonable chance ...
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Dec 03, 2008 |
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Researchers discover new enzyme in cancer growth
While studying the mechanics of blood clots, researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center discovered a new enzyme that not only affects the blood, but seems to play a primary role in how cancer tumors ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Sick or just sick of work?
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the winter weather making it hard to get out of bed in the morning, some employees may contemplate calling in sick to work, even if they feel just a bit under the weather. But a Purdue University ethics ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Breakthrough Made in Metamaterial Optics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have solved one of the significant remaining challenges with photonic “metamaterials,” discovering a way to prevent the loss of light as it passes through these materials, and opening the door ...
Dec 03, 2008 |
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NASA's Swift looks to comets for a cool view
NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the highest-energy events in the universe. The spacecraft has detected more than 380 gamma-ray bursts, fleeting ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Researchers examine role of soil patterns in dam restoration
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking at the site today, it's easy to forget that a dam and pond stood for 43 years on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Franbrook Farm Research Station in southwestern Wisconsin. All ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Uncovering the real dirt on granular flow
(PhysOrg.com) -- A handful of sand contains countless grains, which interact with each other via friction and impact forces as they slip through your fingers. When a handful becomes a load in an excavator bucket, those interactions ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Marriage improves after kids fly the coop, study suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- So much for the empty nest blues. A University of California, Berkeley, study that tracked the relationships of dozens of women has found evidence that marriages improve once the kids have flown the coop.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2008 |
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