Health-care providers should explain vaccine refusal risks
May 06, 2009 |
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Physicians and nurses need to explain the risks of vaccine refusal while respectfully listening to parents' concerns, a special article in the May 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine urges.
Study reveals 'sobering' decline of Caribbean's big fish, fisheries
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Sharks, barracuda and other large predatory fishes disappear on Caribbean coral reefs as human populations rise, endangering the region's marine food web and ultimately its reefs and fisheries, according to ...
eBay to close Vancouver facility
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Online auction giant eBay announced plans to close a customer service facility in Vancouver which employs some 700 people.
Yahoo! summit champions human rights online
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Human rights trump doing business, Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz insisted at a summit of Internet allies combining forces to battle censorship by oppressive regimes.
Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup
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The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009. The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...
Four-in-One: Targeted Gene Suppression in Cancer Cells
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diagnosis and treatment in one go: Korean researchers led by Tae Gwan Park and Jinwoo Cheon have developed the basis for a four-in-one agent that can detect, target, and disable tumor cells while also making ...
Mexico swine flu death toll rises to 42
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(AP) -- Mexican health officials say that testing of backlogged cases has increased the confirmed swine flu death toll from 31 to 42. That includes three new deaths in the past two days.
Treatment for extreme nausea, vomiting during pregnancy
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Nausea and vomiting are telltale indicators of pregnancy, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required.
Songs raise awareness about aquatic invasive species
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A new initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is using music to raise public awareness about aquatic invasive species in the state.
Amazon's larger Kindle for textbooks, periodicals
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will release a larger - and more expensive - version of its Kindle electronic reading device that is geared toward periodicals and textbooks.
Latest Flip is bigger, but better
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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Since its debut in 2007, the Flip video camera has turned millions of people into filmmakers by providing a foolproof way to shoot videos and upload them to the Web.
How to get reliable swine flu information online
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With blogs, Facebook, Twitter and lots of other sources, information about swine flu is traveling at light speed.
Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams
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Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.
Newer Antidepressants Not Always Better
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Old standby Zoloft? Late-model Lexapro? New antidepressants might be no more effective than the best existing drugs, according to two new systematic reviews that compared 12 commonly used medications.
UN agency takes deadly storm names off list
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The World Meteorological Organisation on Wednesday struck the names of four deadly 2008 hurricanes from storm list because of the carnage they caused.
