Early neglect predicts aggressive behavior in children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Children who are neglected before their second birthday display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published today in the journal Pediatrics.
Crime scene investigations: Gunshot residue analysis on a single gunpowder particle
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Scientists in Texas are reporting development of an highly dependable, rapid, and inexpensive new method for identifying the presence of gunshot residue (GSR). The test fills a GSR-detection gap that results ...
Asthma and smoker's lung: dry airways play a key role
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Dry airways may not only play a central role in the development of the inherited lung disease cystic fibrosis, but also in much more common acquired chronic lung diseases such as asthma and smoker’s lung, the cigarette smoke-induced ...
'Healing clays' show promise for fighting deadly MRSA superbug infections, other diseases
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists in Arizona report that minerals from clay could form the basis of a new generation of inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials for ...
First diagnostic test for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease on the horizon
Apr 07, 2008 |
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A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease could be launched this summer, reports Marina Murphy in SCI’s Chemistry & Industry ...
1/3 of risk for dementia attributable to small vessel disease, autopsy study shows
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Alzheimer's disease may be what most people fear as they grow older, but autopsy data from a long-range study of 3,400 men and women in the Seattle region found that the brains of a third of those who had become demented ...
Occupational Therapists Use Wii for Parkinson's Study
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It’s Ingrid Bell’s turn at bat. She steps up to the plate, awaiting the pitch. A 70-mph fastball soars toward her. She swings and connects with the ball. Foul ball! Everyone cheers for her anyway.
Sydney harbors deadly diet for sea creatures
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Contaminated seaweeds in Sydney Harbour could be threatening the small animals that feed on them, according to a new study revealing that the harbour's seaweeds have the world's highest levels of copper and lead contamination.
Researchers 'see' structure of open nicotinic acetylcholine ion channels
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Apr 07, 2008 |
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The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is an essential chemical communicator, carrying impulses from neurons to skeletal muscle cells and many parts of the nervous system. Now researchers at the University of Illinois have painstakingly ...
Changing school environment curbs weight gain in children
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Small changes in schools lead to big results when it comes to preventing childhood obesity, according to a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics. The school-based intervention, which reduced the ...
Great Lakes compact languishes
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio are holding up work by lawmakers in six states on a compact covering Great Lakes water, environmentalists say.
Reflecting on the social implications of human genetics research -- past, present and future
Apr 07, 2008 |
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In 1911, the influential geneticist Charles Davenport published Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, advancing his ideas of how genetics would improve society in the 20th century. It became a college textbo ...
New Station Crew Prepares For Launch Tuesday
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 07, 2008 |
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The Progress 28 cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station at 4:50 a.m. EDT Monday and headed into its deorbit and destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
New guidelines issued for treating resistant hypertension
Apr 07, 2008 |
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For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment.
Animal research suggests new strategy for treating cocaine addiction
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New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a “replacement” drug that mimics the effects of cocaine but has less potential for abuse – similar to the way nicotine and heroin addictions ...
