Study: Treating post-traumatic stress first helps children overcome grief
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Post traumatic stress disorder is commonly thought to effect victims of major trauma and those who witness violence, but a new University of Georgia study finds that it also can effect children who have lost a parent expectedly ...
Humor plays an important role in healthcare even when patients are terminally ill
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Humour can play an essential role in the most serious healthcare settings, even when patients are receiving intensive or end of life care, according to research in the April issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Diabetes drug may hold potential as treatment for epilepsy, using same mechanism as ketogenic diet
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Two years ago, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reported they had suppressed epileptic seizures in rats by giving them a glycolytic-inhibitor, inhibiting the brain’s ability to turn sugar into excess energy and ...
Fungus fight: Researchers battle against dangerous corn toxin
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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The spiraling use of corn for food and fuel is creating heightened concerns about contamination of this staple crop with deadly aflatoxin. Produced by certain fungi that grow on corn, this contaminant is a ...
Endangered gopher frogs bred in zoo
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Tennessee's Memphis Zoo says it has successful started the first captive breeding program for endangered Mississippi gopher frogs.
Solving the Z ring's mysteries may lead to new antibiotics
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved important puzzles concerning how certain proteins guide the reproduction of bacteria, discoveries that could lead to a new type of antibiotics.
Gene oppositely controlled by dietary protein, sugar
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Researchers have discovered a gene in flies whose activity rises and falls depending upon the amount of protein and sugar in the insects’ diets. The findings, reported in the April issue of Cell Metabolism, might shed light ...
The 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Not one of the participants in NASA's 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race was old enough to have seen the 1969 movie, Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies. Nevertheless, the racers all looked like stars of ...
Transmitting prion diseases in milk
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Scrapie can be transmitted to lambs through milk, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. The study provides important information on the transmission of this prion-associated ...
Microwave treatments for enlarged prostate cause blood pressure surges
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Many men who receive microwave therapy for enlarged prostates experience significant surges in blood pressure that could raise their risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to new research findings published recently ...
'Connecting the dots' in path that leads to fat
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In the April issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, researchers report the discovery of a critical early player in the path that turns cells to fat. Given that obesity—defined as an excess amount of body f ...
Protein data bank archives 50,000th molecule structure
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The Protein Data Bank (PDB) based at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) this month reached a significant milestone in its 37-year history. The 50,000th ...
Marijuana increases alcohol toxicity in young rats
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Marijuana is among the most frequently used illicit drugs by women during their childbearing years and there is growing concern that marijuana abuse during pregnancy, either alone or in combination with other drugs, may have ...
Hepatitis B virus triggers cell 'suicide' in patients with chronic infection
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Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so – that a group of cells important in controlling ...
Sea salt worsens coastal air pollution: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Air pollution in the world’s busiest ports and shipping regions may be markedly worse than previously suspected, according to a new study showing that industrial and shipping pollution is exacerbated when it combines with ...
