Myostatin inhibitors may improve recovery of wartime limb injuries
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Inhibiting a growth factor that keeps muscles from getting too big may optimize recovery of injured soldiers, researchers say.
Higher education associated with greater gains in mortality reduction from common cancers
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Deaths due to the four most common cancers—lung, colorectal, prostate, and breast—have dropped substantially in the United States from 1993 to 2001 in working-aged individuals. However, not all Americans are equally likely ...
Intel, Dreamworks Animation Form Alliance to Revolutionize 3-D Filmmaking Technology
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release ...
Station Crew Prepares for Thursday Spacewalk
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2008 |
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The Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station worked Tuesday towards completing preparations for a pair of spacewalks. They donned their spacesuits for a dry run and inspected hatch seals.
Androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer not associated with improved survival
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A therapy that involves depriving the prostate gland the male hormone androgen is not associated with improved survival for elderly men with localized prostate cancer, compared to conservative management of the disease, according ...
Asthma costs Californians 3.9 million days of work or school a year
Jul 08, 2008 |
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California's children missed 1.9 million days of school and the state's adult workers missed 2 million days of work due to asthma, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Guidelines for care of elderly patients ignored
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Guidelines for the treatment of older patients with respiratory conditions are routinely ignored. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Health Services Research shows that recommended treatments are given ...
Members of consumer-driven health plans choosing less care
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) -- hailed since their inception in 2000 as a tool to help control costs -- are resulting in members forgoing care and discontinuing drugs to treat chronic medical problems, according to ...
Does Gene Variant Make Women More Prone to Alcoholism?
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A particular gene variant might make women more susceptible to alcoholism. At least, a study carried out by the Universities of Bonn and Sweden’s Karolinska Institute makes this a plausible conclusion.
Satellite view of cloud tops might warn of storms brewing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2008 |
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For three years a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been giving North Alabama short-term warnings of "pop-up" thunderstorms.
UW-Madison zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space
Jul 08, 2008 |
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For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Research provides insight into development of congenital circulatory defects
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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University of Pittsburgh-led researchers could provide new insight into how two common congenital circulatory problems—aortic arch deformity and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)—develop in humans, as reported in the June ...
HIV treatment in Africa as successful as in Europe, if started in time
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 08, 2008 |
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The public health approach to HIV treatment, in which a limited number of drug combinations is used for all patients in South African programs, works just as well as the highly individualized approach to drug selection used ...
Crop management: How small do we go?
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The use of on-the-go crop and soil sensors has greatly increased the precision with which farmers can manage their crops. Recently released research in Agronomy Journal questions whether more precise management is necess ...
New research reveals ultraviolet light therapy is as beneficial for darker skin as lighter skin
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An analysis of more than 100 patients has confirmed for the first time that darker-skinned patients benefit as those with lighter skin when given light therapy for morphea and related diseases, UT Southwestern ...
