Harm-reduction cigarettes are more toxic than traditional cigarettes, study finds
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Typically, tobacco companies market harm-reduction cigarettes as being safer than traditional "full-flavored" brands, leading many smokers to conclude that the use of harm-reduction brands lowers their exposure to toxicants.
Nipping violence in the bud in children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Annie knocks Melissa to the floor to get her doll. Alexis screams at the kid who grabbed his toy truck. Every day, in daycares across Quebec, similar scenes are witnessed by early childhood educators who try to foster calm ...
Vitamin B1 could reverse early-stage kidney disease in diabetes patients
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.
Waste peel from pomegranate juice factories makes healthy cattle feed
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Pomegranate peel left over from production of the juice renowned for its potential health benefits can make a nutritious feed supplement for cattle, researchers in Israel report in an article in the November ...
Researchers generate electric power savings
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Imagine being away over the holidays with most of the electric power in your home turned off while the neighbors host their holiday guests, using lots of electricity.
Keeping the weight off: Which obesity treatment is most successful?
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Severely obese patients who have lost significant amounts of weight by changing their diet and exercise habits may be as successful in keeping the weight off long-term as those individuals who lost weight after bariatric ...
Dune and Dirty: Hurricane Teaches Lessons Through Ecosystem Research
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Dr. Rusty Feagin was managing several ecosystem research projects on Galveston Island when the 2008 hurricane season began. Then he got an unexpected visit from a research assistant named Ike.
UV-B light sensing mechanism discovered in plant roots
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that plant roots can sense UV-B light and have identified a specific gene that is a vital player in UV-B signaling, the communication between cells.
Spider love: Little guys get lots more
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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Big males outperform smaller ones in head-to-head mating contests but diminutive males make ten times better lovers because they're quicker to mature and faster on their feet, a new study of redback spiders reveals.
Selenium may prevent high risk-bladder cancer
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A study published in the December issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that selenium, a trace mineral found in grains, nuts and meats, may aid in the pr ...
Oil spray reduces greenhouse gas emissions from pig finishing barns
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Animal feeding operations are an important emission source of air pollutants including methane and carbon dioxide—known greenhouse gases. Recent inventories suggest that animal manure makes a significant contribution to global ...
Researchers discover protein that contributes to cancer spread
Dec 08, 2008 |
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In an important finding published online in Developmental Cell, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, along with collaborators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have identified a prot ...
Genetic signature predicts outcome of pediatric liver cancer
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have identified a genetic signature that is remarkably effective at predicting the prognosis of an aggressive liver cancer in children. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal ...
Medical terms worry more people than lay terms, study finds
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The label used to identify a disease – whether it is common language or medical terminology – can influence how serious people think the condition is, according to new research from McMaster University, the second part of ...
Are men hardwired to overspend?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bling, foreclosures, rising credit card debt, bank and auto bailouts, upside down mortgages and perhaps a mid-life crisis new Corvette—all symptoms of compulsive overspending.
