First-time moms' exhaustion caused by sleep fragmentation, rather than timing of sleep

Medicine & Health / Health

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Contrary to popular belief, the timing of sleep in new mothers is preserved after giving birth. Researchers state that while postpartum mothers did experience sleep disruption and daytime consequences, their sleep/wake times ...


T-Mobile: No security breach in alleged hacking

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- T-Mobile USA Inc. said Tuesday that it did not suffer a security breach after a hacker claimed this weekend to have accessed the company's servers.


Study: Craigslist revenue to climb 23 pct to $100M

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Craigslist, one of the Internet's top sites for classified ads, is thriving while newspapers and other marketing-driven media are reeling from huge revenue losses, according to a report to be released Wednesday.


'Anti-aging' technique for computer software systems

Technology / Software

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A University of Leicester researcher has investigated creating an optimum ‘anti-aging cream’ for computer software systems.


Individuals with family history of genetic disease at risk of discrimination

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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People with a family history of genetic disease are often discriminated against by insurance companies and their relatives and friends, according to research published in British Medical Journal.


Space station astronauts 'spacewalk' in airlock

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(AP) -- Two international space station crewmen squeezed into a small airlock Wednesday and moved a docking mechanism to accommodate a research module expected to arrive later this year.


Hormone therapy plus physical activity reduce belly fat, body fat percentage after menopause

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Older women who take hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms may get the added benefit of reduced body fat if they are physically active, according to a new study.


Log on to beat the Black Dog (w/Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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In a discovery that could lead to new treatment approaches for depression, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown that internet-based therapy programs are as effective as face-to-face therapies ...


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Close social ties make baboons better mothers

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females are much more likely to survive to adulthood than baboons reared by less social mothers, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, ...


NASA counts down toward Saturday shuttle launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(AP) -- NASA is counting down toward the weekend launch of space shuttle Endeavour.


Fifty-one genes predict breast cancer survival

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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It may be possible in the future to use a specimen from the tumour to determine which patients with breast cancer have a good chance of overcoming the disease, and which patients should be given more intensive treatments. ...


Miraveo: mobile networks as social networks

Technology / Telecom

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"There is no better way to find friends around you when you are out", said Joel, from the Californian city of Santa Barbara. Joel was speaking about Miraveo software.


Specific genetic cause of fetal alcohol-related developmental disorders found

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Alcohol consumption by pregnant women hinders brain development in their children by interfering with the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain, a new animal study found.


Revised Vienna Classification for diagnosing colorectal epithelial neoplasias

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Considerable discrepancies have been reported between diagnoses of colorectal epithelial neoplastic lesions made by Western and Japanese pathologists from endoscopic cold biopsies and resected specimens of the same lesions.


A potential treatment for gastric motility disorders

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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GES or pacing has been under investigation as a potential therapy for gastrointestinal motility disorders. Conventionally, GES is performed using a single pair of electrodes or single-channel GES. However, few studies have ...




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