Cancer risk from cardiac CT overstated: researchers say
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Radiology and cardiovascular researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., today presented new data that shows the risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during computed tomography for ...
OHSU finds association between Epstein-Barr virus, inflammatory diseases of the mouth
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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the ...
CU-Boulder to launch butterfly, spider K-12 experiments Nov. 14 on space shuttle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2008 |
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A NASA space shuttle mission carrying a University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies will be closely monitored by hundreds of K-12 students from Colorado's Front ...
A new approach in tsunami-early warning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The newly implemented Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean, GITEWS, goes into operation today and with this, the system enters its final phase of optimisation. As foreseen, the system was officially ...
3 clinical features identified to avoid misdiagnosis of TIAs
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For mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis can be perilous. Overdiagnosis neglects the real underlying illness. Underdiagnosis leaves a patient at risk of a full-fledged ...
New insights into thalidomide-birth defect episode
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Scientists in Germany have discovered why the medication thalidomide appeared safe in animal tests before going on the market 50 years ago, only to cause perhaps the most extensive outbreak of drug-induced birth defects in ...
In the absence of sexual prospects, parasitic male worms go spermless
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When females aren't around, one species of parasitic nematode worm doesn't even bother to make any sperm, reveals a new report in the November 11th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Umbilical cord blood may help build new heart valves
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Children with heart defects may someday receive perfectly-matched new heart valves built using stem cells from their umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Marine invasive species advance 50km per decade
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A rapid, climate change-induced northern migration of invasive marine is one of many research results announced Tues. Nov. 11 during opening day presentations at the First World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Ciudad de ...
Eliminating soda from school diets does not affect overall consumption
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With childhood obesity increasing, school administrators and public health officials are reducing availability of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in schools. In a study published in the November/December 2008 issue of the ...
Mental health linked to stillbirth and newborn deaths
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Women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, new research reveals.
What makes an axon an axon?
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Inside every axon is a dendrite waiting to get out. Hedstrom et al. converted mature axons into dendrites by banishing a protein crucial for neuron development. The results suggest that this transformation could occur after ...
Researchers identify key mechanism that regulates the development of stem cells into neurons
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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a novel mechanism in the regulation and differentiation of neural stem cells.
Researchers describe how cells take out the trash to prevent disease
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Garbage collectors are important for removing trash; without them waste accumulates and can quickly become a health hazard. Similarly, individual cells that make up such biological organisms as humans also have sophisticated ...
Rabies 'barrier' to save rare wolf
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Oxford University and Ethiopian conservationists are battling to save the world’s rarest wolf from a rabies outbreak by creating a ‘barrier’ of vaccinated wolf packs.
