UT Southwestern investigators test groundbreaking depression research in real-world setting

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatry researchers have taken what they learned from their groundbreaking research on treating depression and are applying it to real-world clinical settings.


Researchers discover significant efficacy of travelers' diarrhea vaccine

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have found that patients given a travelers' diarrhea vaccine were significantly less likely to suffer from clinically significant diarrhea than those who received ...


Insomnia in parents can result in sleep problems, suicidal behavior among their offspring

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A history of chronic insomnia in parents is not only associated with elevated risk for insomnia but also with elevated risks for use of hypnotics, psychopathology and suicidal behavior in adolescent offspring, according to ...


Study: Women make management strides when firms downsize, restructure

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women can make inroads into male-dominated management ranks as companies that downsize restructure their scaled-back workforces, according to new research by a University of Illinois sociologist.


Cell surface receptors are all 'talk' in T cell stimulation

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Understanding the mechanisms that drive healthy immune responses is important when it comes to combating autoimmune diseases, which occur when cells that should attack invading organisms turn on the body instead.


Beaded viruses and geology-inspired paintings show the art in science

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Holly Wichman found herself an empty-nester with a well-established research lab in 2000, so she used some of her new found time to pursue an artistic activity that paralleled her research. The virologist began making small ...


Fever may trigger heart failure in patients with the genetic disease LQT-2

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The potentially fatal heart disease LQT-2, which is characterized by the prolongation of a specific interval of time (known as the QT interval) in the heart's electrical cycle, is caused by mutations in the HERG gene.


Tests check out rescue robots' life-saving vision

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To save lives, search and rescue robots crawling through the rubble of a collapsed building or surveying a chemical spill area must be capable of beaming back clear, easily interpretable images of what they "see" to operators ...


REM sleep associated with overweight in children and adolescents

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Short sleep time is associated with overweight in children and adolescents, a core aspect of which may be attributed to reduced REM sleep, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Thursday at SLEEP 2008, ...



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