Introducing 'Orange Bulldog'
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Move over ‘Longface’, ‘Spooktacular’ and ‘Trickster’ - there’s a new face in the pumpkin patch. Welcome ‘Orange Bulldog’, a new variety of the familiar fall fruit that may soon be available to consumers and ...
Adding ultrasound to mammography may improve breast cancer detection in high-risk women
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The addition of an ultrasound examination to mammography for women at high-risk of breast cancer resulted in a higher rate of cancer detection, but also increased the number of false-positive results, according to a study ...
HPV linked to better survival in tonsil, tongue cancer
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils.
Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups
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Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British Jo ...
Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds
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New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ...
Adding ultrasound screening to mammography brings benefits, risks
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Adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography reveals more breast cancers than mammography alone, according to results of a major new clinical trial. The trial, however, also found that adding an ultrasound ...
Depression and anger can plague recent university graduates: Study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2008 |
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The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better. A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven ...
Risk of hospitalization from violent assault increases when local alcohol sales rise
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The risk of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Racism not an issue in firing of NBA coaches, study
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Race is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, although white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows.
Establishing faster-growing, durable football fields
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A study published in the February 2008 issue of HortScience offers new information that can help schools and contractors get outdoor athletic fields ready for fall sports more quickly. Results of the research study will h ...
CU-Boulder team to build $34 million instrument package for environmental satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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A $34 million solar instrument package to be built by the University of Colorado at Boulder, considered a crucial tool to help monitor global climate change, has been restored to a U.S. government satellite ...
Gene therapy slows progression of fatal neurodegenerative disease in children
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Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow significantly the rate of neurologic decline in treated children, according to a paper ...
Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science
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A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.
Children more likely to use fruit tuck shops when schools ban unhealthy snacks
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Children who attend schools that run fruit tuck shops are much more likely to eat more fruit if they and their friends are also banned from bringing unhealthy snacks on to the school premises, according to research published ...
Drug does not increase suitability for dialysis of surgically-enlarged blood vessels
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The anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduced the frequency of early blood clot formation in new surgically enlarged blood vessels (fistulas) created for patients requiring dialysis, but did not increase the proportion of these ...
