Single-largest biodiversity survey says primary rainforest is irreplaceable
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As world leaders prepare to discuss conservation-friendly carbon credits in Bali and a regional initiative threatens a new wave of deforestation in the South American tropics, new research from the University of East Anglia ...
Researchers discover link between oral cancer and ethnicity
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Clinicians from the USC School of Dentistry unravel connection between the incidence of oral cancer and race and ethnicity-- as part of first epidemiological study of oral cancer in California. Dr. Satish Kumar and Dr.Parish ...
Global view shows link between endometrial cancer and Vitamin D status
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Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ...
Live Christmas tree brings scent, mold
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Live Christmas trees may bring more than a fresh evergreen scent to U.S. homes during the holidays, they may bring allergy symptoms, a study showed.
AMD Delivers HDTV Experience for Mac
Nov 14, 2007 |
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AMD today announced the new ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac – a new HDTV experience for Mac users. ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac integrates two TV tuners to receive off-the-air ATSC/HDTV broadcasts as well as analog ...
Doctors cool to herbal tea diabetes remedy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Some doctors in Texas are throwing cold water on a Mexican herbal tea some claim is a remedy for diabetes.
Researchers find that experienced teachers reap the benefits of pension spikes, then retire
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Teacher shortages and requirements associated with the No Child Left Behind Act combine to make experienced teachers valuable assets. However, despite their high demand, an increasing number of seasoned educators are retiring. ...
Hormone links sleep, hunger and metabolism, researchers find
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While investigating how the hormone orexin might control sleep and hunger, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered, to their surprise, that it activates a protein, HIF-1, long known to stimulate cancerous ...
Local bars, not liquor stores, associated with heavy drinking
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Bars and nightclubs, but not liquor stores, are linked with excessive alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking in adults who live nearby, according to a new study from the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, ...
Patients notified of HIV, hepatitis risk
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Officials have notified about 630 patients of a New York area physician who reused needles and syringes that they are at risk for HIV and hepatitis B and C.
Smell of smoke halts space walks
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2007 |
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NASA barred spacewalks while experts search for the source of a smoky smell in a space suit worn during a ground test in Houston, officials said Tuesday.
Largest study to investigate risk factors of autism to begin enrolling families
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Researchers from Kaiser Permanente and the California Department of Public Health, as well as from five other sites nationwide, today will begin enrolling families in the largest study to date investigating the genetic and ...
Dartmouth researchers show effects of low dose arsenic on development
Nov 14, 2007 |
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A team of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers has determined that low doses of arsenic disrupt the activity of a hormone critical in development. The finding is further evidence that arsenic at low doses (at levels ...
Discovery suggests protein may play a role in severe asthma
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A protein measured in a simple blood test may be a new biomarker to identify patients with the most serious form of asthma, Yale School of Medicine researchers report today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Little evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms fetus
Nov 14, 2007 |
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There is little substantive evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms the developing fetus, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
