Archive: 12/15/2008
Higher levels of obesity-related hormone found in patients with psoriasis
Patients with the skin disease psoriasis appear more likely to have higher levels of leptin (a hormone produced by fat cells that may contribute to obesity and other metabolic abnormalities) than persons without psoriasis, ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: More freedom for COPD patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada. Although it is an incurable chronic disease, effective treatments exist to relieve symptoms and improve the course of the illness.
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Depression, anxiety spur poor health habits, damaging heart and blood vessels
Anyone will tell you that stress is bad for the heart. Many people also know about the toxic effects of anxiety and depression. But how exactly do these negative emotions cripple the cardiovascular system -- and what can ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Interruptions in Medicaid coverage linked to increased hospitalization
Interruptions in Medicaid coverage are associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for conditions that can often be treated in an ambulatory care setting, including asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, according to a ...
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A View From the Other Side: Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dubai's out this world's Palazzo Versace located in the Culture Village has hired Hyder Consulting to use their innovative engineering talents to cool off the hotel/condominium resort's sizzling ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Breathing cycles in Earth's upper atmosphere tied to solar wind disturbances
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the periodic "breathing" of Earth's upper atmosphere that has long puzzled scientists is due in part to cyclic solar wind disturbances, a finding that should help engineers ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Researchers map new path to colon cancer therapy
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have identified a promising new target in the battle against colorectal cancer — a biochemical pathway critical to the spread of tumors to new locations in the body. ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Colonoscopy significantly reduces death from left-sided colon cancer but not from right-sided
A new study finds that colonoscopy is strongly associated with fewer deaths from colorectal cancer. However, the risk reduction appears to be entirely due to a reduction in deaths from left-sided cancers. According to the ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Single virus used to convert adult cells to embryonic stem cell-like cells
Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses used in the reprogramming process from four to one. Scientists hope that ...
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Diverse landscapes are better: Policymakers urged to think broadly about biofuel crops
Diversity is valuable socially, economically and now environmentally. Research by Michigan State University scientists has found that growing more corn to produce ethanol – creating less diverse landscapes ...
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Ocean acidification from CO2 emissions will cause physiological impairment to jumbo squid
(PhysOrg.com) -- The elevated carbon dioxide levels expected to be found in the world's oceans by 2100 will likely lead to physiological impairments of jumbo (or Humboldt) squid, according to research by two ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Breathing problems during sleep associated with calories burned at rest
Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Su ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Tracking the molecular pathway to mixed-lineage leukemia
Infants and adults with the blood cancer mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) typically have a poor prognosis, and most infants die before their first birthdays. Although there are varying causes of MLL, most cases are caused by ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Proactive care saves lives of seniors, study finds
Can a patient-centered, care management program utilizing nurse care managers and interdisciplinary teams, supported by electronic tracking and care coordination systems reduce the rate of deaths and hospitalizations among ...
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Answers to huge wind-farm problems are blowin' in the wind
(PhysOrg.com) -- While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms could adversely ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
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