Cholesterol-lowering drugs may not prevent Alzheimer's disease
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Contrary to some reports, taking statins, which are cholesterol-lowering drugs, offers no protection against Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published in the January 16, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical ...
New model of a nuclear pore complex is based on crystal structure of its key component
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Everything that goes in and out of a cell’s nucleus must pass through one of its nuclear pores. In the second nuclear pore study to come out of Rockefeller University in as many months, researchers have determined the crystal ...
Rare lung disease cells indicate higher death risk
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Large numbers of certain cells in the lungs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may increase their chance of death, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered.
Climate influence on deep sea populations
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In an article published in the January 16 issue of PLoS ONE, Joan B. Company and colleagues at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Spain describe a mechanism of interaction across ecosystems showing how a climate-driven ...
Weight gain induced by antipsychotic drugs can be avoided
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A research team from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine and Robert-Giffard Hospital has demonstrated that weight gain induced by the use of antipsychotic drugs—which in extreme cases can be as high as 30 kilos in only ...
How baby fish find a home
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One of the most significant questions facing marine ecologists today, is just how much of an impact global variations in the environment are having on the dispersal of larval and juvenile marine species from ...
Sense of personal control influences Latinas' decisions about sexual debut
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A sense of personal control over sexual behaviors strongly influences Latina women’s decisions of when to first engage in sex, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the November issue of the ...
Study shows computer programs can classify dog barks better than humans
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Computer programs may be the most accurate tool for studying acoustic communications amongst animals, according to Csaba Molnar from Eoetvoes Lorand University in Hungary and his research team. Their paper, published in Springer's ...
Hormone therapy raises cancer risk
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Menopausal women who take hormone combinations for their symptoms are more likely to get an uncommon type of breast cancer much earlier than experts believed.
Fast learning bumblebees reap greater nectar rewards
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The speed with which bees learn affects their ability to collect food from flowers, according to a new study from Queen Mary, University of London.
Extended work hours should factor into return to job after injury
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Rehabilitation specialists guiding injured workers back to full-time employment should factor unconventional work schedules into their assessments and planning, new research suggests.
759,000 children with asthma endure gaps in insurance every year
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Every year, 759,000 children with asthma may be at risk of a major asthma attack while they have no health insurance. About 30 percent of those families earn more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, putting them ...
New pathway provides more clues about BRCA1 role in breast cancer
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A breast cancer gene's newly discovered role in repairing damaged DNA may help explain why women who inherit a mutated copy of the gene are at increased risk for developing both breast and ovarian cancer.
Pioneer cancer researcher Folkman dies
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Dr. Judah Folkman, the Boston researcher who discovered that the growth of tumors could be halted by cutting off their blood supply, has died at the age of 74.
Starfish strike at coral kingdom
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Outbreaks of the notorious crown of thorns starfish now threaten the “coral triangle” – the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth. That’s the finding of recent scientific surveys by the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
