Archive: 03/16/2009
Stress may cause the brain to become disconnected
Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides an important new chapter to this question.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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New battle lines drawn on stem cells
Faced with a new federal policy that opens the door for more embryonic stem cell research, conservatives have geared up for a political battle at the national and state level that goes to the core of their beliefs about the ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Dendritic cells ensure immune tolerance
Dendritic cells are essential to the body's immune defenses. Now, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) researchers show that they also have to protect the body from itself: They help to identify any immune cells ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Before you trash that phone, read this
If you own a cell phone, at some point you're likely to upgrade to a newer model. But what should you do with your old phone?
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Researchers develop DNA 'patch' for canine form of muscular dystrophy
Using a novel genetic technology that covers up genetic errors, researchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have developed a successful treatment for dogs with the canine version of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Facebook, Twitter and other social media are more used than e-mail, surveys suggest
Here's today's big news in fewer than 140 characters: Social networking is now more popular than e-mail.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Obama expected to kill key Bush EPA program
The Obama administration intends to close an EPA program heavily promoted by the Bush Administration that rewards voluntary pollution controls by hundreds of corporations with reduced environmental inspections and less stringent ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Less of a stink in diabetes patients?
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is commonly associated with smell of rotten eggs, stink bombs and blocked drains but lower blood levels of the gas are possibly linked to cardiovascular complications in some male patients with type ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Wet combing more accurate than visual inspection for identifying active head lice infestation
Combing through a child's wet hair may lead to more accurate identification of active head lice infestation than visual inspection, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journa ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Obesity associated with worse outcomes after pancreatic cancer surgery
Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery for pancreatic cancer, ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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New target for heart failure therapy identified
A novel signaling pathway plays a significant role in the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes heart failure after a myocardial infarction, according to a study conducted by Thomas Jefferson University researchers.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Black Holes: Eternal Prisons No More, Stephen Hawking's Lecture
Celebrated physicist, Stephen Hawking, delivered an inspiring speech to a full house in Bovard Auditorium on March 10. USC College Dean Howard Gillman kicked off the event by introducing Nick Warner, professor ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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UC Davis Historian Catalogs U.S. Secrets, Lies and Conspiracies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The government's own secrets, lies and conspiracies have fueled a 45-year-long decline in America's trust in its leaders, a University of California, Davis, history professor argues in a new book.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Researcher Connects Sexual Dysfunction with High Blood Pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taben Hale is studying the connection between the two and is working on what might be the best way to find answers for both common problems.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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New type of botulinum toxin appears to be well tolerated and may help reduce forehead wrinkles
Injections with a new type of botulinum toxin appears to be well tolerated and may help to improve the appearance of moderate to severe forehead lines with no evidence of diminishing treatment response over 13 months, according ...
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