Vitamin E may help Alzheimer's patients live longer
Apr 16, 2008 |
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People with Alzheimer's disease who take vitamin E appear to live longer than those who don't take vitamin E, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting ...
NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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NASA has completed the first full-scale rocket motor test for the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft, a test of a solid rocket that will be used to jettison the craft's launch abort system.
Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children
Apr 16, 2008 |
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If you think your parents let your younger siblings get away with everything, you’re probably right. A new study from researchers at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland concludes that ...
Stellar Birth in the Galactic Wilderness
Apr 16, 2008 |
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A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years from the galaxy's bustling center. ...
Clearer day for gene therapy: New vector carries big genes linked to inherited blindness
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For some inherited diseases, one barrier to successful gene therapy is that a commonly used vector (package into which the curative gene is placed) cannot accommodate the large size of the curative gene. However, a newly ...
Your belly fat could be making you hungrier
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The extra fat we carry around our middle could be making us hungrier, so we eat more, which in turn leads to even more belly fat. Dr. Yaiping Yang and his colleagues at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with ...
Aerobic exercise can increase mental fitness in older people
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Aerobic physical exercises that aim to improve cardiovascular fitness also help boost how fast you can think, manual dexterity and how well you can concentrate on visual and auditory tasks, concludes a Cochrane Review.
Hitachi announces 450GB 15,000 RPM enterprise-class hard drives
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Hitachi today announced the Ultrastar15K450 hard drive. The new drive uses perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to deliver 450GB of storage, currently the highest available capacity in 15,000 RPM enterprise-class ...
Bloodless Worm Sheds Light on Human Blood, Iron Deficiency
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Using a lowly bloodless worm, University of Maryland researchers have discovered an important clue to how iron carried in human blood is absorbed and transported into the body. The finding could lead to developing ...
High cholesterol in your 40s increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
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People with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those with low cholesterol, according to research that will be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th ...
Low vitamin D levels associated with an increased risk of peripheral arterial disease
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Low levels of vitamin D may be associated with an increased risk for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference ...
From cartilage to fruit-fly wings, physicist studies 'squishiness' in everyday things
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Cartilage is essential to movement in the human body, cushioning bones and joints, while retaining its shape despite a lot of pressure, poking and prodding. Unfortunately, it also often starts breaking down ...
Youth gangs -- a big issue with many theories but poor research
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Youth gangs cause considerable personal and social damage worldwide, yet while there are many theories about how they form and how to prevent young people becoming involved, there is no evidence to back two of the key theories, ...
Different mutations in single gene suggest Parkinson's is primarily an inherited genetic disorder
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Two new international studies by researchers at the Mayo Clinic site in Florida are rounding out the notion that Parkinson’s disease is largely caused by inherited genetic mutations that pass through scores of related generations ...
Rare plant, the diamond-petaled California poppy, flourishing this spring at LLNL facility
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Once thought to be extinct for about 40 years, a rare plant has been anything but scarce this spring – at least in one location, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) experimental test facility, ...
