Archive: 06/18/2008
Choice of hospital impacts outcomes for inflammatory bowel disease surgery
Hospitals with higher annual volumes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who undergo surgery have lower in-hospital mortality rates than hospitals with lower volumes of IBD patients, according to a new study ...
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First gene therapy for heart failure offered at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
[B]NYC's only medical center offering promising therapy as part of CUPID clinical trial[/B] Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are ...
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Most Consumers Misinterpret Meaning of Trans-Fat Information on Nutrition Facts Panel, Study Shows
Without an interpretive footnote or further information on recommended daily value, many consumers do not know how to interpret the meaning of trans-fat content on the Nutrition Facts panel, according to a new study by marketing ...
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Enzyme Discovery Could Lead to No Scent, No Sex for Japanese Beetle
If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce. UC Davis researchers have discovered how a key enzyme interacts with those pheromones in ...
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Ocean temperatures and sea level increases 50 percent higher than previously estimated
New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Jun 18, 2008 |
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New computer does Windows 3,000 times faster
The most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed in Sweden's Umeć University. Nicknamed "Akka", the supercomputer incorporates IBM Power microprocessors, Cell Broadband Engines and Intel processors and ...
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Weight Loss Plays Key Role in Diabetes Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery
Stomach-reduction surgery is excellent treatment for severe diabetes, but doctors at Duke University Medical Center caution that it is not a magic bullet.
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UQ-US team targets faster Alzheimers detection
Early detection of Alzheimer's Disease is in the sights of University of Queensland (UQ) scientists who have secured $1.6 million for new research.
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University researchers promote new animal recognition technology
Two entrepreneurial researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland, have taken their collaborative research further along the commercialisation pathway with their appearance tonight ...
Jun 18, 2008 |
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First digital music made in Manchester
Computer scientists and engineers at The University of Manchester took part in the first ever recording of digital music in the early 1950s, it has been revealed.
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Chill out, your computer knows whats best for you
Computers are starting to become more human-centric, anticipating your needs and smoothly acting to meet them. Much of the progress can be attributed to work done by European researchers.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Researchers explain nitrogen paradox in forests
Nitrogen is essential to all life on Earth, and the processes by which it cycles through the environment may determine how ecosystems respond to global warming. But certain aspects of the nitrogen cycle in temperate and tropical ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Worm-like marine animal providing
[B]The marine invertebrate amphioxus offers baseline information for genetic roots of vertebrate innovation such as the adaptive immune system[/B] Research on the genome of a marine creature led by scientists at ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2008 |
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California's wildflowers are disappearing, new book by UCR ecologist cautions
[B]Richard Minnich says policies and measures are needed to preserve state's flower heritage[/B] At least since the late 18th century, invasive plant species introduced by humans have devastated California's botanical her ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite
Discoveries by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body.
Medicine & Health / Medications
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