Archive: 03/19/2008
Prostate size and other neglected factors influence prostate cancer treatment satisfaction
Men with prostate cancer and their partners face difficult decisions regarding treatment, and accurate information regarding expected outcomes can be hard to find, according to results of a multi-center study published Wednesday ...
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Study verifies that cholesterol-associated gene variants can predict cardiovascular events
A study appearing in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients’ cholesterol levels and can signify increased ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Research on consequences: Hyperactive girls face problems as adults
Young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, under-perform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults, according to a joint study by researchers from the ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Woodburn, Ore.: a microcosm of immigrant shifts in America
Travelers on I-5 know that Woodburn, Ore., is home to the region's largest tax-free outlet center. A University of Oregon researcher, however, turns away from the mall to study the heart of town, which, she says, provides ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Depressed caregivers hostile, not warm, to children
A new study in the journal Family Process reveals that caregivers with moderate to severe depressive symptoms showed greater hostility and less warmth. The study focused on caregivers of low-income children with persistent asthma ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Good luck indeed: 53 million-year-old rabbit's foot bones found
One day last spring, fossil hunter and anatomy professor Kenneth Rose, Ph.D. was displaying the bones of a jackrabbit’s foot as part of a seminar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine when something about the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Molecular biology of sleep apnea could lead to new treatments
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have provided, for the first time, a detailed look at the molecular pathways underlying sleep apnea, which affects more than twelve million Americans, according ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Hispanics with clogged arteries at greatest risk of stroke, heart attack
Hispanics who have even a small amount of plaque build-up in the neck artery that supplies blood to the brain are up to four times more likely to suffer or die from a stroke or heart attack than Hispanics who do not have ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Lemur's Little Finger Poses a Mystery
Analysis of the first hand bones belonging to an ancient lemur has revealed a mysterious joint structure that has scientists puzzled.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Robot fetches objects with just a point and a click
Robots are fluent in their native language of 1 and 0 absolutes but struggle to grasp the nuances and imprecise nature of human language. While scientists are making slow, incremental progress in their quest ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses
The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat, two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two ...
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Food insecurity linked with HIV/AIDS in Africa
Determining how the HIV/AIDS epidemic increases food insecurity in African cities – and what can be done to reduce the chances of this happening –is the focus of a new, international Queen’s-led project.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Researchers Sharpen Search for New Marine Medicines with Novel Techniques
With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Two ...
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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Older drugs no match against drug-resistant infections
As antibiotics lose their punch, a team of researchers at McMaster University discovered "old" drugs that doctors are turning to also have built-in problems in thwarting infectious diseases.
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Researcher studies drug-resistant bacteria in environment
Water is essential to life, but the water we drink to stay alive could also be making us sick. Lesley Warren, associate professor in the School of Geography & Earth Sciences, is studying the interaction between ...
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