Archive: 10/20/2008
The nose knows: 2 fixation points needed for face recognition
Many of us are bad at remembering names but we are very quick to point out that at least we never forget a face. Never mind recognizing a familiar face- how is it that we recognize faces at all? Facial recognition is so automatic ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Study examines link between beta-blocker use and risks of death and heart attack after surgery
Some patients who received beta-blockers before and around the time of undergoing non-cardiac surgery appear to have higher rates of heart attack and death within 30 days of their surgery, according to a report in the October ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma
African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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'Dry cleaning effect' explained by forgetful Yale researcher
Yale researchers have described how dueling brain systems may explain why you forget to drop off the dry cleaning and may point to ways that substance abusers and people with obsessive compulsive disorder can overcome bad ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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New TB test reveals patients at risk, says study
A recently introduced blood test can reveal which patients may develop active tuberculosis (TB) much more precisely than the 100-year old TB skin test, according to a new study published today in the journal Annals of In ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Running on rocket fuel
In the world of "cut and thrust," humans try to bank money to obtain financial security, and often form cooperatives to reduce risks and increase gains. Many humans also end up in poverty traps, where because of meager resources ...
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'Western' diet increases heart attack risk globally
The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Group bragging betrays insecurity, study shows
From partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Heart failure patients have higher risk of fractures
Heart failure patients are at higher risk for fractures, including debilitating hip fractures, than other heart patients and should be screened and treated for osteoporosis, Canadian researchers reported in Circulation: Jo ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Researchers estimate lives lost due to delay in antiretroviral drug use for HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Boston, MA – More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa from 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, assert researchers from the Harvard School ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Researchers detect sweet cacophony while listening to cellular cross-talk
Johns Hopkins scientists were dubious in the early 1980s when they stumbled on small sugar molecules lurking in the centers of cells; not only were they not supposed to be there, but they certainly weren't supposed to be ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Current mass extinction spurs major study of which plants to save
The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say.
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Less ice in the Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 years ago
Recent mapping of a number of raised beach ridges on the north coast of Greenland suggests that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean was greatly reduced some 6000-7000 years ago. The Arctic Ocean may have been periodically ice ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Microscopic structure of quantum gases made visible
Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, have, for the first time, succeeded in rendering the spatial distribution of individual atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate visible.
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Education protects against pre-Alzheimer's memory loss
ST. PAUL, Minn. – People with more education and more mentally demanding occupations may have protection against the memory loss that precedes Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the October 21, 2008, issue ...
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