Archive: 05/21/2009
Study: Diabetes drug lowers amputation risk
(AP) -- Doctors who gave diabetics a drug originally intended to lower patients' cholesterol found it reduced their risk of so-called minor amputation by 36 percent, a new analysis of research says. Researchers in Australia, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 21, 2009 |
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White House launches open government initiative
The White House invited ordinary Americans on Thursday to contribute ideas on making government more open and unveiled a new website where raw federal data will be put online for public use.
May 21, 2009 |
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NASA eyes water in Moon mission
NASA on Thursday said it was on target for a June mission to scour the Moon's surface for landing sites and water that would allow humans to work and even live on Earth's nearest neighbor.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2009 |
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OpenTable shares soar nearly 60 pct in IPO feast
(AP) -- Online restaurant reservation service OpenTable Inc. proved there's still an appetite for new stock offerings despite the sour economy.
May 21, 2009 |
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Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected
(AP) -- Law enforcement computers were struck by a Mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution.
May 21, 2009 |
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Automated analysis of MR images may identify early Alzheimer’s disease
Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment, ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Breast cancer etiology may vary by subtype
Women's reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2544 breast cancer cases, presented in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research, suggests that t ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Sleeping through dialysis: No nightmare for kidney patients
Dialysis takes hours of kidney disease patients' time several days a week, so why not do it at night while sleeping? Overnight dialysis is more convenient for some patients and offers significant benefits over shorter daytime ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Diabetics' heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds
People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in The Lancet has shown.
May 21, 2009 |
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Getting more from whole-transcript microarrays
The widely-used Affymetrix Whole-Transcript Gene 1.0 ST (sense target) microarray platform, normally used to assay gene expression, can also be utilized to interrogate exon-specific splicing. Research published today in the ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Prevalence of variant CJD agent in Britain remains uncertain
First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unable so far to establish that the prevalence is lower than that given by previous estimates, concludes ...
May 21, 2009 |
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HPV Linked to Certain Head and Neck Cancers (w/Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, New York, are strongly advocating a national discussion about the need to vaccinate both young men and women against HPV 16 to prevent head ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Giant balloon flying high over Atlantic to catch cosmic rays
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Delaware researchers in Sweden have launched a giant balloon taller than a football field that is now flying at the edge of space to collect data on cosmic rays -- the most super-charged ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2009 |
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New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy
With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out.
May 21, 2009 |
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Better science, please
Just when you thought that the industry that made money on bisphenol A could not have been any cozier with the federal agency regulating the chemical comes another revelation. Cozy? How about joined at the hip?
May 21, 2009 |
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