Archive: 09/21/2009
Radiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent cost savings
Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However researchers have discovered ...
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Healing badly damaged lungs: Distinct set of white blood cells found to set the pace of wound repair
After more than 50 experiments in mice, medical scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pace of recovery after serious lung injury.
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Switching early breast cancer patients to exemestane improves long-term survival
New research has found that switching post-menopausal women with early breast cancer to the drug exemestane (Aromasin) after two or three years of tamoxifen rather than keeping them on tamoxifen for five years improves the ...
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Immune response to spinal cord injury may worsen damage
After spinal cord injury, certain immune cells collect in the spinal fluid and release high levels of antibodies. What, if anything, those antibodies do there is unknown.
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Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted
A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere was conducted September 19 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Flu boosts heart-attack risk, says study
Heart problems may account for a huge share of deaths from influenza, according to a study published on Tuesday that recommends cardiac patients be vaccinated against flu.
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Sony Ericsson introduces Motion Activated Headphones MH907
Sony Ericsson today unveils the world's first ever motion activated headphones that sense the user.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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MSU Archaeology Team's latest find: 16,000-year-old sand dune
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MSU researchers and archaeology students has confirmed the existence of an undisturbed, prehistoric sand dune beneath a grove of pine trees between Demonstration Hall and Munn Ice ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Experimental Approach May Reverse Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have identified a mechanism that may keep a well known signaling molecule from eroding bone and inflaming joints, according to an early study published online today in the Journal of Clinical In ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Comfort food fallacy: Upheaval leads to less-familiar choices
You'd think in times of uncertainty, people would gravitate toward familiar favorites. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that stress and upheaval actually lead people to choose less-familiar foods ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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New device could more effectively alleviate menstrual cramp pain
While most women experience minor pain during menstruation, for others, the pain can be severe enough to interfere with everyday activities and require medication. New research to be presented at the 2009 American Association ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Later Drinking Ages Mean Less Alcohol Use
A new study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 in their states are more likely than others are to be alcoholics or drug addicts.
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Researchers Explain Why Hunger Triggers Infertility
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that calorie restriction increases longevity in animals but at an evolutionary cost - the animals become infertile.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Free online activity explains MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury flyby on Sept. 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will fly past the planet Mercury on Sept. 29, and a free online simulator created by staff at Montana State University's Burns Technology Center helps explain how ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Cassini Reveals New Ring Quirks, Shadows During Saturn Equinox
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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