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A good fight may keep you and your marriage healthy

A good fight with your spouse may be good for your health, research suggests. Couples in which both the husband and wife suppress their anger when one attacks the other die earlier than members of couples where one or both ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Low vitamin E levels associated with physical decline in elderly

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a low concentration of vitamin E in the blood is linked with physical decline in older persons.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Gene variations associated with effectiveness of blood pressure medications

Patients with hypertension and certain gene variations experienced varying results with some blood pressure medications, suggesting matching a patient’s genotype with certain hypertension medications could result in more ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Burgers, fries, diet soda: Metabolic syndrome blue-plate special

Otherwise-healthy adults who eat two or more servings of meat a day — the equivalent of two burger patties — increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat meat twice a week, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Daily exercise dramatically lowers men's death rates

Increased exercise capacity reduces the risk of death in African-American and Caucasian men, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (32) | comments 1

Study raises questions about diagnosis, medical treatment of ADHD

A new UCLA study shows that only about half of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, exhibit the cognitive defects commonly associated with the condition.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Birth complications add schizophrenia risk

U.S. scientists have identified four genes that interact with serious obstetric complications to increase the risk for schizophrenia.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Low vaccination rate of U.S. puppies and kittens poses larger risks

It's hard to believe that in an advanced country like the United States, fewer than half of all puppies and kittens are being vaccinated.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Newly discovered active fault building new Dalmatian Islands off Croatian coast

A newly identified fault that runs under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the famously beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to a new research report.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Forests could benefit when fall color comes late

Do those fall colors seem to show up later and later—if at all? Scientists say we can blame increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for prolonging the growing season of the trees. And that may actually be good ...

Biology /

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New technique quickly detects cancer indicator

Researchers have developed a new way to detect protein movements inside cells, which signal a variety of cellular changes such as those in cancer cell development. The method could help diagnose cancer in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers develop low-cost, 'green' way to make antimicrobial paints

Researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Rice University have developed a low-cost, environmentally friendly technique for embedding antimicrobial silver nanoparticles into vegetable oil-based paints. The method, ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Debut of TEAM 0.5, the World's Best Microscope

TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope — capable of producing images with half‑angstrom resolution (half a ten-billionth of a meter), less than the diameter of a single ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (53) | comments 3

Study looks at heart pump for children

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston will lead a 12-hospital, 36-month clinical trial of a German-manufactured pediatric heart pump.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weather network expands into 10 states

Colorado State University's Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is beginning its 10th year with the addition of 10 new states.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0