Listening to the urinary stream
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Benign prostate enlargement affects most of the elder men and often compresses the urethra resulting in voiding symptoms. Dutch researcher Tim Idzenga has found a way to measure the resistance of the urethra using sound: ...
Watch digital TV and films without disruptions thanks to mathematical model
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Dutch researcher Alina Weffers-Albu has developed a method to calculate how a device can provide maximum functionality with a minimum quantity of processor and memory capacity. TVs, DVD players and mobile phones can malfunction ...
Presence of certain antibodies signals healthier teeth and gums
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Antibodies present in people with good oral health could become the first tool for dental professionals to assess a patient's probable response to periodontal disease treatments, say researchers at the University of Michigan.
Urban slum conditions are a source of leptospirosis
Apr 23, 2008 |
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A study conducted in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil has found that open sewers, accumulations of refuse, and inadequate floodwater drainage are acting as sources for transmission of the disease leptospirosis. ...
Study finds that competency in colonoscopy requires experience with 150 cases or more
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Researchers from Korea have found that technically efficient screening and diagnostic colonoscopy generally requires experience with 150 cases or more. The study appears in the April issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the mo ...
Praise = money?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Why are we nice to others? One answer provided by social psychologists is because it pays off. A social psychological theory stated that we do something nice to others for a good reputation or social approval just like we ...
Sexual harassment at school -- more harmful than bullying
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Schools’ current focus on bullying prevention may be masking the serious and underestimated health consequences of sexual harassment, according to James Gruber from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Susan Fineran from ...
Arctic marine mammals on thin ice
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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The loss of sea ice due to climate change could spell disaster for polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals. The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential effects, puts them in historical ...
Primary driver of stomach cancer development identified
Apr 23, 2008 |
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In a discovery that could lead to the development of new treatments for gastric cancer, scientists at the Melbourne Branch of the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) have discovered what appears to be ...
Germany: Every fifth adolescent smokes
Apr 23, 2008 |
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As many as 20% of adolescents from 11 to 17 years of age smoke. This was the result of the nationwide German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), performed by the Robert Koch Institute ...
FDA approves new type of latex glove
Apr 23, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday announced approval of the first glove made from a new form of natural rubber latex, guayule latex.
Whole Foods drops plastic bags
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Whole Foods Market marked Earth Day Tuesday by ending the use of disposable plastic grocery bags at its U.S., Canadian and British stores.
First-class protein crystals thanks to weightlessness on earth
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Dutch chemist Paul Poodt has developed two attractive alternatives for allowing protein crystals to grow under weightless conditions. If the crystals are grown upside down in a strong magnetic field, fluid flows that disrupt ...
Spouses as campaign surrogates
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Spouses of presidential candidates are employed in campaigns more strategically and intensively than ever before. New research by political scientists concludes that the ability of presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ ...
Environment key early: Genes' role expands in alcohol dependence
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The influence of genetics increases as young women transition from taking their first drink to becoming alcoholics. A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that although environment ...
