Archive: 02/24/2009
Inexpensive depression screening tool works in resource poor countries
A study published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine reports that a highly reliable depression screening tool known as the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) used across the United ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Green IT not helping climate change
Richard Hawkins, Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, says there is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint. His research will provide input ...
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New direction in teaching computer science emphasizes activity, interaction, critique
Contrary to the words of a popular song, there is such a thing as the real world. Computer science faculty at Washington University in St. Louis are exposing their undergraduate students to learning in ways that prepare ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems
Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Update presented on disease in pork plant workers
More than a year after developing a unique neurological disorder, the affected pork processing plant workers have improved, but all have some continuing symptoms and many have ongoing mild pain, according to a study released ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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An angry heart can lead to sudden death, researchers find
Before flying off the handle the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, consider the latest research from Yale School of Medicine researchers that links changes brought on by anger or other strong emotions to future arrhythmias ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Smoking behavior partially explains socioeconomic inequities in lung cancer incidence
Europeans with the least education have a higher incidence of lung cancer compared with those with the highest education. However, smoking history accounts for approximately half of this risk, according to a study in the ...
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Most prison inmates with HIV do not receive appropriate treatment immediately following release
Approximately 80 percent of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates did not fill an initial prescription for antiretroviral therapy within 30 days of their release from prison, potentially increasing their risk for harmful health ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production
Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...
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Women with diabetes before or during pregnancy at higher risk of depression
Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA.
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Goserelin improves long-term survival in premenopausal women with early breast cancer
Goserelin, a lutenizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, reduces the long-term risk of disease recurrence and deaths in premenopausal women with early breast cancer who did not take tamoxifen, according to trial data reported ...
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Team confirms Alps-like mountain range under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Apple Announces Safari 4 Browser
Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4 web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk
Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Lovely ‘snowfakes’ mimic nature, advance science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art.
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