Bacterial biofilms as fossil makers
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Bacterial decay was once viewed as fossilization's mortal enemy, but new research suggests bacterial biofilms may have actually helped preserve the fossil record's most vulnerable stuff -- animal embryos and ...
Why women should eat less, move more and consider wearing transdermal HRT patches during menopause
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Weight and appetite experts from around the world met at a conference in Bangkok earlier this year to discuss sex differences in obesity. One line of discussion looked at factors leading to women's weight gain during menopause, ...
Flexibility trumps fitness in sexual reproduction, says new theory in evolutionary biology
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Berkeley - The utility of sex, according to an intriguing new theory of evolutionary biology, may be its ability to promote genes that play well with many other partners rather than those that shine with just one specific ...
Researchers identify potential new drug target for chronic leukemia
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have discovered what could be a novel drug target for an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. The investigators have identified ...
Up close and personal networks
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The MAGNET Beyond project developed a breakthrough platform to cope with a world where every individual owns up to a thousand personal devices. But what will such a world look like?
Pregnancy study finds strong association between two antidepressants and heart anomalies
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking ...
Single mothers spend less time with their children than married mothers
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A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examined differences in the amount and type of time that single, cohabiting, and married mothers spend with their children. Cohabiting and married mothers spend similar amount ...
14 drugs identified as most urgently needing study for off-label use, Stanford professor says
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of FDA approval — a practice known as off-label prescribing. Yet they say the problem is so big they don't know ...
Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.
Female caregivers of Alzheimer's patients find comfort in religion, families
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women who take care of Alzheimer's disease patients are more likely than men to take advantage of some support services including transportation, but not seek in-home help.
Exercise helps overweight children reduce anger expression
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Regular exercise seems to reduce anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children, researchers said.
Inherited genetic cause, possible treatment found for complex lung disorder
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A tale of two sisters has helped researchers solve a medical mystery and discover a familial genetic mutation that causes an inherited form of the lung disease Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP).
Key ingredient to save money at Thanksgiving? Planning
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Of all the things you can do to create both joyful and economical holiday meals, the most important one is planning, says a Montana State University Extension nutrition educator.
Escherichia coli bacteria transferring between humans and mountain gorillas
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A new study finds that mountain gorillas are at increased risk of acquiring gastrointestinal microbes, such as Escherichia Coli, from humans. The study, published in Conservation Biology, examines the exchange of digestive ...
Nutrients in water may be a bonus for agriculture
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Agriculture producers may find they don't have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists.
