Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency
May 25, 2009 |
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Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.
Web service Twitter proposes TV competition series
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twitter, the Web site that asks what everybody's doing, says it wants to be doing a TV series.
Google increasingly battles Facebook in search
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google has identified social networking sites like Facebook as growing competitors in search, a company spokesman said Monday.
Web 2.0 application developed to recommend television programmes
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May 25, 2009 |
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A group of researchers from the University of Vigo, Spain, has developed a Web 2.0 application that filters the programming schedules of hundreds of television channels to recommend programmes that viewers ...
NYC woman in 50s becomes US' 11th swine flu death
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming the city's second victim and the nation's 11th.
Identification of genetic variants affecting age at menopause could help improve fertility treatment
May 25, 2009 |
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Vienna, Austria: For the first time, scientists have been able to identify genetic factors that influence the age at which natural menopause occurs in women. Ms Lisette Stolk, a researcher from Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, ...
Paperless proof, the e-government magic act
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May 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A French-developed security platform which turns email into the electronic equivalent of registered mail could help deal with the bureaucratic paper mountains throughout Europe.
Project Whirlwind comes home
May 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Project Whirlwind Computer collection -- a compilation of pioneering digital computing research conducted at MIT in the 1940s and 1950s -- has been transferred back to the Institute from ...
Sheriff: Boy who fled chemo returns to Minnesota
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A sheriff's office in Minnesota says a 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy have returned.
Mexico to erect statue to swine flu 'patient zero'
May 25, 2009 |
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A state in eastern Mexico is to erect a statue to a small boy suspected as being the first patient of swine flu here, to be modeled on the famous Manneken Pis statue of a child urinating in Brussels.
Evidence supports use of Web- and computer-based programs to help adults quit smoking
May 25, 2009 |
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Available evidence supports the use of online or other computer-based smoking cessation programs for helping adults quit smoking, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the May 25 issue ...
Inner ear balance disorders common, associated with falls among older Americans
May 25, 2009 |
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An estimated 35 percent of U.S. adults age 40 and older have vestibular dysfunction (inner ear balance disorders), and those who do may have a higher risk of falling, according to a report in the May 25 issue of Archives of ...
Time spent on meaningful pursuits may cut risk of physician burnout
May 25, 2009 |
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Faculty physicians at academic medical centers may be less likely to experience burnout if they spend at least one day per week on the aspect of their work that is most meaningful to them, according to a report in the May ...
Samsung Introduces UltraThin Touch of Color Photo Frame
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May 25, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced the release of the SPF-87H Photo Frame. With a slim screen depth of 23 mm (.91 inches) and 1 GB of internal memory, the SPF-87H can store up to 3,000 photos, while being ...
Chicago reports nation's 12th death from swine flu
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Illinois health officials say a person in the Chicago area has died of swine flu. It's the nation's 12th confirmed death from the illness.
