Half of all premature deaths of Russian adults down to alcohol
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all deaths of people of working age in Russia are caused by alcohol, according to research by Oxford University and the Russian Cancer Research Centre in Moscow. The results ...
News of Jackson's death first spread online
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.
Success of the academy approach?
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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A complex picture is emerging about the controversial Academies programme. Researchers analyse and report findings about Academies in a special issue of the journal Management in Education (MIE), published today by SAGE. ...
Enzyme fights mutated protein in inherited Parkinson's disease
Jun 26, 2009 |
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An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Inhaled growth hormone safe for children deficient in this key protein
Jun 26, 2009 |
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A multi-center clinical trial led by a Riley Hospital for Children endocrinologist has found that inhaled growth hormone (GH) is well tolerated by children with GH deficiency and that this easy-to-use method ...
The iPhone: My new hang-up
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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The cell phone -- a gift and a curse. It's the gadget I love to hate.
New gene discovery links obesity to the brain
Jun 26, 2009 |
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A variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity, according to an international study in which Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University played ...
Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.
Study challenges routine use of MRI scans to evaluate breast cancer
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Reviewing the records of 577 breast cancer patients, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who receive a breast MRI are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis ...
NKorean state media news available on Twitter
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- News stories from North Korea's official mouthpiece are available on Twitter.
New guide to tropical seedlings: Essential to climate change research
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The enormous trees forming rainforest canopies bear little resemblance to their seedlings, many described for the first time in the new field guide, "Seedlings of Barro Colorado Island and the Neotropics," ...
Race origins and health disparites
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Much is often said about the glaring statistics showing that some racial and ethnic minorities face greater risks than whites when it comes to health.
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter.
ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO (Update)
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.
Genetic changes involved in learning disability identified
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first comprehensive effort to pinpoint the genetic causes of learning disability has narrowed down the genes involved from a potential list of thousands to several dozen key genes.
