High-glycemic index carbohydrates associated with risk for developing type 2 diabetes in women
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Eating foods high on the glycemic index, which measures the effect of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels, may be associated with the risk for developing type 2 diabetes in Chinese women and in African-American women, according ...
HiRISE Camera Views the Mars Rover 'Spirit' at 'Home Plate'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a new color image of the feature dubbed "Home Plate" in Gusev Crater on Mars.
Not enough 'good' cholesterol makes it harder to recover from stroke
Nov 26, 2007 |
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People are at an increased risk of memory problems and greater disability after stroke if they have low levels of “good” cholesterol and high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid acquired mostly from eating meat. The findings ...
Do middle-school students understand how well they actually learn?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Given national mandates to ‘leave no child behind,’ grade-school students are expected to learn an enormous amount of course material in a limited amount of time.
For treating malaria, less drugs may be best drugs
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The current dosage of drugs used in treating malaria may be helping the parasites become resistant to the drugs faster, without improving the long-term outcome in patients. According to evolutionary biologists, studies using ...
Bound to identify intruders
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Nov 26, 2007 |
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The first lines of defense in our immune systems are specialized mobile units that check the identity of cells to determine whether they are 'self' or 'foreign.' A team of scientists, led by Prof. Israel Pecht of the Weizmann ...
Is your heart aging faster than you are?
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Despite the increasing evidence that managing high cholesterol reduces cardiovascular events, many people do not achieve recommended lipid levels. This is due, in part, to patients’ lack of understanding about their risk ...
'Mismatched' prostate cancer treatment more common than expected
Nov 26, 2007 |
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More than a third of men with early prostate cancer who participated in a study analyzing treatment choice received therapies that might not be appropriate, based on pre-existing problems with urinary, bowel or sexual function. ...
Accuracy of past hurricane counts good
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Counting tropical storms that occurred before the advent of aircraft and satellites relies on ships logs and hurricane landfalls, making many believe that the numbers of historic tropical storms in the Atlantic are seriously ...
Depression linked to bone-thinning in premenopausal women
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Premenopausal women with even mild depression have less bone mass than do their nondepressed peers, a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...
Older filters, fresher water
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Scientists in Australia have discovered that the older the water filter the better when it comes to reducing the off-putting earthy taste of some tap water. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of ...
Wearing technology on your sleeve
Nov 26, 2007 |
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You think the switch from typewriter to computer was a revolution? The next stage could see many of us interacting with computers inserted into our very clothes. A new project is exploring a range of applications ...
Lincoln may have had rare genetic disease
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A California doctor who studies rare ailments said Abraham Lincoln was probably dying of cancer from a rare genetic syndrome at the time he was assassinated.
Environmental exodus
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Climate change is the largest environmental change expected this century. It is likely to intensify droughts, storms and floods, which will undoubtedly lead to environmental migrations and potential conflicts in the areas ...
New Life for Linac
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After years of planning and hard work involving teams from every corner of the lab, SLAC's venerable linac has undergone the most radical set of alterations in its 40+ year career. Although a handful of minor ...
