Archive: 04/28/2008
Samsung Announces Two New Blu-Ray Players
Samsung is leading the effort to make Blu-ray a mainstream market. The company has the technology to offer the most diverse and powerful lineup, which now includes a new 4G Blu-ray player and 2G Blu-ray home ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Virtual world therapeautic for addicts: study shows
Patients in therapy to overcome addictions have a new arena to test their coping skills—the virtual world. A new study by University of Houston Associate Professor Patrick Bordnick found that a virtual reality ...
Apr 28, 2008 |
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FDA OKs Relistor for opioid patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) to help restore bowel function in patients receiving opioids.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2008 |
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NASA, M2MI work on satellite development
The U.S. space agency says it and the Machine to Machine Corp. have signed an agreement to make "nanosats" to improve space telecommunications.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Astronauts to talk with selected students
The U.S. space agency says some U.S. students will be talking this week with the astronauts who will service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat
Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm, according to a report in the April 28 issue ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Research findings open new front in fight against AIDS virus
A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance. In findings ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Scientists find stem cells for the first time in the pituitary
A team of researchers led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most ...
Biology /
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women associated with increased risk of stroke
Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Osteoporosis drug fosamax linked to heart problem
Women who have used Fosamax are nearly twice as likely to develop the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) than are those who have never used it, according to research from Group Health ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Exercise related to lower heart disease risk in overweight women
The risk of heart disease in women associated with being overweight or obese is reduced but not eliminated by higher levels of physical activity, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, ...
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Cause and affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked, study shows
Most people agree that emotions can be caused by a specific event and that the person experiencing it is aware of the cause, such as a child’s excitement at the sound of an ice cream truck. But recent research suggests emotions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Study identifies factors leading to hospital admission for heart failure
Nearly two out of three patients have one or more precipitating factors that may contribute to hospital admissions nationwide for heart failure, according to a new UCLA study. Pneumonia, irregular heart beats, and obstructed ...
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Inexpensive roof vent could prevent billions of dollars in wind damage
Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture ...
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Insulin pill could replace injections for diabetes
Insulin pills to replace the injections necessary for those suffering from diabetes appear closer to reality through new research by chemical and biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Apr 28, 2008 |
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