Endeavour 'Go' For Launch on March 11
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 29, 2008 |
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NASA's mission management team decided Friday that March 11 at 2:28 a.m. EDT is the official launch time for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission.
Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Doubt has been cast over the current practice of administering intensive insulin therapy to all critically ill patients, according to a study published this week in the open access journal Critical Care. In certain groups ...
Fitness@home – A training center in your living room
Feb 29, 2008 |
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New projection techniques, combined with exercise and an individually regulated supply of oxygen and scents, can transform your living room into a virtual training environment. Fraunhofer researchers and pro4senses GmbH will ...
When the rules of the game are broken: Research studies sports injuries related to illegal activity
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A study published in the February issue of Injury Prevention estimates that more than 98,000 sports injuries in U.S. high schools in 2005-2007 were directly related to an action that was ruled illegal activity by a refere ...
Improving the quality of laboratory data with computer modeling
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Many areas of research and medicine rely critically upon knowing a person’s individual immune system proteins, as they determine an individual’s ability to fight disease or mistakenly attack their own tissues. However, obtaining ...
Genetic factors in smoking also increase risk of chronic bronchitis
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Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to ...
New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer -- model for global clinical trials
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Two targeted medications designed to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer are being tested in a new study involving 8,000 participants in 50 countries across six continents -- a clinical trial that investigators hope ...
Mouse study: Real-time imaging device may improve surgery for congenital colon disease
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are developing a spectral imaging system that could result in shorter operating times for infants undergoing surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease, according to a mouse study reported ...
Popular alternative therapy for psoriasis performs no better than placebo
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Anecdotal evidence touting the healing power of the Indian spice turmeric for psoriasis received a setback in a prospective study published this month by a leading dermatology journal stating that the low response rate of ...
When couples face the diagnosis of cancer, women carry a larger emotional burden than men
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In a couple where one of the partners is diagnosed with cancer, women are more consistently and severely distressed than men, regardless of whether they are the person with the disease or the healthy partner. The results ...
Mayo researchers look for explanation behind high incidence of diabetes among Asian Indians
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The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising, especially in urbanized parts of the world where sedentary lifestyles and obesity abound. In addition to weight and inactivity, race puts some people at increased risk for developing ...
Gesture-driven computers
Technology / Computer Sciences
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It isn’t always easy to communicate with a computer. Two Fraunhofer Institutes will be presenting new possibilities of man-machine interaction at CeBIT in Hanover (Germany) on March 4 through 9. They will demonstrate how ...
Learning how to say 'no' to alcohol advertising and peer pressure works for inner-city adolescents
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Teens who can recognize and resist the persuasive tactics used in alcohol ads are less likely to succumb to alcohol advertising and peer pressure to drink.
