A life 'lens' ordinary
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Nearly one third of Down’s syndrome children who wear bifocal lenses to help them focus accurately may only need to wear them for two years, according to new research from Cardiff University.
Scientists head to warming Alaska on ice core expedition
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2008 |
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The state of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion, soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping ...
Immune system kick-started in moist nasal lining in sinusitis, asthma and colds
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins have outlined a new path for potential therapies to combat inflammation associated with sinusitis and asthma based on a new understanding of the body’s earliest immune response in the nose and ...
Aquaculture concept leaves judges 'goggle eyed'
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Ronald Hoenig and Aaron Welch, both graduate students at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine UM Rosenstiel School students take home top prize in B-School's 6th Rothschild Entrepreneurship Competitionand ...
Biomarkers identified for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Apr 29, 2008 |
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The first evidence of a distinctive protein signature that could help to transform the diagnosis and improve the monitoring of the devastating lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is being reported by University ...
Researchers examine 'great expectations' in the workplace
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that employee performance in the workplace, like students’ grades at school, is greatly influenced by managers’ expectations of that performance.
Lenovo Debuts IdeaPad U110 laptop
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Lenovo today announced the availability of the IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC, the star of Lenovo’s IdeaPad entertainment and fashion-oriented notebook collection and winner of three Best-of-Show awards ...
Online intervention paramount for reducing HIV in high-risk population
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Young Internet-using men who have sex with men AND who meet their sexual partners both online and offline have greater numbers of partners, appear more likely to contract HIV, and report higher substance use rates than those ...
New treatment could reduce chronic lung disease in premature babies
Apr 29, 2008 |
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A less traumatic way of delivering surfactant, a lung lubricant that premature babies need to help them breathe, could reduce the incidence of respiratory problems they’ll have later, Medical College of Georgia ...
'Electronic ears' to guide mining drills
Apr 29, 2008 |
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CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship have successfully used an electronic listening post to track and control a drill operating more than 300 metres below the Earth’s surface.
Toxic Metal Cadmium Can Enter Great Lakes Food Chain Through Algae
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Some algae from the Great Lakes can use cadmium for nutritional requirements. A recent study published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research reports that algae collected from lakes Erie and Ontario can use cadmium, a known ...
Body image program reduces onset of obesity and eating disorders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2008 |
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In their research on eating disorders, Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists help young women reduce the influence of the “thin ideal,” which is described as associating success and happiness with being thin.
Cancer fund promotes breastfeeding benefit
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Three-quarters of British women are unaware that breastfeeding can protect against cancer, a survey by the World Cancer Research Fund indicated.
Few studies consider the appropriate measurements for assessing clinical trials in children
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Very few studies have asked what the appropriate measurements are for assessing treatments in clinical trials in children, according to a systematic review of paediatric clinical research conducted since 1950. The review ...
Medicare costs estimated to top $21.1 billion for 5 years of care for elderly cancer patients
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The cost of cancer care for elderly Medicare patients varies by tumor type, stage at diagnosis, phase of care, and survival, according to a new study published online April 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The 5- ...
