Archive: 05/29/2007
Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at optimum intervals, according to a new University of Illinois at Chicago ...
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Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
Radiation therapy after lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely delivered in higher daily doses to greatly reduce treatment time. This conclusion of a new Fox Chase Cancer Center study is good news for women ...
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Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows
Long before the National Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors.
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Skip Buying Extra Stuff And Take A Vacation Instead
Shopping for that new high-definition television this summer? Skip it, and take a vacation instead, says a University of Colorado at Boulder psychologist who studies happiness.
May 29, 2007 |
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Astronomers Map Action in the Cosmic Suburbs
A group of Hawaii and California astronomers led by Lori Lubin of the University of California, Davis, and Roy Gal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa has mapped, for the first time, where the action is in ...
May 29, 2007 |
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Better Insight into Brain Anatomical Structures
Magnetic resonance imaging is a very effective method for revealing anatomical details of soft tissues. Contrast agents can help to make these images even clearer and allow physiological processes to be followed in real time. ...
May 29, 2007 |
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'Nurse cells' make life and death decisions for infection-fighting cells
"Nurse cells" play an important role in deciding which developing infection-fighting cells, called T cells, live and which die, according to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and reported in the June ...
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First confirmed common genetic risk factors for breast cancer
The most powerful genetic analysis of the DNA codes of over 40,000 women -- including those with breast cancer as well as those without the disease – has uncovered five common genetic variants that increase an individual’s ...
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Magnetic field uses sound waves to ignite sun's ring of fire
[B]Research explains century-old mystery about the interior of the sun[/B] Sound waves escaping the sun's interior create fountains of hot gas that shape and power a thin region of the sun's atmosphere which appears as ...
May 29, 2007 |
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Ground breaking research to end in tears
University of Western Sydney researcher, Associate Professor Tom Millar has approached the problem of dry eyes from a new perspective. He re-examined the structure and function of natural tears to find new clues for creating ...
May 29, 2007 |
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HIV and malaria combine to adversely affect pregnant women and their infants
Toronto, On -- University of Toronto researchers have uncovered the basis by which pregnant women protect themselves against malaria and have also discovered how the HIV virus works to counteract this defence. The research ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 29, 2007 |
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Fireworks cause environmental pollution
U.S. government scientists say Fourth of July fireworks displays often held over lakes and other bodies of water can pollute the water with perchlorate.
May 29, 2007 |
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New fluorescent sensing material created
U.S. and Chinese scientists have created a type of fluorescent sensing material that could lead to rapid detection of explosives in security screening.
May 29, 2007 |
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Data-driven computational method created
A U.S. statistician has created a data-driven computational approach that's revealing secrets about the inner Earth, as well as gene expression.
May 29, 2007 |
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A new zest for life
[B]How the treatment of common thyroid disease reduces tiredness and the risk factors for heart disease[/B] Putting on weight and feeling lethargic? Then new research from Newcastle University and funded by Gateshead NHS ...
May 29, 2007 |
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