Location, location, location important for genes, too
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Cells become cancerous mainly because they lose control of their growth. To better understand how this happens, a new study at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center looks at four genes that help regulate cell ...
Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University of California, ...
Katrina and Rita provide glimpse of what could happen to offshore drilling if Gustav hits Gulf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the U.S., Rice University civil and mechanical engineering professor Satish Nagarajaiah studied damage done to offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. If tropical storm ...
Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant
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Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression ...
Americans show little tolerance for mental illness despite growing belief in genetic cause
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A new study by University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Jason Schnittker shows that, while more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was ...
All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke
Medicine & Health / Medications
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All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
Diversity among parasitic wasps is even greater than suspected
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A tiny wasp that lays its eggs under the skin of unwitting caterpillars belongs to one of the most diverse groups of insects on Earth. Now researchers report that its diversity is even higher than previously ...
Key discovered to cold tolerance in corn
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Demand for corn -- the world's number one feed grain and a staple food for many -- is outstripping supply, resulting in large price increases that are forecast to continue over the next several years. If corn's intolerance ...
Health of Afghan children jeopardized by family behaviors, not just war
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Family values and ongoing conflict within the country are dramatically affecting the health of young children in Afghanistan. A study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggests that poor child health ...
Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures
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How do blood vessel cells understand that they should organise themselves in tubes and not in layers? A research group from Uppsala University shows for the first time that a special type of "instructor" molecule is needed ...
How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues ...
Researchers devise means to create blood by identifying earliest stem cells
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that ...
A novel approach in the molecular differentiation of prion strains
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A team from the French Food Safety Agency, Lyon, France, has identified a prion protein characteristic that is unique to some natural but unusual sheep scrapie cases. This finding, reported August 29th in the open-access ...
Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion
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The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980.
American Workers Overwhelmingly Support Paid Sick Days, Labor Day Survey Finds
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than three-quarters of workers polled in a national survey released today view paid sick days as a basic right of employment that should be guaranteed by the government. The survey was conducted by the ...
