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Communicating your way to a healthy heart

When it comes to matters of the heart, many experts say that communication is the key to a healthy relationship. But a recent study out of Temple University’s School of Medicine finds that communication is the key to a healthy ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists offer new clues to genetics of type 2 diabetes

An international collaboration of scientists from Europe and the US has identified six new genes which play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes, extending the total number of genes implicated in common forms of the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Team explains 'the wallpaper problem'

Frustrated by tape that won't peel off the roll in a straight line? Angry at wallpaper that refuses to tear neatly off the wall? A new study reveals why these efforts can be so aggravating. Wallpaper is not ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (35) | comments 0

3-D Imaging -- First Insights Into Magnetic Fields

3-D images are not only useful in medicine; the observation of internal structures is also invaluable in many other fields of scientific investigation. Recently, researchers from the Hahn-Meitner-Institute ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (47) | comments 4

Comparison of anticoagulants for angioplasty show similar outcomes

In a comparison of anticoagulants and stents for use with angioplasty following a heart attack, the anticoagulants abciximab and tirofiban had similar outcomes for some cardiac measures within 90 minutes after the procedure, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maine weather wreaking havoc on deer

Deer living in Maine and other portions of New England are likely battling starvation because of the region's tough winter, biologists say.

Biology /

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U.S. patients find surgery deals overseas

U.S. patients are increasingly going overseas for big savings on major surgeries, the American Medical Association said.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Town beach between canal and a hard place

Jetties built decades ago to protect the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts appear to be starving nearby beaches, threatening them with erosion.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian official warns of bird flu risk

Russia needs to take steps to prevent a human pandemic from bird flu, a government health official said.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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