Hearing, voice problems worsen seniors' communication skills

Medicine & Health / Other

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Hearing and vocal problems go hand-in-hand among the elderly more frequently than previously thought, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Together, they pack a devastating double punch on communication ...


Recognizing signs and symptoms of acute HF

Medicine & Health / Research

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Although heart failure is a chronic condition, acute exacerbations are frequent and occur with serious complications; patients with heart failure and their families can help improve prognosis in acute events if they are taught ...


Fair goers play games of manufacturer Ubisoft at a fair in 2008

Blockbuster videogame line-up to spark E3 magic

Technology / Software

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Videogame makers are defying horrid economic times with an annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) brimming with blockbuster titles and unbridled pizzazz.


Researchers discover genetic risk factor for testicular cancer

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have uncovered variation around two genes that are associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among ...


Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(AP) -- Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.


SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales (AP)

SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(AP) -- Authorities on Sunday began the grim task of removing the carcasses of 55 whales that beached themselves and had to be shot despite the frantic rescue efforts of hundreds of volunteers.


BPA industry seeks to polish chemical's image

Medicine & Health / Health

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Frustrated at media portrayals of bisphenol A as a dangerous chemical, food-packaging executives and lobbyists for the chemical makers met last week at an exclusive Washington, D.C., club where they hammered out a strategy, ...


As Web communication shrinks, so do links

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.


MicroRNAs grease the cell's circadian clockwork

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Most of our cells possess an internal clock, a group of genes displaying a cyclic expression pattern that reaches a peak once a day. A large number of circadian genes are expressed by organs such as the liver, whose activity ...



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