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Tadpoles Used to Rapidly Detect Water Pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Paul Johnson and others demonstrates that genetically modified tadpoles work well as sensitive monitors for rapidly detecting water pollution.


Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS

Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green ...


Forest deal at Copenhagen must avoid creating 'carbon refugees'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, according to a scientist at the University of Leeds.


Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.


New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...


Rural America more prosperous than expected

Rural America more prosperous than expected

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study at the University of Illinois found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, ...


Rhino poaching surges in Asia, Africa

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).


South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies (AP)

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation ...


Ethnic pride key to black teen mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African-American adolescents, according to a new study in the Nov/Dec issue of the journal Child Development.


Study shows antibiotic unsuccessful in preventing preterm labor

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The antibiotic, called azithromycin, is effective in treating infections such as syphilis, Chlamydia and Ureaplasma urealyticum - a bacterial infection thought to play a significant role in causing preterm labour. Recent studi ...


Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ...


Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.


Biology of emergent Salmonella exposed

Biology of emergent Salmonella exposed

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have characterised a new multi drug resistant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium that is causing life-threatening disease in Africa.


Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...


Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...