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Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.


Packages of care for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the latest article in PLoS Medicine's series proposing the delivery of "packages of care" for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the tr ...


Shift working aggravates metabolic syndrome development among middle-aged males

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a ...


Superior offspring without genetic modification

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

We don't always turn out like our parents. Sometimes we become even better. How this happens is the subject of a new research project at the University of Gothenburg.


Solar pannels whose energy helps pump water into a water tower in the village of Safo Nassarawa near Maradi in Niger

World Bank musters $5.5 billion for solar projects

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The World Bank announced Wednesday 5.5 billion dollars would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change.


Playing favorites: Parents still involved after children are grown

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Middle-aged parents are more involved in their grown children's lives than ever, according to new research from Purdue University.


Emulating Western lifestyles: Consumption and carbon footprints in less industrialized countries

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In recent decades, a new global middle class has exploded, with a total population exceeding one billion people. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the consumption attitudes of some of these members of the ...


American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...


Time of day matters to thirsty trees, researcher discovers

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-principal for research and colleagues ...


New study measures hookah use among Florida teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...


NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim a Mile High

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.


Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...


Blood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...


"Walky" Project (Keio University in Tokyo)

iPhone Software That Controls Robot Movements (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the graduate school of media design at Keio University in Tokyo, a project called "Walky" is under developed. Researchers have developed specifically designed software for the iPhone that ...


Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of having a potentially fatal blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts for longer than had previously been thought, concludes new research published in the British Medical Journal today.