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Telemonitoring: A bridge to personalized medicine

Medicine & Health / Other

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

An increasing number of heart failure patients are treated with a number of complex devices, i.e. cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Recently completed and ongoing clinical trials such as MADIT-CRT and EchoCRT provide ...


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How to Spot an Influential Paper Based on its Citations

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first it may seem that the number of citations received by a published scientific paper is directly related to that paper's quality of content. The higher the quality, the more people read ...


FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday.


The paradox of loyalty

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In the wake of the Iraq invasion, many U.S. citizens who disagreed with the Bush Administration's decision detached themselves from politics. On the other hand, a surprising number of people became more patriotic in spite ...


Sold-out products influence consumer choice

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.


Having a higher purpose in life reduces risk of death among older adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Possessing a greater purpose in life is associated with lower mortality rates among older adults according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in journal, Psychosomatic Me ...


Groups are key to good health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The quality of a person's social life could have an even greater impact than diet and exercise on their health and well-being. There is growing evidence that being a member of a social group can significantly reduce the risk ...


SCRATCHbot

Researchers unveil whiskered robot rat

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers. The SCRATCHbot robot will be demonstrated this week at an international workshop looking ...


Moles, not magic, make worm 'grunting' work

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it's so early. It's the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin ...


How many people have you slept with? 2.8 million?

How many people have you slept with? 2.8 million?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

The average British man or woman has slept with 2.8 million people -- albeit indirectly, according to figures released Wednesday to promote awareness of sexual health.


Genital stimulation opens door for cryptic female choice in tsetse flies

Genital stimulation opens door for cryptic female choice in tsetse flies

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Manipulation of male and/or female genitalia results in a suite of changes in female reproductive behavior in tsetse flies, carriers of African sleeping sickness.


Twitter on Thursday began letting a small number of users test a "Lists" feature

Twitter testing tool to organize tweets

Technology / Internet

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

Twitter on Thursday began letting a small number of users test a "Lists" feature for dividing maelstroms of tweets into manageable sub-categories.


Stories we tell about national trauma reflect our psychological well-being

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the F. W. Olin College of Engineering finds that in the aftermath of national trauma, the ability to make sense out of what happened has implications ...


A Matter of Density, Not Quantity: Individual Bacterial Cells are Capable of Quorum Sensing when Confined in Small Volum

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Infections of wounds, pneumonia, etc. in hospitals in particular are often caused by bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Once they reach a certain density, colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce virulence ...


Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and im ...