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Text messaging may help children fight off obesity
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Many children love sending and receiving text messages through their cell phones – sometimes to the great annoyance of their parents.
Too much commitment may be unhealthy for relationships
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Romantic relationships establish special bonds between partners. Oftentimes, passionate rapport leads to permanent partnerships, and ultimately, the start of families.
UCI scientists study people who can't forget
May 09, 2008 |
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Imagine being able to recall every moment of your life, beginning around age 10. Given a date, you remember what day of the week it was, what happened in the world, even what you ate for lunch or what you did at school.
International drug study shows rapid improvement in overactive bladder symptoms
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Patients with overactive bladders who took part in a multi-centre study to measure the effectiveness of solifenacin noticed improvements in as little as three days, according to research published in the November issue of ...
Long-term antibiotics reduce COPD exacerbations, raise questions
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by as much as 35 percent, according to a London-based study.
'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its smell. In a report in ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal, they describe develo ...
Butterfly proboscis to sip cells
Nov 22, 2009 |
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A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...
Study finds bees can learn differences in food's temperature
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees in locating the warm, sugar-rich nectar or high-protein pollen ...
Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.
Research highlights need for national HIV strategy
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected ...
Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other ...
New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children 'at risk'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New legislation to relax the restrictions on media reporting of family court cases could put the privacy of vulnerable children at risk, according to a paper published by the Department of ...
Insomnia prevalent among cancer patients who receive chemotherapy
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients' ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the ...
Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 19, 2009 |
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'Prevention is the best cure' is a common expression, but what happens if preventative measures are not used? A large proportion of pregnant Ugandan women are going out of their way not to be HIV tested, increasing the risk ...
How can scientists measure evolutionary responses to climate change?
Nov 30, 2009 |
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As global temperatures continue to rise scientists are presented with the complex challenge of understanding how species respond and adapt. In a paper published in Insect Conservation and Diversity, Dr Francisco Rodriguez-Trelles and Dr ...
