Researchers Study Whether Psychosocial Interventions Ease Psoriasis
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has awarded University of Rochester Medical Center researchers $2.5 million to investigate the impact of psychological interventions on attacks ...
Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access to Trained Interpreters
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In a new survey of physicians who treat breast cancer patients, only one-third said they had good access to trained medical interpreters or telephone language-interpretation systems when they needed it. Poor access to interpreters ...
Aisle placements affect grocery sales, research shows
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Supermarkets could increase their sales of related items, such as chips and soft drinks, by moving the items closer to each other in their stores, according to research by Ram Bezawada, assistant professor of marketing in ...
Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis
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Scientists at a group of 11 research centers in China are reporting for the first time assembly of the largest-ever collection of data about the proteins produced by genes in a single human organ.
Is neighbor's Wi-Fi signal free for me to use?
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Q. The other day, my Internet service went down as it does from time to time. But this particular time, I needed to check my e-mail for an important reply I was expecting. After some frustrating time passed, I happened to ...
Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs
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College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Underground lines that bypass monuments
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A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...
Drug industry, nonprofits join forces to fight world's neglected diseases
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Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat ...
NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis
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NOAA deployed the seventh in a series of "smart buoys" to monitor weather conditions and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay today. The buoy, located at the mouth of Severn River near Annapolis, Md., will be used by commercial ...
The Beatles Return to Mono
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From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed ...
Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change
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Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation ...
Software for solving life-threatening medical puzzles
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively.
Researchers mobilizing global resources to test new treatments for severe H1N1 infection
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An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.
When seconds count: Interventional radiology treatment for pulmonary embolism saves lives
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Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis -- an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the ...
Crops and Weeds: Climate Change's First Responders
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologists is studying how global climate change could affect food crop production--and prompt the evolution of even more resilient weeds.
