US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths. | |
Energy drinks linked to risk-taking behaviors among college students 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Over the last decade, energy drinks -- such as Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar -- have become nearly ubiquitous on college campuses. The global market for these types of drinks currently exceeds $3 billion a year and new products ... | |
 Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery' 23 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit ‘surgery’ on two ailing science instruments ... | |
A sensible censor for sharing medical records 23 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly developed MIT software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential records, facilitating the use of that data for medical research. | |
Older people may need less sleep, study finds 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When ... | |
 GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia 24 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk ... | |
Research says fat friends and poor education helps people think thin 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware ... | |
New study of gene evolution could lead to better understanding of neurodegenerative disease 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in the production of proteins, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have found. | |
A new cellular pathway linked to cancer is identified 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
In the life of a cell, the response to DNA damage determines whether the cell is fated to pause and repair itself, commit suicide, or grow uncontrollably, a route leading to cancer. In a new study, published in the July 25th ... | |
Consortium develops new method to manipulate genetic material 24 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A multi-institutional team of researchers, including scientists at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have developed a powerful tool for genomic research and medicine. The robust method will allow researchers to ... | |
Plasma DNA level is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer, study finds 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer. The study also suggests that plasma DNA levels ... | |
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal ... | |
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers ... | |
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm. | |
Study shows why cigarette smoke makes flu, other viral infections worse 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. Published in the Journal of Clinical ... | |
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