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Feds: Mountain-dwelling pika may need protection (AP)

Feds: Mountain-dwelling pika may need protection

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- A tiny mammal that can't handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act protection primarily because of climate change.


As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller (AP)

As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (41) | comments 3

(AP) -- The American pika - a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes - isn't built for long-distance travel.





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Climate change driving pika to extinction

Other Sciences /

created Dec 29, 2005 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The American pika, a small cousin of the rabbit, may be on the verge of extinction in the Great Basin, the high desert centered in Nevada.


Feds review mountain-dwelling pika for threatened-species list

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pikas don't ask much. With brave squeaks, belted out from atop their rock piles, they defend their realm in the talus slopes way up here in the mountains, more than a mile in the sky, far from anyone, anywhere.


Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules (AP)

Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(AP) -- The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened ...


New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light

New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

In an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off "switch" that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet ...


Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...


Radiology procedure may help increase long-term survival in patients with severe liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In patients with unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called triple-drug transcatheter arterial chemoemobolization (TACE) followed by a liver transplant may significantly ...


Reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable breast lesions with benign imaging features identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable (capable of being touched or felt) breast lesions with benign imaging features, particularly in younger women with probable fibroadenoma (non-cancerous ...


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported ...



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