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Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according ...





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Early life stress has effects at the molecular level

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of mice suggests that stress and trauma in early life can have an impact on the genes and result in behavioral problems later in life.


High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon

Medicine & Health / Health

created 7 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In mice fed a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium -- the so-called Western diet -- expression of a series of genes collectively associated with immune and inflammatory responses was altered. ...


Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...


Amphibians as environmental omen disputed

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters.


Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica (AP)

Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land.


Warm-blooded dinosaurs worked up a sweat

Warm-blooded dinosaurs worked up a sweat

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Were dinosaurs endothermic (warm-blooded) like present-day mammals and birds or ectothermic (cold-blooded) like present-day lizards? The implications of this simple-sounding question go beyond ...


Ventilation treatment in prone position for ARDS does not provide significant survival benefit

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a current suggestion that patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome be positioned lying face down while receiving mechanical ventilation, study results indicate that this positioning does not significantly ...


A motley collection of boneworms

A motley collection of boneworms (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist ...


Persistent pain common for many women 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly 50 percent of women surveyed indicate they experience pain symptoms 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment, with women who were younger or who received supplemental radiation therapy more likely to have pain, according ...


Drugs to treat anemia in cancer patients linked to thromboembolism

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, according to new research led by Dawn Hershman, M.D, M.S., ...



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