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Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.


IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...


Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria: Study

Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria: Study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher ...


Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen ...


Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.


Vitamin B niacin offers no extra benefit to statin therapy in seniors already diagnosed with CAD

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting arterial narrowing and diminishing ...


'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...


Secondhand smoke exposure worse for toddlers, obese children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.


Study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other ...



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