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Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found evidence that chronic disease in either a mother or father can create unfavourable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in daughters. ...


British government backs down over database plan

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- The British government said Monday it wants communications companies to keep records of every phone call, e-mail and Web site visit made in the country. But it has decided not to set up a national database of the ...





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Researchers find new mechanism for circadian rhythm

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Molecules that may hold the key to new ways to fight cancer and other diseases have been found to play an important role in regulating circadian rhythm, says Liheng Shi, a researcher in Texas A&M's Department of Veterinary ...


Did John Wilkes Booth survive?

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2008 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Two distant relatives of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth want a chance to prove the family legend that he was not killed in a Virginia tobacco barn.


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Two Retinal Imaging Display Devices at Prototype Stage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed ...


Blood brothers: Spanish newborn helps heal sibling

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Spanish boy with a serious form of anemia has recovered after a groundbreaking procedure using blood from the umbilical cord of his genetically-selected brother, authorities said Friday.


Famed oncologist dies of cancer

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created Dec 29, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

One of the best-known oncologists in the country lost his own fight with cancer this week, dying of melanoma at the age of 47.


Probing Question: Do sisters share a closer genetic proximity than other siblings?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 06, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

If '70s pop star Marie Osmond had a sister, would she have been closer to her than her six singing brothers are to each other? While Osmond may have had more in common with a fictional sister in the makeup and hairstyle department, ...


Report: Man dies after blood-type mixup

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Authorities are investigating the death of a man who apparently received a transfusion of the wrong blood type at a Florida hospital, it was reported Tuesday.


Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who have a sibling with a mental illness are more likely to suffer episodes of depression at some point in their lives, say researchers who analyzed four decades of data.


The man who could have been Henry VIII

The man who could have been Henry VIII

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year has seen the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession, and the start of the third television series of The Tudors -- yet we might so easily have been celebrating King Arthur I ...


Authorities fail to recognize emotionally scarred brothers and sisters of child abuse victims

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In many cases, when abusive parents with multiple children target just one child for emotional or physical cruelty, authorities often remove the abused child from the home and return the non-abused siblings.



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