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Urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea possible

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or habitual snoring by screening their urine.


Quitting smoking can reverse asthma-inducing changes in lungs

Medicine & Health / Health

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Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes, according to research out of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.


Researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests

Medicine & Health / Research

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Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, ...


You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner (AP)

You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike in the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet ...


Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published ...


Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought

Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week.


Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual ...


New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...


Potential new 'twist' in breast cancer detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells ...


Study: Slowdown in warming last year not permanent

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 17

(AP) -- Cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing, government and academic scientists said Friday.



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