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Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the lives of ...


Eating, drinking and lifestyle changes can boost immunity to ward off seasonal flu

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

College students looking to stay healthy during flu and exam season need to focus on three very important factors, says a nutritionist at Washington University in St. Louis.


Yale's scan of Turkish infant's genome yields a surprise diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a dramatic illustration of the power of emerging genetic technologies, Yale University researchers have reported making a clinical diagnosis for the first time using comprehensive DNA sequencing of all ...


Summer heat increases risk of amniotic fluid level deficiency, study reveals

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...


FDA: Dough's E. coli strain differs from illness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does not match the strain that has been linked to a 30-state ...


CDC advice for those with flulike symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering advice to people wondering what to do if a family member takes ill with flulike symptoms. Some of the more important points:


Mediterranean Sea dried up five million years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Upward movement of the Earth's crust transformed the Straits of Gibraltar into a dam. Approximately five million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea dried up after it was sealed off from the Atlantic Ocean. ...