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Researchers: Zimbabwe's crisis driving HIV decline
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it's due in part to a battered economy that's leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.
'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, psychologist says
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A new theory about early human adaptation suggests that our ancestors capitalized on their capacities for play to enable the development of a highly cooperative way of life.
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Study Puts Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes to the Test
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-disciplinary team of Penn researchers, including diabetes, weight loss and bariatric surgery experts, are conducting a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if bariatric ...
Tarantula venom-based MD therapy to be advanced by UB scientists' biotech company
Dec 29, 2009 |
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University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals ...
Pharmacists improve care of diabetics while cutting costs, research shows
Dec 29, 2009 |
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The role of pharmacists hasn't received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce ...
Tracking Virus Resistance Genes in Watermelon Made Easier
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding watermelon genes that confer resistance to the devastating zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) has just been made easier, thanks to molecular markers developed by Agricultural Research ...
Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 Billion
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at ...
Sick of blurred identity, US plant pathologists formed own society
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Spinach with fungus, malnourished cabbage, spots on cauliflower and peaches injured by frost. No matter the malady, a group of people who fashioned themselves as "plant doctors" assembled for the first time 100 years ago ...
New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Parlier, Calif. The ...
China adopts law to boost renewable energy industry
Dec 27, 2009 |
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China's national assembly Saturday signalled the country's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.
House and Senate look to final health care talks
Dec 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
Dec 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
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