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Fit teenage boys are smarter, but muscle strength isn't the secret

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In the first study to demonstrate a clear positive association between adolescent fitness and adult cognitive performance, Nancy Pedersen of the University of Southern California and colleagues in Sweden find that better ...


Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...


Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts (AP)

Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.


Defibrotide improves response rate in patients with severe veno-occlusive disease of the liver

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Defibrotide, a novel drug which modulates the response of blood vessels to injury, was markedly more effective than standard treatment in post-stem cell transplant patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease, a life threatening ...


Most primary-care physician practices appear too small to adequately measure quality

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most primary care physicians active in the Medicare program work in practices with too few patients to reliably measure significant differences in common measures of quality and cost performance, according to a study in the ...


UCSB scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...


NASA captures a visible image of Cleo's new eye

NASA captures a visible image of Cleo's new eye

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite has amazing resolution from space, and captured Cleo's cloudless eye early this morning. Cleo has intensified ...


NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tropical Storm Cleo form in southern Indian Ocean

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tropical Storm Cleo form in southern Indian Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured the birth of Tropical Storm Cleo in the southern Indian Ocean today, December 7.


Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Cleo has run into wind shear and it has weakened it from a cyclone to a tropical storm. Cleo's maximum sustained winds are now down to 69 mph, and expected to continue falling. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed ...


Researchers identify barriers to HPV vaccination uptake in low-income populations

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of two separate studies show lower rates of HPV vaccination in low-income populations, and identify vaccination barriers and tailored interventions that may help to increase HPV vaccine uptake rates.



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