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Reduced muscle strength associated with risk for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Individuals with weaker muscles appear to have a higher risk for Alzheimer's disease and declines in cognitive function over time, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Neurology.


New surgical option for wrist arthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breaking a fall, such as a tumble on the sidewalk, with your hands and wrists is everyone's natural reflex. But, if you fall hard enough, you'll often fracture your radius bone, or even one of the smaller wrist bones and ...





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Findings suggest cardiovascular devices often approved by FDA without high-quality studies

Medicine & Health / Other

created 17 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found ...


Tarantula venom-based MD therapy to be advanced by UB scientists' biotech company

Biology / Biotechnology

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (AP)

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...


As the World Churns

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 24

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...


Samsung pays in dispute over Kodak camera patents

Technology / Business

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to pay the camera maker an undisclosed sum as the two sides try to settle a dispute over patents used in Samsung's camera phones.


Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Drugmaker Medimmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time.


Study sheds light on microscopic flower petal ridges

Study sheds light on microscopic flower petal ridges

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microscopic ridges contouring the surface of flower petals might play a role in flashing that come-hither look pollinating insects can't resist. Michigan State University scientists and colleagues ...


Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Accelerators are far from achieving the highest energies their builders aspire to, but size and cost may limit the kinds of facilities funding agencies can support. In the future, new kinds of machines will ...


Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.


Proline Repeats in Protein Help Grow Tooth Enamel (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple amino acid that is repeated in the center of proteins found in tooth enamel makes teeth stronger and more resilient, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.



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