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Up a little on the left... now, over to the right... Scientists find a source of nonallergic itch

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scratching below the surface of a troublesome sensation that's equal parts tingle-tickle-prickle, sensory scientists from Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular basis for nonallergic itch.


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.


Researchers Identify Tuberculosis Strain That Thrives on Antibiotic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bacterium was identified in a patient ...


How do we understand written language?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...


Heart cells on lab chip display 'nanosense' that guides behavior

Heart cells on lab chip display 'nanosense' that guides behavior

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural ...


MESSENGER team releases first global map of mercury

MESSENGER team releases first global map of mercury

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's MESSENGER mission team and cartographic experts from the U. S. Geological Survey have created a critical tool for planning the first orbital observations of the planet Mercury - a global ...


For older adults, participating in social service activities can improve brain functions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Using functional ...


Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...


Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness, according to a report in the December issue of ...


Malaria cases likely half in third of countries

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.



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