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Smoking remains potent risk factor for death from heart disease, cancer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking persists as a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer in adults who already have heart disease and receive good medical therapy, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...


Joost assets bought by online ad company Adconion

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.


Analysts say AmEx is most interested in the so-called peer-to-peer services of Revolution

American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.


Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The smoking ban in Wales has not displaced secondhand smoke from public places into the home. A study of 3500 children from 75 primary schools in Wales, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that t ...


Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment

Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye problem that - if untreated - could lead to blindness, a new study shows.


First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...


America's increasing food waste is laying waste to the environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. In a new paper published in the open-access, ...


Serotonin Made in Breast Cancer Cells, Researchers Show

Serotonin Made in Breast Cancer Cells, Researchers Show

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have documented that the brain hormone serotonin is made in human breast cancer cells and functions abnormally, contributing to malignant growth.


Drug users know their stuff

Drug users know their stuff

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College ...


Most top medical journals have conflict of interest policies available for public review

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review, according to a report in the November 25 issue of JAMA. But ma ...



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