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Medical study shows epidurals and spinal anesthetics are safer than previously reported

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia today concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of sev ...





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Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.


Google digital book ambitions hinge on settlement (AP)

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)

Technology / Internet

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...


Playing sport up to the end of pregnancy is healthy for the baby and the mother

Playing sport up to the end of pregnancy is healthy for the baby and the mother

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by researchers ...


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To make memories, new neurons must erase older ones

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Short-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of the journal Cell that provid ...


No-entry zones for AIDS virus

No-entry zones for AIDS virus

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now shown for the first time that the virus almost entirely spares particular ...


Despite some benefit, drug ads can be harmful to your health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While the debate over prescription drug advertising persists, a new study released online in the American Journal of Public Health offers guidelines for improving drug ads in order to minimize potential harm and maximize ...


Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(AP) -- Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often fudged, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents ...


Foreign subtitles improve speech perception

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Do you speak English as a second language well, but still have trouble understanding movies with unfamiliar accents, such as Brad Pitt's southern accent in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds? In a new study, published ...


New study measures hookah use among Florida teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...


In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...



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