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New treatment succeeds in reducing panic and anxiety (w/ Video)

A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Obama vows to fast track high speed rail

US President Barack Obama Thursday called for a US high speed rail service to rival the express trains of France, Japan, Spain and China, highlighting a 13 billion dollar government funding boost.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Stanford develops new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Jack was sinking fast, his vital signs registering alarming numbers. With every passing second, his doctor, Charles Prober, could see his patient being overwhelmed by sepsis, a deadly complication of infection ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A push for family input to detect dementia earlier

(AP) -- Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild dementia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sentences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds substantial variability in rate of additional surgery after partial mastectomy

Nearly one in four women who undergo a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer have another surgery to remove additional tissue (reexcision), and there is substantial surgeon and institutional variation in the rate ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MSU technology spin-out company to market portable biohazard detection

A new company formed around Michigan State University nanotechnology promises to move speedy detection of deadly pathogens and toxins from the laboratory directly to the field.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Foot and ankle structure differs between sprinters and non-sprinters

The skeletal structure of the foot and ankle differs significantly between human sprinters and non-sprinters, according to Penn State researchers. Their findings not only help explain why some people are faster runners than ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Immune system memory cells have trick for self preservation

(Medical Xpress) -- After defeating an infection, the immune system creates a memory of the vanquished attacker to make it easier to identify and eliminate in the future. Researchers at Washington University ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025

The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computer algorithm used to identify bladder cancer marker

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have used an innovative mathematical technique to find markers that effectively predict how deadly a cancer will be. The discovery, which in this case concerned bladder ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy

Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's Internet population tops 500 million

China now has more than 500 million people on the Internet and nearly half use weibos, microblogs similar to Twitter that can circumvent the country's powerful censors, official data showed Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4


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