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Common treatment for chronic prostatitis fails to reduce symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alfuzosin, a drug commonly prescribed for men with chronic prostatitis, a painful disorder of the prostate and surrounding pelvic area, failed to significantly reduce symptoms in recently diagnosed men who had not been previously ...


Reducing Work Commutes Not Easy In Some Cities, Study Suggests

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shorter work commutes are one way to reduce gasoline consumption, but a new study finds that not all cities are equal in how easy it would be to achieve that goal.


A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively simple ...


Biologists find diatom to reduce red tide's toxicity

Biologists find diatom to reduce red tide's toxicity

Biology /

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

It's estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately $20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found ...


Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...