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Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of ...


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Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case

Technology / Internet

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.


Broadcom settles securities class action lawsuit

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. said Tuesday it will pay more than $160 million in cash to settle a class action investor lawsuit related to stock option backdating, but did not admit wrongdoing.


Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Linked to Nerve Diseases

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified mutations in the gene for TRPV4 that cause two related degenerative motor nerve disorders, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular ...


Judge not lest ye be judged? Researchers explore 'moral hypocrisy' in powerful people

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 30

2009 may well be remembered for its scandal-ridden headlines, from admissions of extramarital affairs by governors and senators, to corporate executives flying private jets while cutting employee benefits, and most recently, ...


Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the lungs may ...


College asks students to power down, contemplate (AP)

College asks students to power down, contemplate

Technology / Hi Tech

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

(AP) -- Dianne Lynch wanted to give the students of Stephens College a break from the constant digital communication that pervades their generation. So she asked them to put their phones and computers away ...


'Angry' extroverts should do best in the ring

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Boxers are renowned for upping the ante by trading slurs and insults at pre-fight weigh-ins or press conferences - but research by sports psychologists suggests that the role goes beyond showmanship. If effectively ...


Common mechanism underlies many diseases of excitability

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inherited mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels (Navs) are associated with many different human diseases, including genetic forms of epilepsy and chronic pain. Theodore Cummins and colleagues, at Indiana University School ...


Critical protein helps mend damaged DNA

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In order to preserve our DNA, cells have developed an intricate system for monitoring and repairing DNA damage. Yet precisely how the initial damage signal is converted into a repair response remains unclear. Researchers ...



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