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After years of research, drug for 'female sexual dysfunction' remains elusive

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The pharmaceutical industry's push to find a female version of Viagra has been full of letdowns.





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FTC warns of explicit content in virtual worlds

Technology / Internet

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The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.


Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

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Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...


Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and other surfaces ...


Tiny molecule slows progression of Lou Gehrig's disease in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a molecule produced naturally by muscles in response to nerve damage can reduce symptoms and prolong life in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ...


Flies like us: They can act like addicts, too

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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When given the chance to consume alcohol at will, fruit flies behave in ways that look an awful lot like human alcoholism. That's according to a study published online on December 10th in Current Biology that is one of the ...


Drug kills cells through novel mechanism

Drug kills cells through novel mechanism

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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MIT and Boston University researchers have discovered that the drug hydroxyurea kills bacteria by inducing them to produce molecules toxic to themselves — a conclusion that raises the possibility of finding ...


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.


Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say Penn environmental scientists

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...


Woods scandal a boon to Internet publications (AP)

Woods scandal a boon to Internet publications

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn't generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson's death or President Barack Obama's inauguration.


Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (AP)

Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (Update)

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(AP) -- The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate ...



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