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Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors

According to new Dutch research featured in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, a peptide receptor radiolabeled therapy (PRRT), [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]Octreotate (177Lu-octreotate) , is effective not only i ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Size matters: Length of songbirds' playlists linked to brain region proportions

Call a bird "birdbrained" and they may call "fowl." Cornell University researchers have proven that the capacity for learning in birds is not linked to overall brain size, but to the relative size and proportion of their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Obesity and large waist size linked to higher risk of death in African-American women

The risk of death increases with higher levels of overweight and obesity among African American women, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. In addition, a larger ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The geometry of sex: How body size could lead to new species

Different species of scincid lizards, commonly known as skinks, rarely interbreed, but it's not for lack of trying.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Building a smarter ape?

Silly as the movie gets, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" explores big questions about human evolution.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Low oxygen triggers moth molt

A new explanation for one of nature's most mysterious processes, the transformation of caterpillars into moths or butterflies, might best be described as breathless.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making a bee-line for the best rewards

Bumblebees use complex problem solving skills to minimise the energy they use when flying to collect food, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds flexible-fiber CO2 laser safe in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery

A new study has shown the Flexible-Fiber CO2 laser to safely cut and coagulate during endoscopic assisted transsphenoidal craniotomies (TSC) without the line of sight problems encountered with conventional CO2 lasers. The ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After-hours care affects emergency department use in Leduc

(Edmonton, Canada) Access to health care and the usage of emergency departments are popular topics in the news.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Atlantic herring population trends linked to egg predation by haddock

(PhysOrg.com) -- NOAA scientists have developed a population model for Atlantic herring that links herring population trends to the size of the haddock population. The model also provides evidence that egg predation by haddock ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Big brains evolved due to capacity for exercise

The relatively large size of the mammalian brain evolved due to a capacity for endurance exercise, researchers conclude in a recent study.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Diners who use big forks eat less: study

Researchers have found a new way to control the amount we eat: use a bigger fork. While numerous studies have focused on portion sizes and their influence on how much we eat, researchers Arul and Himanshu Mishra and Tamara ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mississippi tips scale as nation's fattest state

(AP) -- Rural Mississippi is the country's fattest state for the seventh year in a row, according to an annual obesity report issued Thursday. Colorado, a playground for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts, is the nation's thi ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

American snacking habits to blame for obesity: study

(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in PLoS Medicine, researchers have shown that it is not only the American habit of “super-sizing” meals that is leading to obesity, but the number of sna ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Brain Endocast of Nanjing 1 Homo erectus Reconstructed

Endocasts are the most direct evidence for studying human brain evolution. Endocasts can provide information on brain size, general shape, morphology, and anatomical features of the external surface. Dr. WU ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0