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Pulling together increases your pain threshold

Pulling together increases your pain threshold

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of Oxford rowers shows that members of a team who exercise together are able to tolerate twice as much pain as when they train on their own.


Migraine sufferers more prone to hangover headache

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Migraine sufferers, beware. You may be more prone to an alcohol-induced headache after a night of drinking, according to researchers from the Jefferson Headache Center. The research will be presented at Neuroscience 2009, ...


Extra medicare charges for the rich a slippery slope, expert says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A growing trend toward higher Medicare premiums for the richest Americans could ultimately creep into the retirement income of less-wealthy seniors, a University of Illinois expert on federal health insurance warns.


Cancer cells revert to normal at specific signal threshold, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Cancer starts when key cellular signals run amok, driving uncontrolled cell growth. But scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine report that lowering levels of one cancer signal under a specific threshold ...


‘Electron Trapping’ May Impact Future Microelectronics Measurements

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Using an ultra-fast method of measuring how a transistor switches from the “off” to the “on” state, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently reported that they have uncovered an unusual ...