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Astronomers use ultra-sensitive camera to measure size of planet orbiting star
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A team of astronomers led by John Johnson of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy has used a new technique to measure the precise size of a planet around a distant star. They used a camera so ...
Poor mental health found among young offenders
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Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls in young offender institutions are particularly vulnerable to depression, a large-scale study led by Oxford University has shown. The researchers have found incidences of ...
Treatment for cigarette, alcohol and drug use in pregnancy improves outcomes for mom and baby
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Pregnant women who receive treatment for substance abuse early in their pregnancy can achieve the same health outcomes as pregnant women with no substance abuse, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in ...
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CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using.
Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2009 |
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HIV/Aids is up to five times more prevalent in American prisons than in the general population. Adherence to treatment programs can be strictly monitored in prison. However, once prisoners are released, medical monitoring ...
Postmenopausal women with higher testosterone levels
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted ...
Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.
Wealth link to alcohol crime
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rich rural towns show higher levels of alcohol-related crime than poorer communities, according to new research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
Competition for College Admissions Perpetuates Class Divide in Higher Education
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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Increased competition for college admissions combined with the heightened emphasis on test scores in recent decades has fueled the growth of class inequality in American higher education, according to sociologist Sigal Alon ...
Cosmic entropy could be 100 times greater than previously thought
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of supermassive black holes has discovered the entropy of the universe is much greater than previously thought, which means it may also be very slightly closer to ultimate heat death.
Less than half of medical students understand health care system
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Less than half of graduating medical students in the U.S. say they received adequate training in understanding health care systems and the economics of practicing medicine, according to a study conducted by the University ...
Migraine raises risk of most common form of stroke
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Pooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more than twofold higher chances of the most common kind of stroke: ...
Higher incidence of thyroid cancer in volcanic area of Sicily
Nov 05, 2009 |
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People living in volcanic areas may be at a higher risk for thyroid cancer, according to a new study published online November 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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