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Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical remova ...





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Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.


DU professor advises families to refocus for holidays to ease financial tension (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Martha Wadsworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver (DU), says during the holidays families should focus on what has been proven to matter most in psychological research - quality family time.


Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known (AP)

Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend ...


A Tale of Planetary Woe

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...


Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As sea-surface temperatures rise across the globe, some scientists believe that hurricane frequency and intensity may increase. A fresh technique offers promise to generate new data from long-dead storms, ...


University of Colorado butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...


Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 12

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...


Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts

Medicine & Health / Research

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

(AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


The collection and storage and retention of the household data makes it vulnerable to security breaches

New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

Technology / Energy

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...


Humans, Other Mammals Similarly Voice Frustrations

Humans, Other Mammals Similarly Voice Frustrations

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pet owners and scientists who spend a lot of time in the wild say that they can tell when an animal is upset by the sound of its voice. Now new analyses of animal calls may offer an explanation; humans seem ...



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