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Dolphins maintain round-the-clock visual vigilance

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Dolphins have a clever trick for overcoming sleep deprivation. Sam Ridgway from the US Navy Marine Mammal Program explains that they are able to send half of their brains to sleep while the other half remains ...





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Teen marijuana use tilts up, while some drugs decline in use

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marijuana use among American adolescents has increased gradually over the past two years (three years among 12th-graders) following years of declining use, according to the latest Monitoring the Future study, ...


Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department ...


Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according ...


Sneezing in times of a flu pandemic

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The swine flu (H1N1) pandemic has received extensive media coverage this year. The World Health Organization, in addition to providing frequent updates about cases of infection and death tolls, recommends hyper vigilance ...


Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment does not increase cancer Risk in RA patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study by Swedish researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first 6 years after starting anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. The research team, ...


Higher risk of GI diseases may mean more vigilance, earlier screenings for minorities

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego underscore the growing disparities in gastrointestinal disease, particularly colon cancer and Barrett's ...


Iberian wolves prefer wild roe deer to domestic animals

Iberian wolves prefer wild roe deer to domestic animals

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Spanish researcher has analysed the preferences of wolves from the north east of the Iberian Peninsula to demonstrate that, in reality, their favourite prey are roe deer, deer and wild boar, ahead of domestic ...


Improved diet and exercise alone unlikely to cure obstructive sleep apnea in obese patients

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that while a strict diet and exercise program may benefit obese patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is unlikely to eli ...


YouTube is increasing its copyright vigilance

YouTube pacts heighten copyright vigilance

Technology / Internet

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube on Wednesday said it will be able to quickly track snippets from live television shows thanks to new partnerships with three broadcast video delivery specialty firms.


Banking on outlier detection: Simple computer model could act as early warning system for failing banks

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that s ...



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