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COMPASS points to weight loss

Medicine & Health / Health

created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose weight. The two-year study, ...


Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the lungs may ...


A 'fountain of youth' for stem cells?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a study in the current issue of Cell Transplantation, that explores ways to successfully keep stem cells "forever young" ...


High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

Technology / Other

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."


The Formation of Blue Stragglers

Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Stars in globular clusters are generally extremely old, with ages of 12-13 billion years. However, a small fraction of them appear to be significantly younger than the average population and, because they ...


2/3 of Australians unlikely to get vaccinated against swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia risks a serious swine flu (H1N1 influenza virus) outbreak with two-thirds (65 per cent) of unprotected Australians stating they're unlikely to get vaccinated against the disease in the next 12 months, according ...


Link Between Poor Sleep and Poor Learning in Older Adults Investigated

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are trying to decode why aging prevents sleep from enhancing memory. Rebecca Spencer, assistant professor of psychology, says she is trying to isolate ...


Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.


Ancient Pacific islanders brought to light

Ancient Pacific islanders brought to light

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A find of 60 headless skeletons summer 2009 may reveal the identity of the people who first inhabited the Pacific Ocean archipelago Vanuatu 3000 years ago.


One dose of H1N1 vaccine may provide sufficient protection for infants and children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in JAMA, published online today because of its public health implications. The study will a ...



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