Archive: 05/05/2008
Alcoholism is not just a 'man's disease' anymore
Cross-sectional studies, which collect information at a single point in time, generally find that young Americans report having more lifetime alcohol problems than older Americans, despite having had less time to develop ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Second breast cancer may be greater than thought for high-risk women without BRCA mutations
A preliminary analysis of ongoing research suggests that high-risk women with breast cancer who do not have a BRCA1/2 mutation may face a greater chance for developing a second breast cancer than previously thought. With ...
May 05, 2008 |
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Iron supplements might harm infants who have enough
A new study suggests that extra iron for infants who don't need it might delay development -- results that fuel the debate over optimal iron supplement levels and could have huge implications for the baby formula and food ...
May 05, 2008 |
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The Particle Whisperers
As many parents know, it's often easier to keep your kids under control by exerting less authority rather than more. A child who fidgets uncontrollably in a confining booster seat, for example, may be perfectly content on ...
May 05, 2008 |
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Bacterial slime helps cause serious disease
Leptospirosis is a serious but neglected emerging disease that infects humans through contaminated water. Now research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology shows for the first time how bacteria that cause ...
Biology /
May 05, 2008 |
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Quantum Mechanical Con Game
For the first time, physicists have come up with a scheme that would allow a quantum mechanical expert to win every time in a con game with a victim who only knows about classical physics. Prior quantum cons have typically ...
May 05, 2008 |
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