Archive: 08/05/2008
Stent grafts: a better way to treat blunt trauma injuries
Endovascular repair—fixing an injury in a blood vessel from inside that vessel—is a better option for individuals who receive highly lethal injuries from high-speed collisions or falls (together referred to as blunt trauma) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby galaxy metropolis
Globular star clusters, dense bunches of hundreds of thousands of stars, contain some of the oldest surviving stars in the Universe. A new international study of globular clusters outside our Milky Way Galaxy ...
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Scientists identify possible cause of endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition whereby patches of the inner lining of the womb appear in parts of the body other than the womb cavity. It can cause severe pain and affects approximately 15% of women of reproductive ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans
UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive ...
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Sesame seed extract and konjac gum may help ward off Salmonella and E. coli
A new study in SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that konjac gum and sesame seed extract may offer protection against different strains of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria.
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Revolutionary technique could reduce lifelong drugs for transplant patients
Researchers have developed a ground-breaking procedure that could avoid the need for transplant patients to spend the rest of their lives taking a cocktail of drugs to stop their system from rejecting their new organ, according ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest relatives
Mankind's closest relatives – the world's monkeys, apes and other primates – are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some literally being eaten into extinction.
Biology /
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Human brains pay a price for being big
Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Biology /
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Evaluating ecosystem services
Environmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that preserving the benefits that whole ecosystems provide to people ...
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Rectal gel prevents transmission of AIDS-like virus in macaques
The HIV drug tenofovir may prevent AIDS transmission when applied rectally as a gel, according to results from a macaque study published in PLoS Medicine.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 05, 2008 |
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New prognostic model for traumatic brain injury
In a research article published in this week's PLoS Medicine Ewout Steyerberg (of the University Medical Center Rotterdam) and colleagues describe the development and validation of new prognostic models for traumatic brain ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Memory, depression, insomnia -- and worms?
Researchers have spent decades probing the causes of depression, schizophrenia and insomnia in humans. But a new study may have uncovered key insights into the origins of these and other conditions by examining a most unlikely ...
Biology /
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Lowering cholesterol early in life could save lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- With heart disease maintaining top billing as the leading cause of death in the United States, a team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine physician-researchers is proposing ...
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Scientists discover 'Planet of the Apes'
The world's population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas received a huge boost today when the Wildlife Conservation Society released a census showing massive numbers of these secretive great ...
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Aug 05, 2008 |
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Martian soil may contain detrimental substance
Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 05, 2008 |
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