Archive: 10/06/2009
Continuing racial differences in HIV prevalence in US
HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and private actions, involving many billions ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Antibiotic may be new stroke treatment
The antibiotic minocycline may revolutionize the treatment of strokes. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic efficacy of the drug in animal models.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Does work kill in the country of 35-hour week?
Short work weeks, enviably long lunches and vacations their American or Japanese counterparts can only dream of: French labour conditions are well-known to be among the most generous in the world.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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How should mental, neurological and substance use disorders be treated where resources are scarce?
Over 90% of people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in low and middle income countries go untreated, an inequity known as the mental health "treatment gap." This week PLoS Medicine kicks off a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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A woman in space
In the early years of the "space race" (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. In ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Swine flu -- were people in the UK ever really that concerned?
Three quarters of European people surveyed between the 30th April and 6th May 2009 said they were either not at all concerned or only a little concerned about swine flu. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC In ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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High-fat diet impairs muscle health before impacting function
(PhysOrg.com) -- Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. But few studies have comprehensively examined how obesity caused by a high-fat diet affects the health of muscle in adolescents ...
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A simple way for older adults to assess arterial stiffness: reach for the toes
How far you can reach beyond your toes from a sitting position - normally used to define the flexibility of a person's body - may be an indicator of how stiff your arteries are.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Research points to potential chink in cancer's armor
Scientists at the University of York have identified and successfully silenced a gene that appears essential to cancer cell survival.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Researchers identify key behavior of immune response to Listeria
A team of University of British Columbia microbiologists has identified a key defence mechanism used by the immune system against Listeria with strong implications for the future development of vaccines.
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Los Angeles fast-food restaurant ban unlikely to cut obesity, study finds
Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, according ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Ask.com mines online coupons with new aggregator
(AP) -- Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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