Archive: 04/09/2008
U.S. House votes to protect more coastline
Observers said the U.S. Senate this week is expected to approve a plan to protect 1,000 square miles off the California coast from oil drilling.
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Diabetes drug may hold potential as treatment for epilepsy
Metformine, a widely used diabetic drug, might also be an effective and safe therapy for epilepsy, researchers report. This new approach may be especially helpful for the subset of patients who have recurrent seizures despite ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Negligent, attentive mouse mothers show biological differences
In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study. Writing in the journal PLoS ONE on April 9, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain ...
Biology /
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Video doc helps HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors
A computer-based interactive risk assessment and risk reduction counseling program using a video doctor sharply reduces sexual and drug risk behaviors by HIV-positive patients, according to UCSF researchers who developed ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Why the dating game is taken at face value
Suitors can tell a young person’s attitude to sexual relationships by the look on their face, according to new research which gives deeper insight into mate attractiveness.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2008 |
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At home on a crab, with new evolutionary neighbors
The members of Drosophilidae, a family consisting of about 3000 species, are often referred to as fruit flies although most of the members feed on microbes. As microbes can be found growing on a wide range ...
Biology /
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