Archive: 08/11/2008
Study finds more PSA screening awareness needed among high-risk groups
In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen ...
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Invisibility cloak now within sight: scientists (Update 2)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development ...
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture abundant solar energy
Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology, developed at the U.S. Department of ...
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Genes may make some people more prone to anxiety
Inborn differences may help explain why trauma gives some people bad memories and others the nightmare of post-traumatic stress. Scientists in Germany and the United States have reported evidence linking genes to anxious ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Health and marriage: The times they are a changin'
The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health may be misguided.
Aug 11, 2008 |
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1 in 5 young men has had recent prostate cancer test
A new analysis finds that one in five men in their 40s has had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test within the previous year and that young black men are more likely than young white men to have undergone the test. The ...
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Complex decision? Don't sleep on it
Neither snap judgements nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 11, 2008 |
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New bacterial species found in human mouth
Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria in the mouth. The finding could help scientists to understand tooth decay and gum disease and may lead to better treatments, according to research published in the August ...
Biology /
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Obesity genes revealed
A study of 228 women has revealed genetic variants responsible for body shape. Based on work in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, research published today in the open access journal BMC Genetics identifies natural variat ...
Aug 11, 2008 |
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