Archive: 03/13/2008
Team announces 'predictor' for pregnant women who may have miscarriages
A medical team from the University of Leicester has been able to establish for the first time a predictor for pregnant women who may have miscarriages and those who won’t. Their research is published in the highly prestigious ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Prescription costs rise more than 6 times when patients reach 65 says study of 5M people
Prescribing costs increase dramatically when people reach 65, according to a detailed analysis of more than five million patients published in the March issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Modeling How Electric Charges Move
Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Closing the 'Pseudogap' on Superconductivity
One of the biggest mysteries in studying high-temperature (Tc) superconductors - materials that conduct electrical current with no resistance below a certain transition temperature - is the origin of a gap in the energy level ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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The puzzling 'eye of a hurricane' on Venus
Venus Express has constantly been observing the south pole of Venus and has found it to be surprisingly fickle. An enormous structure with a central part that looks like the eye of a hurricane, morphs and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Salmon fishing season at risk in Calif.
U.S. officials are considering canceling the 2008 salmon fishing season in California and Oregon because of a dramatic decline in salmon population.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Thousands of starfish found dead on beach
Britain's Environment Agency says thousands of dead starfish were found washed up on a beach at Pegwell Bay.
Biology /
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Anemia drugs under scrutiny
U.S. drug regulators are contemplating further restrictions on the use of drugs to combat anemia in cancer patients.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Aetna links medical history to health info
A U.S. health insurer is offering its customers an online service linking personal health data to online research of medical issues.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Quitting smoking in pregnancy boosts chances of easygoing child
Giving up smoking during pregnancy may boost the chances of giving birth to an easy going child, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Regular low dose aspirin cuts asthma risk in women
A small dose of aspirin on alternate days can cut the risk of developing asthma among women, suggests a large study, published ahead of print in Thorax.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Extra vitamin D in early childhood cuts adult diabetes risk
Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Scientists discover how TB 'develops invincibility' against only available treatment
Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered a dramatic new twist in the battle against TB. They have identified how the killer bacterium makes itself immune to a key component of the only effective treatment ...
Biology /
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Researchers investigate evolving 'swarm' robots
A groundbreaking project at the University of York is to investigate how swarms of miniature robots can work and evolve together.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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