Archive: 05/13/2008
Gene therapy slows progression of fatal neurodegenerative disease in children
Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow significantly the rate of neurologic decline in treated children, according to a paper ...
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Using music to explore the neural bases of emotional 'processing' in the autistic brain
Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them?
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2008 |
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Hyperactivity is associated with decreased numbers of interneurons
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry on May 15th is “another example of how basic science research conducted in animals may help to identify new molecular targets that may be studied for the treatment or even p ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2008 |
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Researchers discover architecture for fundamental processes of life
A team of Canadian researchers has completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the fundamental processes of life. In the online edition of the journal Science, researchers from the Université ...
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May 13, 2008 |
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Put the Trees in the Ground: A solution for the global carbon dioxide problem?
Of the current global environmental problems, the excessive release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels and the related global warming is one of the most pressing.
May 13, 2008 |
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Businesspeople Who Are Too Sure Of Their Abilities Are Less Savvy Entrepreneurs: New Study
Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump into new business ventures with insufficient regard for the competition and the size of the market, new research has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2008 |
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Children better prepared for school if their parents read aloud to them
Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
May 13, 2008 |
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Risk of hospitalization from violent assault increases when local alcohol sales rise
The risk of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
May 13, 2008 |
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Women who breastfeed for more than a year halve their risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2008 |
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Why did the EPA fire a respected toxicologist?
In March, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in scientific panels that advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health effects of toxic ...
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May 13, 2008 |
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Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups
Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British Jo ...
May 13, 2008 |
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Patients' expectation of getting better is crucial in recovery from whiplash
Research into whiplash published in this week’s PLoS Medicine has found that an individual’s expectation of getting better plays a crucial role in the likelihood of his or her recovery, even after the severity of their physic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2008 |
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A molecular thermometer for the distant universe
Astronomers have made use of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away, a feat that had ...
May 13, 2008 |
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Chronic disease management: Does it improve health and save money?
A study published in the May/June issue of Health Affairs reports on the first randomized trial providing a scientifically valid look at what one might expect from chronic disease management programs that serve low-income indivi ...
May 13, 2008 |
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HPV linked to better survival in tonsil, tongue cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils.
May 13, 2008 |
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