If you have chronic heart disease, could your doctor’s office safeguard your health by improving how it delivers care?

Medicine & Health - Health

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A purified form of an omega 3 cuts the number and size of precancerous bowel growths (polyps) in people whose genetic make-up predisposes them to bowel cancer, finds research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the video-sharing site every minute.

Technology - Internet

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said Wednesday.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Mar 17, 2010 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

(AP) -- The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years ago, according to a new international study. But critters who live closest to the North Pole are disappearing.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 17, 2010 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have provided the first clear demonstration that the theory of quantum mechanics applies to the mechanical motion of an object large enough to be seen by the ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 17, 2010 4.8 / 5 (42) 6 |

The role of selenium in diabetes has been controversial, with some studies suggesting that it raises diabetes risk and others finding that it is protective. Now, research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 17, 2010 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

(AP) -- Verizon is accusing Cablevision of infringing on its patents for digital set-top boxes, as competition for video subscribers in the New York area heats up.

Technology - Telecom

Mar 17, 2010 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police said Wednesday.

Technology - Other

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 17

Although many smokers try to quit by selecting a 'quit day' and going cold turkey, a new Cochrane review finds that quitting gradually might work just as well.

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 17, 2010 not rated yet 1

(AP) -- The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs ...

Medicine & Health - Medications

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

Your monthly cell phone bill is way too expensive. No, it's not the fees or taxes or even text messages that are leaching your wallet. It's your voice plan.

Technology - Telecom

Mar 17, 2010 4.1 / 5 (9) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- California's western Sierra Nevada had more frequent fires between 800 and 1300 than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a new study led by Thomas W. Swetnam, director of UA's ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 17, 2010 4.9 / 5 (9) 22 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- When cells move about in the body, they follow a complex pattern similar to that which amoebae and bacteria use when searching for food, a team of Vanderbilt researchers have found.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Washing out your nose with a spray or spout of salt water is safe and might even get you back to work sooner after a cold or acute sinus infection. However, there is not enough evidence to show that it can reduce your symptoms ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 17, 2010 4 / 5 (1) 2 |