The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 1,000 cases of Leek and Oriental Noodle Fried Dumplings because of a labeling error.

Medicine & Health - Other

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Two new studies appearing in Contemporary Economic Policy explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 17, 2008 4 / 5 (1) 0

A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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A gene mutation responsible for the most common form of inherited colon cancer is older and more common than formerly believed, according to a recent study.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

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The estimated 19 million Americans living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a high risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have shown that a main source of this cardiovascular risk is CKD patients' ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Apr 17, 2008 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

A child’s innocence and vulnerability presents a target for a sexual predator’s abusive behavior. University of Missouri researchers are beginning to understand the communication process by which predators lure victims ...

Medicine & Health - Other

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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Apr 17, 2008 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

Typing on a keyboard or scribbling on paper may be similar activities, but there is a significant difference in how the body moves, according to new motor development research.

Biology -

Apr 17, 2008 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

A new study from the University of Utah shows that women in academia have fewer children compared to other professional women -- primarily because it takes longer to achieve the job security of tenure -- and concludes that ...

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 17, 2008 4 / 5 (1) 0

Every year, more than 30 billion water bottles are added to America's landfills, creating a mountainous environmental problem. But if research at Missouri University of Science and Technology is successful, the plastic bottles ...

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Apr 17, 2008 3.6 / 5 (7) 0

Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms worldwide may decline, according to a new study by MIT researchers.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 17, 2008 2.8 / 5 (6) 1

In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has shown ...

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Admit it — when you see a middle-aged man sliding behind the wheel of his sleek new convertible, you aren't thinking, "Wow, he must have gotten a nice raise." No, the phrase crossing your mind is "mid-life crisis."

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

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Two new studies conducted by Oregon State University researchers show that jumping exercises conducted over a single school year during early childhood resulted in significant bone mass increases ranging between 3 percent ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 17, 2008 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

Several instruments that will help NASA characterize the moon's surface have been installed on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The powerful equipment will bring the moon into sharper focus and reveal new insights ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 17, 2008 4.3 / 5 (4) 0