Archive: 05/25/2007
MU study finds binge drinking among college students impaires decision-making ability
People addicted to alcohol and young adults who are heavy drinkers, but not considered alcoholics, have something in common: they possess poor decision-making skills, according to psychologists at the University ...
May 25, 2007 |
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MIT-led team uncovers malaria mechanism
During the first 24 hours of invasion by the malaria-inducing parasite Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cells start to lose their ability to deform and squeeze through tiny blood vessels-one of the hallmarks of the deadly ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 25, 2007 |
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Mapping the English language – from cockney to Orkney
If they were Scousers they’d be “made up”; from the Black Country they’d be “bostin”. But researchers from the University of Leeds are naturally “well chuffed” to receive a £460,000 grant to examine and catalogue the dialects ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Why are there no Unicorns?
Why are there no Unicorns? Perhaps horses develop in a way that cannot be easily modified to produce a Unicorn, so such creatures have never arisen. Or maybe Unicorn-like animals have been born in the past but because there ...
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May 25, 2007 |
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Berkeley's blueprint for green future
Officials in Berkeley, Calif., are laying out a roadmap to reach a voter mandated 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
May 25, 2007 |
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High pretreatment PSA velocity predicts worse outcome
The most significant single predictor of aggressive prostate cancer is an elevated rate of increase in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study. Published in the July 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed ...
May 25, 2007 |
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New insights into chronic inflammation and atherosclerosis
[B]Inflammatory rheumatic disease and smoking independently predict aortic inflammation, suggests study of coronary artery surgery survivors[/B] Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other inflammatory rheumatic diseases are ...
May 25, 2007 |
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A psychological approach to the management of irritable bowel syndrome
Antidepressants and psychological treatments such as hypnotherapy have the potential to help patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), say researchers in this week’s BMJ.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 25, 2007 |
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Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
Long-term study links increased coffee consumption to decreased risk of gout in men over age 40 Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widel ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Aggressive treatment for whiplash does not promote faster recovery
Whiplash, the most common traffic injury, leads to neck pain, headache and other symptoms, resulting in a significant burden of disability and health care utilization. Although there are few effective treatments for whiplash, ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Most pediatric chemotherapy mistakes reach patients
The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children. Published in the July 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed ...
May 25, 2007 |
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