Archive: 03/26/2009
Asia to drive mobile broadband Internet access
Broadband-service providers will see their revenue from mobile services jump to 137 billion dollars worldwide by 2014, up 450 percent from 2008, a report said Thursday.
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Combating weight gain caused by antipsychotic treatments
Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, but also bipolar disorder and even behavioral problems ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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COPD-related problems hard to swallow
Patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit a disordered breathing-swallowing pattern that may account for their higher risk of aspiration pneumonia, according to new research from ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Developing Brains: Alcohol Worse than Marijuana
(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears that when it comes to teen brain development, parents should be more worried about alcohol abuse than marijuana abuse. Two recent studies have been published showing that alcohol ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Gene variants may determine lung function and susceptibility to maternal smoking
A tiny variation within a single gene can determine not only how quickly and well lungs grow and function in children and adolescents, but how susceptible those children will be to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, even ...
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Bioengineered proteins: Trial confirms new way to tackle cancer
Re-engineering a protein that helps prevent tumours spreading and growing has created a potentially powerful therapy for people with many different types of cancer. In a study published in the first issue of EMBO Molecular Me ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Therapists still offering treatments for homosexuality despite lack of evidence
A significant minority of psychiatrists and therapists are still attempting to help lesbian, gay and bisexual clients become heterosexual despite lack of evidence that such treatment is beneficial or even safe, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Data suggesting that omacetaxine can eradicate leukemic stem cells may offer a breakthrough for CML
Data showing the ability of omacetaxine to kill leukemic stem cells in mouse models with drug-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are the subject of an advance online publication in the journal Leukemia, ChemGenex Pharma ...
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Economical, eco-friendly process for making biodiesel fuel from algae
Chemists reported development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from ...
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Crystal Cathedral: OMG! Poser tweets as Schuller
(AP) -- Televangelist Robert H. Schuller has reached millions worldwide with his weekly "Hour of Power" TV broadcasts, but when it comes to the Internet, he had a high-tech headache: an online impostor.
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Texas is second to Alaska in acres of forest land
(AP) -- The first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history is headed toward this conclusion: Texas is No. 2.
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