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Heart attacks: The tipping point

Twenty percent of American deaths each year are caused by heart attack or angina, sometimes without any warning.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Failed soybean disease leads to treatment for century-old cotton root rot disease

A dreaded soybean disease that didn’t materialize in the U.S. has led to an unintended positive impact of approximately $29 million annually for Texas cotton growers, according to officials with the Texas ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Redefining the SI base units

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metrology is poised to undergo a profound change that will benefit scientists, engineers, industry and commerce – but which almost no one will notice in daily life.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

The full moon indicates impending danger from lion attack

Be sure to check the sky if you ever set out for a nighttime stroll in southeastern Tanzania. If the moon is full, continue. But if the sky is dark, turn back – or you may be a lion's dinner.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cellphone alert system announced in NYC

(AP) -- An emergency alert system that will send messages to cellphones during disasters could have been used to warn New Yorkers of the tornadoes that hit the city last year, city officials said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts

Terror alerts from the government will soon have just two levels of warnings — elevated and imminent — and those will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances. Color codes are out; Facebook and ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Drug reduces gum disease, risk of osteoporosis, heart disease in women

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that a federally approved pharmaceutical for treating periodontal disease also significantly reduces risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sneak Attacks from the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation towards the Earth. Astronomers keenly watch the Sun to learn more about what powers these solar eruptions, in hopes ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Drug prevents post-traumatic stress syndrome

when a severely stressful event triggers exaggerated and chronic fear – affects nearly 8 million people in the United States and is hard to treat. In a preclinical study, Northwestern Medicine scientists have for the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New clinical test to predict lupus flares moves closer to the market

A discovery made by Lupus Research Institute-funded investigator Emily Baechler Gillespie, PhD, at the University of Minnesota has been licensed to a major clinical laboratory for development and could soon result in a test ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests sensitivity to bodily symptoms of anxiety may make a difference in treatment

Levels of anxiety sensitivity may be important in choosing medical treatment for patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AF), Montreal Heart Institute researchers today told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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