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African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program
Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Game on: Sports Analytics Conference produces a growing avalanche of quantitative research
Imagine if your hobby became your profession — or, indeed, if it started a whole new profession.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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A surprising molecular switch: Lipids help control the development of cell polarity
In a standard biology textbook, cells tend to look more or less the same from all sides. But in real life cells have fronts and backs, tops and bottoms, and they orient many of their structures according to ...
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Many in NY cheer delay of animal disease lab move
(AP) -- The Obama administration has put the brakes on a plan to build a new lab that studies contagious animal diseases, a decision that has pitted disappointed Kansans hopeful about growth against New Yorkers fighting ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Research examines virus infection's differing effects on plants, insects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomato spotted wilt virus can be deadly for many important plants, but have little effect on the plants' small insect hosts. Research by a Kansas State University plant pathologist and two students is examining ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Bugs and paperwork: How unlocking the genetic secret of insects could improve human health and welfare
It's difficult to find much unused table space in Michael Kanost's office. The university distinguished professor and head of the department of biochemistry has nearly all of it claimed by stacks of folders ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Breaking the chain: 'Molecular cap' blocks processes that lead to Alzheimer's, HIV
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new advance by UCLA biochemists has brought scientists one step closer to developing treatments that could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and prevent the sexual transmission of HIV.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Chemical compounds in trees can fight deadly staph infections in humans
Most people would never suspect that a "trash tree," one with little economic value and often removed by farmers due to its ability to destroy farmland, could be the key to fighting a deadly bacterium. Now, ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Sex and space? Houston, we have a problem
Ever dream about a honeymoon in space? You may want to think twice after you hear about Joe Tash's research.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Change in drug payment rule may trigger headaches
(AP) -- A headache awaits people who use those tax-free health spending accounts to pay for over-the-counter allergy relievers, heartburn blockers and other drugstore remedies. Starting next year, you'll need a prescription ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Helping Latinos kick the habit
Latinos who live the United States are more likely to quit smoking when they take part in an intervention program, finds a systematic review of studies conducted by Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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