NFL Players' Health Compared To That Of Other Healthy Young Men
Despite being larger in size and heavier in weight, an analysis of the cardiovascular disease risk factors of about 500 National Football League players finds that they have a lower incidence of impaired fasting glucose and similar prevalence of...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Physics: Interferometer Gets More Quiet Mirrors
In physics many subtle phenomena can be studied by allowing waves to interfere with each other. In an interferometer, light waves travel by two different paths, directed from place to place by strategically places mirrors, and converge at a detector,...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Some Neural Tube Defects In Mice Linked To Enzyme Deficiency
Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. New research using mice confirms the importance of another nutrient, inositol, to protect against...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Fallow Deer Become Hoarse In The Hunt For A Mate
Fallow deer become hoarse when trying to attract a mate, according to scientists.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/DYkIiKSh-V4" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction
A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago has been uncovered.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/7bje8oNPWQ8" height="1" width="1"/
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Effectively Managing Pain With Depression
Closely monitored antidepressant therapy coupled with pain self-management can produce substantial improvements in both depression and pain, according to new research.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/IjUmFSorNgs" height="1"...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Picosecond Oscilloscope
An oscilloscope is a device for displaying signals that are too fast to be seen by the human eye. Typically the signal consists of a voltage level that changes quickly moment by moment (over millisecond to nanosecond timescales). What is seen on the...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Breast Cancer Etiology May Vary By Subtype
Women's reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2,544 breast cancer cases suggests that traditional risk factors for development of the condition are associated with different kinds...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Saved By Junk DNA: Vital Role In The Evolution Of Human Genome
Stretches of DNA previously believed to be useless 'junk' DNA play a vital role in the evolution of our genome, researchers have now shown. They found that unstable pieces of junk DNA help tuning gene activity and enable organisms to quickly adapt to...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
How Oxidative Stress May Help Prolong Life
Oxidative stress has been linked to aging, cancer and other diseases in humans. Paradoxically, researchers have suggested that small exposure to oxidative conditions may actually offer protection from acute doses. Now, scientists have discovered the...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Evolution Of Migraine: From Episodic Headache To Chronic Disorder
Patients living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning a positive future. Two review articles and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Migraine: Beyond Just Another Pill," in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, are...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Getting More From Whole-transcript Microarrays
Women??™s reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2544 breast cancer cases suggests that traditional risk factors for development of the condition are associated with different...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Dental Researchers ID New Target In Fight Against Osteoporosis, Periodontitis
Researchers have identified a promising new target in the fight against osteoporosis and periodontitis: inhibiting the activity of the NF-kB protein restores a healthy balance between bone formation and resorption. The findings could offer new hope to...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
New Glucose-regulating Protein Linked With Diabetes
Researchers have linked a specialized protein in human muscles to the process that clears glucose out of the bloodstream, shedding light on what goes wrong in type 2 diabetes on a cellular level.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Blue Whale Discovered Singing In New York Coastal Waters
For the very first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales have been positively identified. Acoustic experts confirmed that the voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and New York City on...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Ballerinas And Female Athletes Share Quadruple Health Threats
Sports medicine researchers have found that young female professional dancers face the same health risks as young female athletes when they don't eat enough to offset the energy they spend, and stop menstruating as a consequence.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Surgery Not Necessary For Most Late-stage Colorectal Cancers
A new study shows that a large majority of patients who present with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other organs don't require immediate surgery to remove the primary tumor in the colon.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Novel Biomarkers In Heart Failure
Several new biomarkers have been recently described in heart failure syndrome either in stable chronic patients as in the settings of acute decompensation. Biomarkers are used to diagnose disease risk, to predict outcome and to tailor treatment to...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Recognizing Signs And Symptoms Of Acute Heart Failure
Although heart failure is a chronic condition, acute exacerbations are frequent and occur with serious complications; patients with heart failure and their families can help improve prognosis in acute events if they are taught to recognize the...
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General Science | Saturday May 30
Brain's Object Recognition System Activated By Touch Alone
Portions of the brain that activate when people view pictures of objects compared to scrambled images can also be activated by touch alone, confirms a new report.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/KPKS0WXNykw" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Friday May 29
Ghost Remains After Black Hole Eruption
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic "ghost" lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Curious X-shooter Antibiotics
A sneak preview of my spectroscopyNOW ezine headlines for June 1:
Bi-curious microcylinders - A team in the US has produced micrometre-wide discs and elongated rods from bi-coloured and multicoloured compartments. The composite materials could have...
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General Science | Friday May 29
New Rotors Could Help Develop Nanoscale Generators
Scientists have developed a molecular structure that could help create current-generating machines at the nanoscale.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/XeJ3HlRDd3k" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Friday May 29
How Many Scientists Fabricate And Falsify Research?
It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? A new study finds the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviors. The results suggest that...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Impossible Crystal: Crystallization At The Molecular Level
Molecules with five-fold symmetry arrange themselves on a surface as a two-dimensional crystal, although theoretically this ought not to be possible. Recently researchers in Switzerland have taken the first steps to a better understanding of this...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Cottonseed-based Drug Shows Promise In Treating Severe Brain Cancer
An experimental compound showed good results for months in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, researchers say. After undergoing other treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, the trial patients' brain cancer had begun to grow...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Superconducting Chips To Become Reality
Most chemical elements become superconducting at low temperatures or high pressures, but until now, copper, silver, gold, and the semiconductor germanium, for example, have all refused superconductivity. Scientists have now able to produce...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Completely Different Way Of Looking For A New Antibiotic
Researchers have built a method of looking for molecules that will disturb the balance between them, offering a completely different way of looking for a new antibiotic that would be active against the cell wall.img...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Daily Alcohol Intake Can Lead To Binge Drinking
Sipping wine, beer or spirits three to four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking, particularly among young men, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the drinking habits of Canadians and found that frequent alcohol consumption...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic
Scientists from around the world will convene at the University of New Hampshire June 2-5, 2009, to discuss key findings from the most ambitious effort ever undertaken to measure "short-lived" airborne pollutants in the Arctic and determine how they...
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General Science | Friday May 29
Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions
Engineers have created a non-toxic "wrinkled" coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater tests, a finding that could ultimately save boat owners millions of dollars in cleaning and fuel...
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