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Climate Change Already Having Impact In Midwest And Across U.S., Expected To Worsen
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Extreme weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life in many parts of the US as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers report. These and other changes will continue and likely increase in intensity into the future, the scientists...
Dad's Overworked And Tired While Mom's Potentially Fired
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- 09/6/16 06:00
If dad looks exhausted this Father's Day it could be due to his job, suggests new research that found many male employees are now pressured to work up to 40 hours of overtime -- often unpaid -- per week to stay competitive.
Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf
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- 09/6/16 06:00
It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species exactly 150 years ago focused minds on a different kind of monster – ape-men such as the Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch. From then onwards, werewolves were relegated to a fictional...
Developmental Experiences May Explain 'Unexplained' Medical Symptoms?
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- 09/6/16 06:00
A new theory on the role of developmental experiences has been described. Maternal perception of a threatening environment may be transmitted to the fetus when hormones cross the placenta and affect fetal physiology, effectively 'programming' the fetal stress response system and associated behaviors toward enhanced...
Disclosing Feelings May Help The Course Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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- 09/6/16 06:00
The health and physiological effects of an intervention which facilitates the discussion of feelings related to rheumatoid arthritis are described in a new article.
Early and Easy Detection Of Alzheimer's Disease?
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- 09/6/16 06:00
A new diagnostic technique which may greatly simplify the detection of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered. There is currently no accepted blood test for Alzheimer's, and the diagnosis is usually based on expensive and labor-intensive neurological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging...
European Satellites Probe A New Magnetar
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- 09/6/16 06:00
NASA's Swift satellite reported multiple blasts of radiation from a rare object known as a soft gamma repeater, or SGR. Now, astronomers report an in-depth study of these eruptions using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory...
Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Neurologists questions the safety of eating farmed fish, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply. They suggest farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- commonly known as mad cow disease -- if they are fed byproducts rendered from cows.
Genetic Markers To Help Fight Diabetes Discovered
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Scientists have identified five genetic biomarkers that could help lead to improved treatments, with fewer side effects, for patients with diabetes.
Global Sunscreen Won't Save Corals
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do little to stop the acidification of the world oceans that threatens coral reefs and other marine life, report the authors of a new study. The culprit is atmospheric carbon dioxide, which even in a...
Good News For Some Hard-to-treat Hepatitis C Patients
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Researchers find a new option for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to previous treatment that may be effective even for those patients with factors that make their condition difficult to treat.
How To Get Wind Turbines To Work Harder
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- 09/6/16 06:00
How much usable energy do wind turbines produce? It is a question that perplexes engineers and frustrates potential users, especially on windless days. A new study provides a formula for answering this vexing question.
Income, Education, Important Factors In Heart Disease Risk
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Doctors who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a new study.
Living Near Fast Food Outlet Not A Weighty Problem For Kids
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- 09/6/16 06:00
A new study contradicts the conventional wisdom that living near a fast food outlet increases weight in children and that living near supermarkets, which sell fresh fruit and vegetables as well as so called junk food, lowers weight.
Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Archeologists have uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under a blanket of ash by a volcanic eruption in present-day El Salvador 1,400 years...
Measuring Brain Atrophy In Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Scientists have shown that a fully automated procedure called Volumetric MRI -- which measures the "memory centers" of the brain and compares them to expected size -- is effective in predicting the progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease. The procedure can be readily used in clinics to measure brain atrophy, and may help physicians to predict decline in MCI...
Mercury In Mackenzie River Delta Dramatically Higher Than Previously Believed
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean than determined in previous studies.
New Fabricated Material Changes Color Instantly In Response To External Magnetic Field
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Chemists have fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation. Applications of the new material include display type units such as rewritable or reusable signage, posters, papers and labels, and other magnetically activated security features, as well as environmentally friendly pigments...
New Nanoparticles Could Someday Lead To End Of Chemotherapy
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Specially engineered nanoparticles could someday target and destroy tumors, sparing patients from toxic, whole-body chemotherapies.
New Piece Found In The Puzzle Of Epigenetics: Mechanism Of Fine Regulation Of RNA Synthesis Elucidated
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Scientists have identified the enzyme TFIIH kinase as an important factor in the epigenetic regulation of the cell nucleus enzyme RNA polymerase II. The findings constitute a further building block for understanding the pathomechanisms of cancer and other diseases.
Novel Light-sensitive Compounds Show Promise For Cancer Therapy
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Chemists have developed novel compounds that show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells. The new compounds, called dye-sensitized ruthenium nitrosyls, are absorbed by cancer cells and respond to specific wavelengths of light by releasing nitric oxide, which triggers cell...
Peripheral Nerve Repair With Fat Precursor Cells Led To Wider Nerves And Less Muscle Atrophy
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Multipotent, abundant, easily isolated fat (adipose) precursor cells (APCs) demonstrate an ability to differentiate in vitro into cartilage chondrogenic, boneosteogenic, fatadipogenic and muscle tissue myogenic cell types. A new study shows that when transplanted APCs can improve nerve regeneration and functional recovery in the injured peripheral nerves of laboratory...
Plant Microbe Shares Features With Drug-resistant Pathogen
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- 09/6/16 06:00
Scientists have discovered extensive similarities between a strain of bacteria commonly associated with plants and one increasingly linked to opportunistic infections in hospital patients. The findings suggest caution in the use of the plant-associated strain for a range of biotech...
Plastics From Biomass? Inexpensive Method For Removing Oxygen From Biomass Discovered
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- 09/6/16 06:00
In revisiting a chemical reaction that's been in the literature for several decades and adding a new wrinkle of their own, researchers have discovered a mild and relatively inexpensive procedure for removing oxygen from biomass. This procedure, if it can be effectively industrialized, could allow many of today's petrochemical products, including plastics, to instead be made from...
Pneumococcal Vaccine Reduces Child Deaths In Developing Countries
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- 09/6/16 06:00
A new trial has found that pneumococcal vaccine is effective in preventing severe pneumonia, the leading cause of death among children in developing countries. The large scale efficacy trial – first of its kind in Asia - was carried out in the Philippines to investigate the effect of an investigational pneumococcal...