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FDA posts list of potential problem drugs (1)
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(AP) -- The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems, in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.Shared by Leo (27)Contribute comment -
Future of biology rests in harnessing data avalanche (1)
on(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most sciences, biology is inundated with data. However, a group of researchers warns in a Nature feature that the avalanche of biological information is at the point where the discipline may be unable to reach its full potential without improvements for curating data into on-line databases. The commentary appears in the September 4, issue of the journal and outlines specific remedies to harness the information overload.Shared by Leo (27)Contribute comment
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Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist (1)
on(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists and musicians have learned that looking at the brain on music can yield valuable insights into how the mind works. Yet, University of Arkansas music theorist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis cautions that such research has produced some unintended consequences, such as the mistaken notion that listening to Mozart in particular boosts brainpower.Shared by Leo (27)Contribute comment
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You Can Tell a Woman's Orgasmic Ability By the Way She Walks (28)
onA new study found that trained sexologists could infer a woman's history of vaginal orgasm by observing the way she walks. The study is published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.Shared by adam (1050) Ahsan Navid Hussain (51) AJ (32) Andrew Boardman (69) Benjamin (1118) Cai Chen (1016) Daniel (63) darkeye11547 (247) Darren Isbrecht (77) Doug Adams (128) Eric Daams (292) Isaac (38) Jason Joo (73) joe torres (13) Keith (11) Leena (1089) Mark J. Feldman (15) Michelle (15) Narayan (43) Natitude (121) Peter (30) Rene Rattur (69) Ryan Lewis (65) Sarah Snoddon (104) Sean Shaghaghi (16) ShuTian (78) Steven (118) xxdesmus (71)Contribute comment
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Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease? (1)
onWhy is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular view of the indivisible unit of life, the cell, which may provide an answer.Shared by Andrew Boardman (69)Contribute comment
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Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism (1)
on(AP) -- New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.Shared by Andrew Boardman (69)Contribute comment
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A virtuous cycle: Safety in numbers for riders (1)
onIt seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents.Shared by darkeye11547 (247)Contribute comment
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Participating in religion may make adolescents from certain races more depressed (1)
onOne of the few studies to look at the effects of religious participation on the mental health of minorities suggests that for some of them, religion may actually be contributing to adolescent depression. Previous research has shown that teens who are active in religious services are depressed less often because it provides these adolescents with social support and a sense of belonging.Shared by darkeye11547 (247)Contribute comment
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Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells (1)
onAccording to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) since they show that a small number migrated to the damaged cochlea and repaired sensory hair cells and neurons.Shared by darkeye11547 (247)Contribute comment
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25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice (1)
onSo-called 'intelligent' computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers at Uppsala University are revealing that this methodology is worthless when it comes to practical problems. The article is published in the journal Pattern Recognition Letters.Shared by darkeye11547 (247)Contribute comment
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Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke (2)
onA troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping to see more normal numbers in the latest study, but they didn't. The number of kids committing suicide in the U.S. remains higher than expected, and that has doctors and parents looking for answers.Shared by Rainer Wasserfuhr (71) Siggi (19)Contribute comment
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Transcend Introduces their 64GB Jet Flash V20 USB Flash Drive (1)
onTranscend Information, Inc. is a leading manufacture of flash memory products. The V20 is small enough to fit into your shirt pocket and has semi-transparent color-band that lights up when in use. With 64 GB of storage space, the V20 makes it ideal for backing up music files, videos, digital photos and just about anything else that you may need to backup.Shared by Andrew Boardman (69)Contribute comment
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Parallel 'nano-soldering' technique chosen for year's top-50 by Nanotech Briefs (1)
on(PhysOrg.com) -- You should have so much patience to solder nanowires to nanoelectrodes. Talk about fine work. That`s why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.Shared by Andrew Boardman (69)Contribute comment
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Electrons discover their individuality (17)
on(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses its importance. As a result, the coherent harmony that binds the electrons into a fixed relationship with their environment is lost. This is what scientists at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society discovered when, with the aid of X-rays, they catapulted ...Shared by Alexander13 (467) angel (253) arshad (41) Brian Cuban (1084) Dave Keffler (71) DeadRinga (36) Dominic Foster (297) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (56) Guy (702) guy (626) HollowMarkeD (65) isabella mori (12) mogmich (31) Nick Cobb (474) Nigel Eccles (147) Sun Tzu (313) Tal Siach (474)Contribute comment
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Paraben's CSI Stick Copies Data from Cell Phones (9)
onBeware the next time someone borrows your cell phone or you leave it unattended. You may become the next victim of having all your cell phone data copied to the CSI Stick.Shared by adam (1050) Alberto (332) Benjamin (1118) Chirayu Krishnappa (3) Guy (702) J.D. Rucker (503) lmjabreu (26) mr_gadget (153) SMC (204)Contribute comment
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Sex hormones link to heart risk (12)
onMen are more prone to - and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age - and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.Shared by adam (1050) Alberto (332) Brian Cuban (1084) Felix Bredoteau (56) Guy (702) Inthenameofmine (406) J.D. Rucker (503) Kathy (336) lmjabreu (26) LUCCHINA (442) mejaredme (262) SMC (204)Contribute comment
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Landmark study opens door to new cancer, aging treatments (2)
onResearchers at The Wistar Institute have deciphered the structure of the active region of telomerase, an enzyme that plays a major role in the development of nearly all human cancers. The landmark achievement opens the door to the creation of new, broadly effective cancer drugs, as well as anti-aging therapies.Shared by Andrew Boardman (69) efKoreman (11)Contribute comment
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Americans show little tolerance for mental illness despite growing belief in genetic cause (1)
onA new study by University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Jason Schnittker shows that, while more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was 10 years ago.Shared by DeadRinga (36)Contribute comment
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Global Warming Estimates May Be Seriously Underestimated (29)
onIf the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.Shared by adam (1050) Alex France (139) Alexander13 (467) Benjamin (1118) Carbonlord (46) Doug Adams (128) Dragos Pirvu (648) efKoreman (11) Felix Bredoteau (56) Jason Joo (73) jayce (60) Jeremy (108) Kathy (336) Marisa (18) Matt (4) mejaredme (262) Mike Nayyar (199) Mr. BabyMan (366) neal (530) nicerobot (29) Nick Cobb (474) Nigel Eccles (147) Primoz (17) Simon (10) Sun Tzu (313) Toby (176) w0lfh0und (697) wcaw (74) webtime (501)Contribute comment
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FAA outage reveals odd computing practices (2)
on(AP) -- When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays this week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. But it also appears the FAA's management of its existing technologies falls short of standards in other vital sectors.Shared by darkeye11547 (247) josep (1)Contribute comment
