All news dated 01/02/2008

Medicine & Health RSS

Protein's new role discovered in autoimmune disease

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Einstein researchers discover important clue to the cause of Parkinson's disease

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Testosterone supplementation for older men appears to have limited benefit

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Blacks, Hispanics less likely to get strong pain drugs in emergency rooms

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers reverse effects of sleep deprivation

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers seek to make cavity-causing bacteria self-destruct

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Jefferson scientists studying the effects of high-dose vitamin C on non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Language centers revealed, brain surgery refined with new mapping

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Vitamin D2 is as effective as vitamin D3 in maintaining concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

How actin networks are actin'

January 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Just 4 months of hormone therapy can delay prostate cancer growth by up to 8 years

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Multiple species of bacteria may cause trachoma: Implications for treatment

January 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Use of opioids for pain in ERs on the rise, but racial differences in use still exist

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

The risk of osteoarthritis and index to ring finger length ratio

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Shorter HCV treatment shows notable success

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Ashkenazi ovarian cancer patients with BRCA mutations live longer than those with normal gene

January 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Study examines genetic defects linked to body abnormalities in patients with childhood cancer

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

For hospital patients, defibrillation delays mean lower survival

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

HIV isolate from Kenya provides clues for vaccine design

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Il-22 gene delivers the goods and decreases intestinal inflammation

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Oral osteoporosis meds appear to reduce the risk of jaw degradation

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Epilepsy and brain pathology linked together by the protein ADK

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

MRI techniques evolving towards better assessment of liver fibrosis

January 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Tips to prevent adverse drug events in older adults

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

General Science RSS

Helium supplies endangered, threatening science and technology

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s) | pda version

'Electronic switch' opens doors in rheumatoid joints

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Carnegie Mellon study identifies where thoughts of familiar objects occur inside the human brain

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Requiring photo ID has little effect on voter turnout, MU study finds

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Insects' 'giant leap' reconstructed by founder of sociobiology

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Evolution education is a 'must' says coalition of scientific and teaching organizations

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

Purdue wind tunnel key for 'hypersonic vehicles,' future space planes

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Losing more than we gain from autumn warming in the north

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Carbon sink capacity in northern forests reduced by global warming

January 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version