All news dated 12/04/2007

Medicine & Health RSS

Activating protein enhances average lifespan, limits age-related disease in mice

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Distorted self-image the result of visual brain glitch, study finds

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Labeling keeps our knowledge organized, study shows

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Greater parental guidance suggested for noisy toy use

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Price of lower-calorie foods rising drastically, UW researchers find

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Smaller babies more prone to depression, anxiety later on

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Kids of depressed moms more prone to behavioral problems and injury

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New chimeric mouse model for human liver diseases, drug testing

December 04, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Why do high school seniors drink?

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

World's most powerful MRI ready to scan human brain

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

Teens offer less support when peers disclose severe dating violence

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Some common treatments for sinus infections may not be effective

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Waistline growth on high-carb diets linked to liver gene

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Exercising our immune system

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Cocaine changes gene activity in mice

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Mitochondria defects linked to social behavior and spatial memory

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

HATS off to combat asthma

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Study: Fewer HIV/AIDS cases in India

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Patients wonder, 'Could this be something serious?'

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Simple two-in-one test signals high risk after a heart attack

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It's not just a kid thing: Fluoridated tap water benefits older adults even more

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Liver transplant offers survival benefits for patients of all sizes

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Robotics lab helps stroke patients with recovery

December 04, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

General Science RSS

Cosmopolitan microbes -- hitchhikers on Darwin's dust

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

What lies beneath: Growth of root cells remarkably dynamic, study finds

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Violent sex acts boost insect's immunity system

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

A company's good reputation can be a bad thing

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Study explores distinction between 'different' and 'uncool'

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Matrimony inhibits Polo kinase

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Holiday shopping: Choosing a favorite may increase the likelihood of purchase

December 04, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Pass the popcorn! Study finds that film enjoyment is contagious

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists develop new tests that identify lethal prion strains quickly and accurately

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Decoy makes sitting duck of superbugs

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Test-drive: Using a product before buying it changes what you want

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Fighting diseases of aging by wasting energy

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Ethnic discrimination not only based on prejudice

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

A gene implicated in human language affects song learning in songbirds

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

NEC Develops Software to Give Companies Competitive Edge

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

QUT researcher eyes off a biometric future

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

Shuttle 'Go' for Dec. 6 Launch

December 04, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version