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Health Care Nears Major Vote

WSJ :: Posted 3 hours 50 min ago
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The House of Representatives headed toward a historic vote scheduled for Saturday on a bill overhauling the health-care system after...

Families Suffer From Problem Gambling

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 53 min ago
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Many people perceive gambling to be a harmless recreational activity. However, it is estimated that six to eight million people in...

Bogus E-mails 'From' FDIC Link Computer...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to deliver a virus capable of...

Exercise Is Good Medicine For Lymphoma Patients...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have...

Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize...

Hunting For The Prozac Gene

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Scientists are working to find a genetic marker to determine the effectiveness of Prozac and other SSRIs before they are prescribed...

Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Research in the UK into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone...

Most Parents, High-priority Adults Who Tried...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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A new national poll has found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been...

Capturing Those In-between Moments: Timing...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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A theoretical physicist has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider...

The Skeleton: Size Matters; New Role For...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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It has long been known that the identity of each vertebra is due to the activation of a class of genes called "Hox." Now, researchers...

Hybrid Composite For Root Canal Treatment...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and...

Air Pollution Increases Infants' Risk Of...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study.

Computational Method Points To New Uses,...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Scientists have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs. The researchers...

Magnetic Nanoparticles To Simultaneously...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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The future for magentic nanoparticles (mNPs) appears bright With the design of "theranostic" molecules. Magentic nanoparticles could...

New Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major...

New Way To Attack Inflammation In Graves...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms -- and improved vision --...

New Computer Simulator Helps Design Military...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Researchers in Spain have designed a system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield following the mechanisms used...

1930s Drug Slows Tumor Growth: Gonorrhea...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those...

Experimental vaccine cures pre-cancer vulvar...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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BOSTON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals...

Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago
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The early seeds of language can be heard in the sound of crying babies.

Babies' Language Learning Starts From The...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals...

Can a whiff of grapefruit kill your sweet...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 8 hours ago
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This lipstick-sized tube of essential oils claims to curb your cravings for sweets. We put it to the test.

College Students Getting Smarter, Shunning...

Mercola.com :: Posted 20 hours 3 sec ago
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One night inside a George Washington University fraternity, a sky-diving, weight-lifting, energy-drink-swilling...

Travel May Be Hazardous To Dialysis Patients...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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If you're sick, traveling to a foreign land may boost your spirits, but jeopardize your health, according to new...

Lactose Intolerance Rates May Be Significantly...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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Prevalence of lactose intolerance may be far lower than previously estimated, according to a new study. These...

Gene Therapy Technique Slows Brain Disease...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 33 min ago
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A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain...

Horror Movies: Why People Love Them

LifeScience.com :: Posted 14 hours 9 min ago
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If horror movies scare us so much, why do we watch them?

New Computer Simulator Helps Design Military...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 5 hours 54 min ago
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Researchers in Spain have designed a system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield following...

Health Care Nears Major Vote

WSJ :: Posted 3 hours 50 min ago
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The House of Representatives headed toward a historic vote scheduled for Saturday on a bill overhauling the health...

Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping...

9 of Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars Are...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago
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The latest fuel economy ratings for 2010 models have been published, and nine of the top 10 are hybrid electric...

Acetaminophen May Be Linked To Asthma In...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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New research shows that the popular pain reliever, acetaminophen, may be tied to asthma in both children and adults...

Canada to investigate disappearing Pacific...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 8 hours ago
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon...

The Unromantic Truth on Why You Kiss

Mercola.com :: Posted 20 hours 3 sec ago
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The kiss may have evolved for reasons that are far more practical - and less alluring.British scientists believe...

Iconic Photo Of JFK Assassin Oswald Was...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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A computer scientist has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. He digitally...

How Aggressive Cells Invade The Brain: Real...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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Real-time observation sheds new light on multiple sclerosis.

Stunningly Beautiful Photos, Part II

Mercola.com :: Posted 20 hours 5 sec ago
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Take a look at some more of these incredible photos!

Babies' Language Learning Starts From The...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study. The findings...

Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study...

What's Crawling on Your Skin

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 11 hours ago
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The human body home to countless microorganisms of various species.

Experimental vaccine cures pre-cancer vulvar...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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BOSTON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major...

Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a...

New Class Of Molecules May Help Prevent...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 33 min ago
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Researchers have made an important discovery about why potassium builds up to dangerous levels in the bloodstream, a relatively common...

Wikipedia: How Accurate Is It?

LifeScience.com :: Posted 17 hours 39 min ago
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Students and doctors alike rely heavily on Wikipedia for information, but it's far from perfect. LiveScience gives you a breakdown...

Gene Therapy Technique Slows Brain Disease...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 33 min ago
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A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French...

Archaeologists Track Infamous Conquistador...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Hernando de Soto's 1540 journey through the Southeast. No evidence of De Soto's path from...

Green Tea Shows Promise As Chemoprevention...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as...

Rapid Supernova Could Be New Class Of Exploding...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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Astronomers were looking through seven-year-old data when they chanced upon a very strange supernova that flashed and was gone in less...

WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 19 hours ago
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The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.

Uproar as Firms Get Swine-Flu Vaccine

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 3 hours ago
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The CDC director urged health officials around to ensure swine-flu vaccine is getting to high-risk groups, after criticism erupted...

Acetaminophen May Be Linked To Asthma In...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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New research shows that the popular pain reliever, acetaminophen, may be tied to asthma in both children and adults.

Chill: A little stress may help you live...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 19 hours ago
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Being frazzled can do nasty things to your bod. But in small doses, angst-provoking situations can improve your health, slow down the...

Are The Alps Growing Or Shrinking?

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 19 hours 34 min ago
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The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result comes from a new study by a group of...

IMS Health Reaches LBO Deal

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 18 hours ago
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IMS shares jumped 23% after it agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension Plan for $4 billion. The transaction...