Thursday, October 07, 2010
Surgeons Create Functional Artificial Pancreatic Tissue
Possible first step toward an artificial pancreas and a new diabetes treatment.
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Thursday, October 07, 2010
Poverty Grows in Suburbs, but Social Services Don’t Keep Up
Poverty has grown in America’s suburbs during the recent economic downturn, but poor people in many suburban communities are finding it hard to get the help they need. Poverty rates grew quickly in the suburbs of the largest metropolitan areas during the 2000s, and by 2008, the number of suburban poor exceeded the number of city poor by 1.5 million.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
How to End Suicide Bombings? Research Suggests Ending Military Occupations
To put an end to suicide bombings, the United States needs a new strategy that would reposition troops and work with local allies to boost their fighting capacity. Despite a popular belief that suicide terrorism is the result of religious fanaticism, such bombings are really a calculated response to occupations by outsiders, according to new research in a new book, “Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It”.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Holistic and Integrative Approaches Can be Effective at Treating Fibromyalgia Pain and Fatigue
September 28 event will address holistic approaches to treating fibromyalgia. Hormones, stress, inflammation levels and nutrient deficiencies are considerations, along with other factors that are often treated successfully without strong pain medications.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Everyday Robot Helpers Could be Affordable in a Decade Or Less
Cornell University Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ashutosh Saxena is working to bring such robots into homes and offices. “Just like people buy a car, I envision that in five to 10 years, people will buy an assistive robot that will be cheaper or about the same cost as a car.”
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
First-Ever Report on the Individual Cost of Obesity Unveiled
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services’ Department of Health Policy today released a report that, for the first time, calculated the startlingly high individual costs of obesity to Americans. The report, “A Heavy Burden: The Individual Costs of Being Overweight and Obese in the United States,” authored by Avi Dor, Professor and Director of Health Economics Program at The George Washington University, and colleagues used a series of measures including indirect costs, lost productivity, and direct costs, such as obesity-related medical expenditures, to estimate the price tag of obesity at the individual level.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
WHO Model to Eliminate AIDS in South Africa Flawed
A “test and treat” strategy, the leading proposal by the World Health Organization to combat HIV/AIDS in South Africa, is seriously flawed, say UCLA researchers in The Lancet.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Ginger for Muscle Aches
Daily doses of raw or heat-treated ginger are effective for relieving muscle pain following strenuous exercise, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Improving Aggression in Children with ADHD
Almost half of children with ADHD whose aggressive behaviors had not been controlled during routine outpatient care could achieve near absence of aggressive, explosive behavior with “first-line” stimulants.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Fossil of Giant Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets Wingspan Record
A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing bones of the animal exceed those of all other birds in length; its wingspan would have been at least 5.2 m (17 ft.). This is the largest safely established wingspan for a bird.
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