Health & Medicine - Sep 2, 2010 15:17 - 5 Comments

Accidents kill minority pedestrians more often

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Uninsured or minority pedestrians hit by cars are significantly more likely to die than insured whites with similar injuries. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 26, 2010 10:50 - 2 Comments

Bugs take a taste before they bite

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Scientists now know how bug repellants like DEET and citronella-scented candles work to keep mosquitoes and other insects from putting the bite on you. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2010 10:54 - 0 Comments

Is the moon (still) shrinking?

CORNELL (US)—The highest-resolution images ever taken of the moon have revealed clifflike formations called scarps that suggest the lunar surface shrank within the last 1 billion years—and possibly more recently than that. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2010 9:43 - 0 Comments

Biomarkers for heart disease risk identified

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK)—A world-wide consortium of researchers has identified 59 novel regions of the human genome that are involved in lipid metabolism. Lipid concentrations in the blood are one of the key risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 29, 2010 12:11 - 0 Comments

Device detects preterm labor in pregnancy

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—An invention designed to pick up very early signs that a woman is going into labor too soon could help doctors prevent premature births, its inventors say. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 20, 2010 11:31 - 0 Comments

How to drop nanowires on cell targets

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Using virtual “tweezers,” researchers have dropped gold nanowires, each about one-two hundredth the size of a cell, on predetermined spots on target cells. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 15, 2010 9:44 - 1 Comment

Signature identifies severe pancreatic cancer

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—Identifying patients who have a more aggressive form of pancreatic cancer could allow better treatment decisions and predict survival prognosis, a new study finds. </p

Health & Medicine - Jul 14, 2010 14:15 - 1 Comment

Easy-to-see enzyme marks diabetes early

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—People on the threshold of developing diabetes appear to have dramatically higher blood levels of an easy-to-detect enzyme, making it possible to perform a simple test to detect the disease before symptoms or complications occur and in time to reverse its course. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 17:42 - 0 Comments

Why cells in 3-D may help curb cancer

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Observing cells in a 3-D environment yields more accurate information about how they move—information that could help develop more effective drugs to prevent cancer’s spread—researchers report in Nature Cell Biology. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2010 9:33 - 1 Comment

New surgical route to brain: The eyes have it

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Surgeons can now safely and effectively operate inside the human brain through a small incision in the natural creases of an eyelid. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 9, 2010 15:57 - 0 Comments

Pre-humans in Africa evolved to beat the heat

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—In the Turkana Basin of Kenya the average daily temperature has reached the mid-90s or higher, year-round, for the past 4 million years, which may explain in part why pre-humans learned to walk upright, lost the fur that covered the bodies of their predecessors, and became able to sweat more. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2010 13:07 - 0 Comments

Meditation 101: Remain calm, see clearly

UC DAVIS (US)—Visual perception and sustained attention can be improved through intensive mental training and meditation, new research shows. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 1, 2010 16:06 - 0 Comments

Forget the forest. Prehumans lived in savannas

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Prehumans in East Africa 4.4 million years ago lived among grassy, tree-studded plains, not in the forests, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 10, 2010 12:47 - 1 Comment

Caregiving spouses at higher risk for dementia

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Husbands and wives caring for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to develop the memory-impairing condition than those whose spouses don’t have it, according to results of a 12-year study. (more…)

Best of 2010, Health & Medicine - May 6, 2010 12:03 - 23 Comments

How dark chocolate protects the brain

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—It’s not the distinctive chocolate aroma or the luscious bittersweet taste. Researchers say it’s a compound in dark chocolate that appears to limit stroke damage by amplifying brain signals that protect nerve cells. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2010 11:46 - 1 Comment

Structural differences in dyslexic brain

VANDERBILT (US)—Children with dyslexia often struggle with reading, writing, and spelling. A new study suggests the difficulties may be linked to structural differences in the part of their brain known to play a role in oral language. (more…)

Science & Technology - Mar 3, 2010 11:53 - 0 Comments

‘Killer’ algae’s dark side

U. MINNESOTA (US)—A toxic alga, once thought to be a helpless, sun-loving microbe, is really a vicious, venom-producing predator responsible for massive fish kills in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 2, 2010 10:56 - 2 Comments

West Nile likely traveled by mosquito, not bird

JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Mosquitoes, not birds as previously thought, may be to blame for West Nile virus’s rapid westward spread across the United States. (more…)

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