Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2011 10:23 - 6 Comments

Weight loss: Just phone it in

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Many obese patients in a program delivered mostly over the telephone shed a medically significant amount of weight and were able to keep it off for at least two years. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 17, 2011 8:04 - 0 Comments

New evidence early primate lived in trees

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The first ankle and toe fossils from the earliest North American primate suggest our first forerunners on the continent may have lived or moved primarily in trees, like modern lemurs. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments

Bird (and human) brains wired for duet

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The brain is built to collaborate, whether it’s humans working together to build a bridge or birds singing a lively duet on a South American mountainside, a new study suggests. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Nov 9, 2011 10:48 - 1 Comment

Chesapeake dead zones return to life

JOHNS HOPKINS AND U. MARYLAND (US) — Reducing the flow of fertilizers, animal waste, and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay is shrinking oxygen-depleted “dead zones” in America’s largest estuary, a new study finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 7, 2011 11:29 - 1 Comment

Age no obstacle for kidney donation

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Transplants of kidneys from live donors over 70 are safe for the donors and lifesaving for recipients, research suggests. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 8:38 - 3 Comments

Take a pill (not IV). Save a bundle

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Switching hospitalized patients from intravenous to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 2, 2011 10:05 - 0 Comments

Modified yeast boosts vitamin A in bread

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A genetically modified yeast that bakes a critical nutrient right into bread has the potential to help combat malnutrition in impoverished areas. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 31, 2011 8:58 - 2 Comments

New route to remove skull tumors

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Surgeons have found a new route to tumors buried at the base of the skull: through the natural hole behind the molars. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 30, 2011 20:35 - 2 Comments

Drugs via nipple treat breast cancer

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A better route for delivering drugs to fight early breast cancer may be the most direct: through the nipple. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 9:06 - 4 Comments

Comets deliver water to dry planets?

U. MICHIGAN (US) — A sprawling cloud of water vapor discovered around an emerging solar system is cold enough to form comets, which could eventually deliver oceans to dry planets. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 20, 2011 12:50 - 1 Comment

Short legs let Neandertals climb mountains

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Neandertals evolved with such short lower legs so they could move more efficiently over the mountainous terrain where they lived, a new study concludes. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 6:01 - 1 Comment

Deadly crash: Canadian drivers less likely drunk

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States are much less likely to involve alcohol if the driver carries a Canadian license rather than a U.S. or Mexican license. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:30 - 0 Comments

Stem cells help body accept donor organs

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers working with rats have developed a way to trick the body into accepting a transplanted liver without a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2011 6:10 - 3 Comments

Cholesterol drugs for head injury?

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Older patients who were on cholesterol-lowering statins when hospitalized with serious head injuries were 76 percent more likely to survive than those not taking the drugs, a study shows. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 14, 2011 11:00 - 1 Comment

New proof: Black holes rip apart stars

NYU (US) — Astrophysicists have found evidence of black holes destroying stars, a long-sought phenomenon that provides a new window into general relativity. (more…)

Headaches send troops home from Iraq

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Headaches triggered by combat brain injuries, heavy helmets, and other stressors are among the top causes of medical evacuation of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2011 9:36 - 17 Comments

MRI no longer off limits for pacemakers

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Patients with cardiac implants can safely undergo MRI scans if their doctors follow new guidelines, researchers say. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2011 9:54 - 0 Comments

Mercury flooded by volcanic gush

BROWN (US) — Vast plains around Mercury’s north pole were created more than 3.5 billion years ago by lava flows that covered 6 percent of the planet’s surface—an area that would cover nearly 60 percent of the continental U.S. (more…)

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