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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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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 10/07 at 01:11 PM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 10/07 at 11:24 AM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 10/05 at 12:36 PM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 09/24 at 11:47 AM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 09/23 at 02:34 PM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 09/22 at 03:05 PM
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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 09/20 at 10:14 AM
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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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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 09/17 at 10:01 AM
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Improving Aggression in Children with ADHD

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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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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 09/17 at 09:08 AM
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Fossil of Giant Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile Sets Wingspan Record

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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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Posted by Craig Jones on 09/16 at 11:17 AM
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