Study: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Even occasional cigarette smoking can impair the functioning of your arteries, according to a new University of Georgia study that used ultrasound to measure how the arteries of young, healthy adults respond to changes in ... | |
Hack-a-vote: Students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's voting machines. | |
Tracking Down the Cause of Mad Cow Disease 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cause of diseases such as BSE in cattle and Creutzfeld–Jakob disease in humans is a prion protein. This protein attaches to cell membranes by way of an anchor made of sugar and lipid components (a glycosylphosphatidylinositol, ... | |
Get moving: Guidelines set healthy activity levels 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Get moving: The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2 1/2 hours a week. How much physical activity you need depends largely on age and level of ... | |
Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat 10 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2
(AP) -- The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling. | |
 Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates ... | |
New light on link between snoring and cognitive deficits in children 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
About two-thirds of children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)— snoring or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)— have some degree of cognitive deficit, but the severity of the cognitive deficit has been notoriously difficult ... | |
Individuals with social phobia see themselves differently 21 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Magnetic resonance brain imaging reveals that patients with generalized social phobia respond differently than others to negative comments about themselves, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General ... | |
NASA study finds rising Arctic storm activity sways sea ice, climate 22 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A new NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long ... | |
 Digital Foci Ships Image Moments 6 Digiframe 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Digital Foci IMT-063 Image Moments 6 digiframe features a 5.7 inch 640 x 480 display with LED backlighting, two tone chrome finish, 450Mb of internal storage, support for memory cards, and USB 2.0 connectivity. ... | |
China vows overhaul of 'chaotic' milk industry 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products. | |
How are children choosing their food portions? 4 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
At dinner time, parents will often tell their child to clean their plate. However, that old maxim might lead kids to eat more than they need, especially when portions are adult-sized or supersized. | |
Novel imaging approach may assist in predicting success of treatment for atrial fibrillation 5 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
University of Utah researchers have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based method for detecting and quantifying injury to the wall of the heart's left atrium in patients who have undergone a procedure to treat ... | |
Mentally ill smoke at 4 times the rate of general population 18 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Australians with mental illness smoke at four times the rate of the general population, says a new study from the University of Melbourne. | |
An epidemiologic study of microscopic colitis in Turkey 19 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The research team led by Levent Erdem from Şişli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital of Turkey investigated the prevalence and demography of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhea of unknown etiology and ... | |
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