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Mother Cell of Prostate Cancers Identified
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A particular prostate cell that researchers had hitherto not taken into account could be the trigger point of malignant prostate cancer, new studies reveal.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researcher Owen N. Witte and his ...
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Gout Drug Shows Promise
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BCX4208, a new gout drug, is showing promise. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc, US, developing the drug, reported significant reductions in uric acid blood levels. It also said there were no major safety issues on completion of the first phase of the ...
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Memory Switched On!
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A natural molecule that occurs in the brain, GABA (?-Aminobutyric acid), could be the main factor in regulating how many new memories we can generate, say researchers at Tel Aviv University.
The new study by Dr. Inna Slutsky of the ...
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Wrinkes Disappear With New Discovery
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Finding out how folds and creases disappear could help in understanding how human tissue folds and grows, researchers say.
In a pair of papers, scientists report how sharp folds can transition into smoother wrinkles, and how wrinkles ...
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How Does Pain Happen?
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Between elevated intrinsic (resting-state) brain connectivity and spontaneous pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia (FM)there is a link, and evidence for this has been produced in a new study.
The study by researchers at ...
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| Lifestyle News |
Beer is Still a Hot Favourite in US
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Sixty-seven percent of American adults said they drink on occasion with a preference for beer, followed by wine and liquor, according to a Gallup poll.
Drinking was most prevalent in 1976-1978, when 71 percent of Americans said they drank ...
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Not Many Spaniards Say They are Roman Catholic
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Only 73% of Spaniards say they are Roman Catholic as compared to 80% eight years ago, a recent survey has revealed.
About 25 percent of all Spaniards now claim to be atheists or without a religion, compared to 17 percent in 2002, the ...
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| Environmental Health |
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The World is Getting Warmer Indeed
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A report has revealed ten different ways of measuring alterations in the climate, and said that there is confirmed proof of the world getting warmer.
The ten indicators of climate change revealed by the Met Office and its US ...
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| Respiratory Disease News |
Identify H1N1 Through Respiratory Symptoms
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If only standard diagnostic criteria, most often presence of a fever, is used to identify H1N1 infection, it may not be enough, warns a recent study.
It has, therefore, concluded that coughing or other respiratory symptoms are more ...
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