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Soft drink consumption may increase risk of... - 8 Feb 2010
IMAGE: Mark Pereira, Ph.D., is the senior author on the study and associate professor in the School of Public...
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Research reveals link between beer and bone health - 8 Feb 2010
Study finds beer is a rich source of silicon, may help prevent osteoporosis A new study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary...
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More smokers than non-smokers accept HPV vaccination... - 8 Feb 2010
IMAGE: Sally W. Vernon, Ph.D., is director of the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the...
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A potent suppressor of endometrial cancer is revealed - 8 Feb 2010
Researchers define genetic changes that cause widespread malignant growth of cells lining the uterus Endometrial cancer is the most common...
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Mice shed new light on causes of childhood deafness - 8 Feb 2010
Mimicking hereditary deafness in a mouse brings doctors closer to a cure Deafness is the most common disorder of the senses. Tragically, it...
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Few women take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer - 8 Feb 2010
IMAGE: Andrew N. Freedman, Ph.D., is chief of the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch, Division of...
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Will earlier springs throw nature out of step? - 8 Feb 2010
The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a study published today (9 February 2010) in the...
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Study reveals new details on the dangers of... - 8 Feb 2010
IMAGE: In tests at Berkeley Lab of celluose surfaces contaminated with nicotine residues from third-hand...
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Brown biologist solves mystery of tropical grasses'... - 8 Feb 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Around 30 to 40 million years ago, grasses on Earth underwent an epic evolutionary upheaval. An...
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Caltech neuroscientists discover brain area... - 8 Feb 2010
Finding offers neuroscientists insight into economic behavior PASADENA, Calif.—Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology...
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Method of the future uses single-cell imaging to... - 8 Feb 2010
February 9, 2010 – Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study...
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Mediterranean diet may lower risk of brain damage... - 8 Feb 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brain damage that can lead to problems with thinking and...
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UC Davis study confirms link between advanced... - 8 Feb 2010
Advanced paternal age is a risk only when the mother is younger (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly...
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Conservation from space: Landscape diversity helps... - 7 Feb 2010
Rugged, hilly landscapes with a range of different habitat types can help maintain more stable butterfly populations and thus aid their...
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Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to... - 7 Feb 2010
Discovery has important implications for the understanding of cancer and age associated diseases Scientists announced today (7 Feb) they have...
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Virus-free technique enables Stanford scientists to... - 7 Feb 2010
STANFORD, Calif. - Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem...
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Inhibiting serotonin in gut could cure osteoporosis - 7 Feb 2010
Finding, in animal model, offers proof of principle that inhibiting serotonin in the gut could become a novel treatment for 10s of millions of...
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Gene that improves quality of reprogrammed stem... - 7 Feb 2010
Provides 'a better inkling of what we might aim for before differentiating iPS cells to clinically useful cell types' In the 7 Feb. 2010 issue...
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Industrial cleaner linked to increased risk of... - 7 Feb 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Workers exposed to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a...
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Yale researchers may have uncovered the mechanism ... - 5 Feb 2010
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine believe they may have discovered how the hormone progesterone acts to prevent preterm birth. The...
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For HIV-infected children, quality of caregiver... - 5 Feb 2010
A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship...
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High sensitivity to stress isn't always bad for... - 5 Feb 2010
Children who are especially reactive to stress are more vulnerable to adversity and have more behavior and health problems than their peers....
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Early abuse tied to more depression in children - 5 Feb 2010
Although children can be depressed for many reasons, new evidence suggests that there are physiological differences among depressed children...
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Renewable oil companies - 5 Feb 2010
The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that...
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Sweet! -- sugar plays key role in cell division - 5 Feb 2010
Using an elaborate sleuthing system they developed to probe how cells manage their own division, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that...
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Carnegie Mellon first to measure energy released... - 5 Feb 2010
PITTSBURGH—Within a virus's tiny exterior is a store of energy waiting to be unleashed. When the virus encounters a host cell, this...
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NTU researchers complete the world's first in-depth... - 5 Feb 2010
This breakthrough makes NTU's School of Biological Sciences a global leader in transcriptional profiling of malaria -- and better yet, could lead...
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Early artificial pancreas trials show benefits for... - 5 Feb 2010
Research shows closed-loop systems control diabetes, reduce dangerous low blood sugar LONDON, Feb. 5, 2010 – In a landmark study in...
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Barley protein concentrate could replace fishmeal in... - 5 Feb 2010
This release is available in Spanish. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and Montana Microbial Products (MMP) of Butte, Mont.,...
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Road mapping could be key to curing TB - 5 Feb 2010
The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) may be better understood using...
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