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Here is the latest news from PhysOrg.com:



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THE KEY TO A MORE EFFICIENT NANOLASER?
http://www.physorg.com/news121000191.html
SHREW'S WHO: NEW MAMMAL ENTERS THE BOOK OF LIFE
http://www.physorg.com/news120988518.html
'BRAIN TRAINING' DR KAWASHIMA HAS NO TIME FOR GAMES
http://www.physorg.com/news120988499.html
BLUE-EYED HUMANS HAVE A SINGLE, COMMON ANCESTOR
http://www.physorg.com/news120933651.html
REVIEW: WI-FI MESSAGING DEVICES IMPROVE
http://www.physorg.com/news120935279.html
SUPER BOWL COULD BE HEART HEALTH HAZARD
http://www.physorg.com/news120936674.html
SPACEWALK REPAIR BOOSTS STATION'S POWER
http://www.physorg.com/news120937386.html
EUROPEANS UNEASY ON ONLINE DATA SAFETY
http://www.physorg.com/news120938629.html
CONFUSION REIGNS OVER TV TRANSITION
http://www.physorg.com/news120985028.html
THREATS FROM EVERYWHERE IN 'CYBER STORM'
http://www.physorg.com/news120985163.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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NASA ISSUES CONSTELLATION IMPACT STATEMENT, January 31
The U.S. space agency issued an environmental impact statement for its Constellation Program that's aimed at returning humans to the moon by 2020.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994369.html

UN: CLIMATE CHANGE MAY COST $20 TRILLION, January 30
(AP) -- Global warming could cost the world up to $20 trillion over two decades for cleaner energy sources and do the most harm to people who can least afford to adapt, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in a new report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936424.html

NASA SPACECRAFT STREAMS BACK SURPRISES FROM MERCURY, January 31
The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a p***t once thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's moon. Researchers are amazed by the wealth of images and data that show a unique world with a diversity of geological processes and a very different magnetosphere from the one discovered and sampled more than 30 years ago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120995152.html

SCIENTISTS OUTLINE NOVEL APPROACH TO ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, January 31
Traditional ecosystems in which communities of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result, historical assessments of ecosystem health are often inaccurate. A team of scientists present a new approach to management efforts in a paper posted this week on Frontiers e-View, the online prepress publication site of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, published by the Ecological Society of America. The researchers suggest that such efforts should focus less on restoring ecosystems to their original state and more on sustaining new, healthy ecosystems that are resilient to further environmental change.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120999022.html

21ST CENTURY WATER MANAGEMENT: CALCULATING WITH THE UNKNOWN, January 31
Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability. But anthropogenic change of Earth’s climate is altering the means and extremes of these factors so that this paradigm of stationarity no longer applies, researchers report in the latest issue of Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010665.html

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES MUST SHIFT WITH GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, SAYS CU-BOULDER STUDY, January 31
Sustaining and enhancing altered ecosystems has become the new mantra for conservation and restoration managers as ecosystems continue to change in response to global warming and other environmental changes, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121011003.html

SPACEWALK REPAIR BOOSTS STATION'S POWER, January 30
(AP) -- Two astronauts pulled off a riskier and trickier-than-usual spacewalk Wednesday, replacing a failed electric motor and giving the international space station a much-needed power boost.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120937386.html

TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOT SPOT VOLCANISM, January 31
Most of the Earth’s listed active volcanoes are located at the borders between two tectonic plates, where upsurge of magma from the mantle is facilitated. When these magmatic uprisings occur at a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate plunges under another, they give rise to volcanic massifs such as the Andes cordillera.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120993353.html

ATLANTIS SET FOR FEB. 7 LAUNCH, January 31
NASA managers formally set the launch of space shuttle Atlantis for Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. EST, pending analysis of a flexible hose in the shuttle's radiator cooling system.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120995596.html

LOST CITY PUMPS LIFE-ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS AT RATES UNSEEN AT TYPICAL BLACK SMOKERS, January 31
Hydrocarbons – molecules critical to life – are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010019.html

IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF AFRICA AND ASIA FACE SEVERE CROP LOSSES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN 20 YEARS, January 31
Many of the world’s poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University’s Program on Food Security and the Environment (FSE). Their findings will be published in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010149.html

RESEARCHERS FIND THAT HUMANS ARE CAUSE OF DIMINISHING WATER FLOW IN THE WEST, January 31
The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121014653.html



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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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THE END TO A MYSTERY?, January 31
Astronomers at the University of St Andrews believe they can “simplify the dark side of the universe” by shedding new light on two of its mysterious constituents.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120998817.html

SCIENTISTS SOLVE MYSTERY OF GLASSY WATER, January 31
Water has some amazing properties. It is the only natural substance found in all three states — solid, liquid and gas — within the range of natural Earth temperatures. Its solid form is less dense than its liquid form, which is why ice floats. It can absorb a great deal of heat without getting hot, has very high surface tension (helping it move through roots and capillaries — vital to maintaining life on Earth) and is virtually incompressible.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010887.html

USING MUSICAL CHORDS TO ANALYZE AND ILLUSTRATE HYDROGEN MOLECULE'S RESPONSE TO LASER PULSES, January 31
For Kansas State University physics professor Uwe Thumm, confirmation of a theory about the behavior of small molecules became music to his ears -- literally. He and colleagues in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown how a hydrogen molecule responds to laser pulses by using the changing musical chord created by the molecule's vibrational motion.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121017722.html

THE KEY TO A MORE EFFICIENT NANOLASER?, January 31
“There are some discussions about the recent applications on photonic nanolasers and photonic integrated circuits based on photonic crystals,” Toshihiko Baba tells PhysOrg.com in an email. Baba, a scientist at the Yokohama National University in Japan, has been working on improving the efficiency of photonic crystal nanolasers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121000191.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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PHARMACEUTICAL BREAKTHROUGH MAY MAKE A RANGE OF DRUGS CHEAPER AND MORE AVAILABLE, January 31
A new study published in the February 2008 print edition of The FASEB Journal describes a scientific advance that should reduce the cost and increase the availability of a wide range of drugs. In the report, University of Pennsylvania researchers describe how they used gene therapy to reduce the time it takes to breed large animals capable of producing therapeutic proteins in their milk, such as insulin or those that fight cancer. This represents a significant milestone in drug development, as current methods involve cloning, which takes more time and generally costs more.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120978362.html

$50M GRANT WILL FINANCE PLANT RESEARCH, January 31
(AP) -- A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120981521.html

A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HARVESTING KODIAK ROCKFISH, January 31
In 2007, fishing for Pacific Rockfish (Sebastes sp.) took place in the Central Gulf of Alaska under a 5-year pilot program that incorporated fishery cooperatives instead of the usual “race for fish.” Results after the first year indicate increased retention rates, reduced bycatch of non-target species, and positive economic and other benefits to the Kodiak Island community.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120993258.html

CROSSING THE SPECIES LINE, January 31
A recent article published in Developmental and Comparative Immunology, the official journal of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI), draws attention to the fact that the plant immune system is not restricted to a fixed set of broad spectrum responses – rather, it is flexible, resilient, and possesses elements of specificity and responsiveness to disease causing agents. Properties quite reminiscent of those of immunity in animals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120993561.html

DESPITE POLARIZED OPINIONS, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS PERFORM SAME AMOUNT OF 'GREEN' ACTIONS, January 31
Political party affiliation has little bearing on the number of “green” actions people take, a new study by Porter Novelli and George Mason University shows. According to the survey of more than 11,000 American adults and nearly 1,000 of their children, Democrats and Republicans differ only slightly when it comes to taking actions to protect the environment, despite great differences in their perceptions of danger related to global warming.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120998933.html

YOUTHS IN CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM BEHAVE BETTER WITH EARLY INTERVENTION, January 31
Children in the welfare system would have a better chance of staying out of trouble if their caregivers are trained in ways to prevent delinquent behavior before it festers, a new study says.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121012762.html

STUDY: AFRICAN FRUIT IS UNTAPPED RESOURCE, January 31
A report suggests native African fruits are an untapped resource that could help combat malnutrition and boost rural development on the African continent.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121017543.html

BERLIN DIG FINDS CITY OLDER THAN THOUGHT, January 30
(AP) -- An archaeological dig in downtown Berlin has uncovered evidence that the German capital is at least 45 years older than had previously been established, authorities said Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120935628.html

SENATORS FAULT DELAY IN BEAR PROTECTION, January 30
(AP) -- A decision on whether to protect Alaska's polar bears under the Endangered Species Act might not come before the government opens a major bear habitat to oil leases next week, although staff recommendations are completed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief said Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936720.html

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A PATHWAY TO TURN OFF IMMUNE SYSTEM CELLS, January 31
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a new way to turn genes off in human T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight infections.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121005296.html

RESEARCHERS FIND TRIGGER GENE FOR MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT, January 31
University of Oregon scientists say they have identified a gene that is the key switch that allows embryonic cells to form into muscles in zebrafish.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121006072.html

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ROMAN FORT, January 31
University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121008578.html

DNA ANALYSIS UNLOCKS STUDENTS' PASTS, January 31
For most of her life, Georgia State doctoral student Erin Harper thought of herself as African-American with French ancestry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121013330.html

SHREW'S WHO: NEW MAMMAL ENTERS THE BOOK OF LIFE, January 31
In a rare discovery of a new species of mammal, zoologists on Thursday said they had identified a shrew-like creature called a grey-faced sengi living in a small community in remote Tanzania.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120988518.html

BLUE-EYED HUMANS HAVE A SINGLE, COMMON ANCESTOR, January 30
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the p***t today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120933651.html

BAT DEATHS IN NY, VT. BAFFLE EXPERTS, January 30
(AP) -- Bats are dying off by the thousands as they hibernate in caves and mines around New York and Vermont, sending researchers scrambling to find the cause of mysterious condition dubbed "white nose syndrome."
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936386.html

DISPUTED TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF QUININE BY WOODWARD AND DOERING CONFIRMED, January 31
Drugs derived from cinchona bark, known as cinchona alkaloids, have been used in healing from ancient times. The most prominent representative of this group is quinine, a bitter substance contained in beverages such as tonic water and used in modern medicine to combat malaria.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120993858.html

MOLECULAR GLUE WITH NEW EFFECT, January 31
Ten years ago, researchers at the IMP - a basic research institute in Vienna - discovered a fundamental and amazingly plausible mechanism of cell division. They identified a protein complex, which, as a ring-shaped molecule, slides over the doubled chromosomes and holds precisely these together until the time they again separate. Because of its function as molecular glue, the protein complex was given the name cohesin.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120999131.html

MIGRATING BIRDS DETECT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, BUT HOW REMAINS A MYSTERY, January 31
Eurasian reed warblers captured during their spring migrations and released after being flown 1,000 kilometers to the east can correct their travel routes and head for their original destinations, researchers report online on January 31st in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121005437.html

GENE VARIANTS MAY HELP TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORK OF EVOLUTION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, January 31
Scientists from deCODE genetics today report the discovery of two common, single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) that regulate one of the principle motors of evolution. Versions of the two SNPs, located on chromosome 4p16, have a genome-wide impact on the rate of recombination - the reshuffling of the genome that occurs in the formation of eggs and sperm.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010270.html

IT’S ALL ABOUT GEOMETRY: PROTEIN CONTACT SURFACES HOLD KEY TO CURES, January 31
Your mother always told you to do your geometry homework, and for scientists seeking new treatments for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, this advice turns out to be right on the mark.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121015443.html



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SANDISK OFFERS NEW 32- AND 16-GIGABYTE SDHC AND 8GB SDHC PLUS CARDS, January 31
Giving photo enthusiasts the freedom to take more pictures and shoot more video, SanDisk Corporation today increased both capacities and speeds in its SanDisk Ultra II line with the introduction of 32- and 16-gigabyte (GB) SDHC cards and an 8GB SDHC Plus card. The announcement was made at the photo industry’s PMA 08 International Convention.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121016540.html

REVIEW: WI-FI MESSAGING DEVICES IMPROVE, January 30
(AP) -- Perhaps it was wishful thinking, but I thought by now I'd be able to sit at any city cafe, park bench or airport bar across the country and jump on the Internet via a free Wi-Fi connection. Such ubiquitous Wi-Fi is still years away.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120935279.html

LISTEN TO HEADPHONES WITHOUT BLOCKING OUT THE WORLD, January 31
A new set of headphones can enable music lovers to enjoy their music while still hearing the outside world at the same time. Outi´s Vibe Body Sound headphones use bone conduction technology to send vibrations through the skull bones directly to the inner ear rather than through the ear canal.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121009786.html



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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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INTERNATIONAL SALES DOUBLE AMAZON PROFIT, January 30
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by fast-growing international sales.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120935335.html

YAHOO'S STOCK SINKS AS TURNAROUND STALLS, January 30
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s sagging stock drooped to a four-year low Wednesday as impatient investors expressed their exasperation with a turnaround strategy that seems to be progressing at the stuttering speed of a dial-up Internet connection.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936778.html

AMAZON BUYING AUDIBLE.COM FOR $300M, January 31
(AP) -- Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audiobook provider Audible Inc. to expand its reach in digital audio content.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121007530.html

AIR YOUR SECURITY GRIPES ON TSA BLOG, January 31
(AP) -- Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120984984.html

EBAY'S TWEAKS TO FEEDBACK WORRY SELLERS, January 31
(AP) -- EBay Inc. says it's changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they'll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120985009.html

AMAZON EXPECTS SALES TO RISE IN 2008, January 31
(AP) -- This year isn't looking quite as sweet for Amazon.com shareholders as 2007. Despite a possible recession in the U.S. economy, the Web retailer said it expects sales to rise briskly again in 2008. But the gains won't translate as readily to bottom-line growth.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120985074.html

MUSIC LOVERS GET THE 'META' OF DIGITAL AUDIO, January 31
Groundbreaking audio software developed by European researchers could help music lovers jump to the hidden beats.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121008054.html

AT&T WIRLESS OUTAGE BEING PROBED, January 31
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. customers in the Midwest and Southeast with Web-enabled smart phones lost some service Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121016981.html

'BRAIN TRAINING' DR KAWASHIMA HAS NO TIME FOR GAMES, January 31
Ryuta Kawashima, the scientist behind the smash-hit "brain training" games on Nintendo DS portable consoles, turned down the chance to become a millionaire, saying he'd rather work for a living.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120988499.html

STUDY: US BROADBAND GOAL NEARLY REACHED, January 31
(AP) -- In 2004, President Bush pledged that all Americans should have affordable access to high-speed Internet service by 2007. A report to be released Thursday by the administration says it has succeeded - mostly.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120981438.html

COST CUTS PUSH LENOVO PROFIT UP 198 PCT., January 31
(AP) -- Lenovo Group, the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Thursday that profit in its third fiscal quarter rose 198 percent and forecast strong sales this year despite a possible U.S. economic slowdown.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120981397.html

FEST BOOSTS ENTRANTS WITH FILE-SHARING, January 30
(AP) -- Organizers of the Cinequest Film Festival have turned to file-sharing in an effort to attract a broader array of participants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120937343.html

EUROPEANS UNEASY ON ONLINE DATA SAFETY, January 30
(AP) -- Three out of four Europeans are worried about posting their personal information on the Internet. Franco Frattini, the European Union's top law enforcement official, said Monday that an upcoming poll will show people were concerned about the security of their personal data and wondering what they could do to protect it.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120938629.html

CONFUSION REIGNS OVER TV TRANSITION, January 31
(AP) -- Much of what consumers are learning about the looming shift to digital broadcasting is just plain wrong and could end up costing them money, according to a survey.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120985028.html

THREATS FROM EVERYWHERE IN 'CYBER STORM', January 31
(AP) -- In the middle of the biggest-ever "Cyber Storm" war game to test the nation's hacker defenses, someone quietly targeted the very computers used to conduct the exercise.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120985163.html

INTERNET OUTAGES HIT INDIA, MIDDLE EAST, January 31
(AP) -- India's lucrative outsourcing industry struggled Thursday to overcome Internet slowdowns and outages after cuts in two undersea cables sliced the country's bandwidth in half.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994012.html

SWEDISH PROSECUTOR INDICTS PIRATE BAY FILE SHARING SITE, January 31
A Swedish prosecutor filed charges on Thursday against four people suspected of running one of the world's most popular websites for illegal downloading of films, music and computer games.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994286.html

AIRWAVES AUCTION SETS RECORD (UPDATE), January 31
(AP) -- A key benchmark was reached Thursday in the ongoing government airwaves auction, triggering a provision that the government says will lead to greater freedom and flexibility for cell phone subscribers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121007380.html

BRITISH YOUTUBE USERS TO GET CASH FOR HIT CLIPS, January 31
British YouTube users who regularly post popular clips on the video-sharing website will be paid for their efforts, those behind the new system said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121017259.html



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COSMETIC PRODUCTS MAY CAUSE FATAL INFECTIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS, January 31
Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one Barcelona hospital discovered after using contaminated body moisturiser. The Burkholderia cepacia bacteria outbreak is detailed in the open access journal, Critical Care.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120979397.html

THE HLA-DRB1 GENE AND PREMATURE DEATH IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, January 31
People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease, tend to die younger and, largely from cardiovascular disease (CVD). One explanation for this increasingly recognized fact is that inflammation promotes atherosclerosis. A marker of inflammation, elevation of the C-reactive protein (CRP) level has been shown to predict CVD in the general population. However, other highly inflammatory diseases—Crohn’s, for example—do not carry the same high risk of premature death from heart disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120979237.html

SURVEY: TWO-THIRDS OF ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION, January 31
A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the February 2008 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120979314.html

ALLERGIC DISEASE LINKED TO IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, January 30
Adults with allergy symptoms report a high incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), suggesting a link between atopic disorders and IBS according to a study published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American Collegeof Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120933705.html

GENTLER FIX FOR ARTERY BULGE PROVES BEST, January 30
(AP) -- A new study may help older people and their doctors decide how to treat a very common and dangerous problem - a bulging abdominal artery threatening to burst.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936236.html

ANALYSIS CALLS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INFORMATION TO BETTER SERVE PATIENTS AND DOCTORS, January 31
The approval process for medical devices does not involve the same rigorous review used for pharmaceuticals, and this needs to change in order to improve health outcomes, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120993674.html

CLAIM: WET SAND CAUSES DIGESTION PROBLEMS, January 31
Wet sand could pose a health risk for beach goers, researchers at the University of Florida said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994334.html

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER BIOMARKERS THAT PREDICT LUNG CANCER PATIENT RESPONSE TO THERAPY, January 31
Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer will respond to a combination treatment of the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex and the growth factor receptor blocker Tarceva.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994486.html

BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS COMES LATE FOR WOMEN IN GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS, January 31
Women who live in Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods are more apt to receive a late diagnosis of breast cancer than women who live in poverty-stricken neighborhoods, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found. The surprising finding is in a study published in the January issue of the Annals of Epidemiology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994531.html

RESEARCH SUGGESTS WHY SCRATCHING IS SO RELIEVING, January 31
In the first study to use imaging technology to see what goes on in the brain when we scratch, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have uncovered new clues about why scratching may be so relieving – and why it can be hard to stop. The work is reported online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and will appear in a future print issue.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121005953.html

THE ONCHOCERCIASIS PARASITE SHOWING SIGNS OF RESISTANCE, January 31
Onchocerciasis is an infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasite nematode worm transmitted to humans by a species of black fly of the Simulium genus whose larvae develop in fast-flowing rivers. Infected subjects suffer not only from severe skin lesions but also eye damage that can lead to irreversible loss of sight, hence the name ‘river blindness’.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121006457.html

GENETIC MUTATIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PRETERM BIRTH RISK, January 31
Genetic mutations in the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofoloate reductase (MTHFR) and coagulation protein Factor V appear to have significant association with blood clots and tissue injury to the placenta and developing baby, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh’s department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences report at the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010494.html

DIABETES MAKES IT HARD FOR BLOOD VESSELS TO RELAX, January 31
One way diabetes is bad for your blood vessels is by creating too much competition for an amino acid that helps blood vessels relax, researchers say.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121016783.html

FDA ISSUES CONTAMINATED CHEESE WARNING, January 31
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer warning and recall of possibly contaminated Grassy Meadows Dairy Co. cheeses.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121017572.html

STUDY ANALYZES BEST APPROACH FOR TREATING ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS, January 31
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)—a condition in which the large vessel that supplies blood to your abdomen, legs, and pelvis swells to over 50 percent its normal size—occurs in approximately 4 out of 100 adults. The risk increases with age, peaking after age 70. AAA is more common in men than women, and more common in smokers or former smokers than those who never smoked. If the aneurysm ruptures, most patients die before they even get to the hospital.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120981329.html

STUDY REVEALS IMPROVED PREDICTION OF PROSTRATE CANCER, January 31
Scientists are another step closer to understanding why some people suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer. Research published in the new online open access journal BMC Medical Genomics reveals a model that may enable more accurate prediction of the risk of prostate cancer progression. By combining the Gleason score (a pathological score given to prostate cancer based on its microscopic appearance) with structured data from biomarker assessments, the researchers have developed a model for predicting the likelihood of prostate cancer virulence.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120979356.html

BRCA1 MUTATION LINKED TO BREAST CANCER STEM CELLS, January 31
A new study may explain why women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer. Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that BRCA1 plays a role in regulating breast stem cells, the small number of cells that might develop into cancers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120998877.html

SEVERE HYPERTENSION: 'SILENT KILLER' STILL ON THE LOOSE, January 31
High blood pressure may be one of the top killers in the country, but you’d never know it by the way we’re behaving, say scientists attending the annual congress of the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120999593.html

PROBING QUESTION: WHAT IS COLORBLINDNESS?, January 31
Midnight Blue, Burnt Orange, Aquamarine. Since 1903, Crayola crayons -- with their fanciful names and hundreds of hues -- have introduced generations of American children to the nuanced beauty of the color spectrum. Imagine the public's surprise when Crayola's senior crayon maker, Emerson Moser, who molded a record-breaking 1.4 billion crayons in his 37-year career, announced upon his retirement that he was color blind.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121016152.html

A TAXING ISSUE: HOW HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS CAN CAUSE LEUKEMIA IN ADULTS, January 31
Researchers have identified a potential new mechanism through which human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes leukemia in adults. The findings, published this week in the online open access journal Retrovirology, represent the first time that a reduction in histone protein levels has been linked to viral infection and the development of cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120979443.html

SUPER BOWL COULD BE HEART HEALTH HAZARD, January 30
(AP) -- For rabid fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, this Sunday's Super Bowl won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in Munich, Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120936674.html

SCIENTISTS ACHIEVE MAJOR GENETICS BREAKTHROUGH, January 31
University of Adelaide geneticist Dr Jozef Gecz and a team of Belgium and UK scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in discovering the causes of intellectual disability.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120988976.html

DRUG-RESISTANT FLU IS FOUND IN EUROPE, January 31
(AP) -- A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week. Data from more than a dozen European countries show that Tamiflu doesn't work in about 13 percent of H1N1 viruses, the main flu strain causing illness this year. Normally, resistance levels are well below 1 percent.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120994082.html

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NOVEL VACCINE CONCEPT, January 31
Creating vaccines to protect people against viral diseases like AIDS, cervical cancer and infectious hepatitis is a delicate balancing act: If the immune system’s response to the vaccine is too strong, toxic side effects can kill the patient. If it’s not strong enough, the virus will spread faster than the immune system can kill it.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news120999512.html

SIX SIMPLE STEPS TO PROTECT AGAINST AND STOP THE SPREAD OF NOROVIRUSES, January 31
Recent outbreaks of norovirus–also known as stomach flu–indicate the highly contagious, fast-moving virus is again a public health concern. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has six simple steps to protect families against noroviruses.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121006234.html

RESEARCHERS UNCOVER MORE ABOUT HOW POXVIRUSES EVADE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, January 31
Scientists at Saint Louis University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered important new information about a key protein that allows viruses such as smallpox to replicate and wreak havoc on the immune system.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121006560.html

INHERITED INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS INFLUENCE PATTERNS OF GENE SHUFFLING, January 31
The first large-scale, high-resolution study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their genes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news121010792.html






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