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PHYSICISTS BUILD A QUANTUM GAMBLING MACHINE
http://www.physorg.com/news128773803.html
ROSSI X-RAY TIMING EXPLORER SATELLITE PINS DOWN TIMER IN STELLAR TICKING TIME BOMB
http://www.physorg.com/news128775105.html
GRAPHENE-BASED GADGETS MAY BE JUST YEARS AWAY
http://www.physorg.com/news128776023.html
RESEARCHERS CREATE HEALTH, HAPPINESS INDEX
http://www.physorg.com/news128756973.html
GIANT SQUID HAS WORLD'S LARGEST EYES
http://www.physorg.com/news128756930.html
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT? MAYBE NOT FOR ANCIENT MAN
http://www.physorg.com/news128750816.html
RESEARCHERS DEVELOP METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDICAL IMAGES VIA CELL PHONES
http://www.physorg.com/news128754305.html
BIRDS CAN TELL IF YOU ARE WATCHING THEM -- BECAUSE THEY ARE WATCHING YOU
http://www.physorg.com/news128750428.html
MICROSOFT COULD NOMINATE PROXY SLATE OF DIRECTORS FOR YAHOO: REPORT
http://www.physorg.com/news128757647.html
'FATHER OF LSD' TAKES FINAL TRIP
http://www.physorg.com/news128758012.html

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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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HOW DEEP IS EUROPE?, April 30
The Earth's crust is, on global average around 40 kilometres deep. In relation to the total diameter of the Earth with approx. 12800 kilometres this appears to be rather shallow, but precisely these upper kilometres of the crust, the human habitat, is of special interest for us.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128774944.html

CU-BOULDER RESEARCHERS FORECAST 3-IN-5 CHANCE OF RECORD LOW ARCTIC SEA ICE IN 2008, April 30
New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776809.html

GIOVE-B SPACECRAFT IN GOOD HEALTH, April 30
A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System, is "in good health" despite a hiccup that emerged after it was placed in orbit last Sunday, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776903.html

GLOBAL WARMING? NEXT DECADE COULD BE COOLER, SAYS STUDY, April 30
Global warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth's temperature will rise as previously expected over the longer term, according to a study published on Thursday in the British journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778769.html

ROCKS UNDER THE NORTHERN OCEAN ARE FOUND TO RESEMBLE ONES FAR SOUTH, April 30
Scientists probing volcanic rocks from deep under the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean have discovered a special geochemical signature until now found only in the southern hemisphere. The rocks were dredged from the remote Gakkel Ridge, which lies under 3,000 to 5,000 meters of water; it is Earth’s most northerly undersea spreading ridge. The study appears in the May 1 issue of the leading science journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778940.html

SCIENTISTS FIND RINGS OF JUPITER ARE SHAPED IN SHADOW, April 30
Scientists from the University of Maryland and the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128779184.html

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW OCEAN CURRENT, April 30
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128782819.html

CLIMATE MODELERS SEE MODERN ECHO IN '30S DUST BOWL, April 30
Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ordinary drying cycle into an agricultural collapse. The researcher say the study raises concern that current pressures on farmland from population growth and climate change could worsen current food crises by leading to similar events in other regions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128786061.html

ROSSI X-RAY TIMING EXPLORER SATELLITE PINS DOWN TIMER IN STELLAR TICKING TIME BOMB, April 30
Using observations from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), an international team of astronomers has discovered a timing mechanism that allows them to predict exactly when a superdense star will unleash incredibly powerful explosions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775105.html

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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BUBBLE, April 30
What do melting chocolate and bubbles in a champagne glass have in common? Besides being treats one might sample at a sophisticated soiree, they are both handy examples of first-order phase transitions in which a material transforms from one phase to another—that is, atoms changing from an orderly arrangement into a more chaotic arrangement.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788509.html

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY REVEALS LIQUIDS ADJUST VISCOSITY WHEN CONFINED, SHAKEN, April 30
Getting ketchup out of the bottle isn’t always easy. However, shaking the bottle before trying to pour allows the thick, gooey ketchup to flow more freely because it becomes more fluid when agitated. The opposite is not typically true – a liquid such as water does not become a gel when shaken.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128768300.html

BLACK HOLE EXPELLED FROM ITS PARENT GALAXY, April 30
By an enormous burst of gravitational waves that accompanies the merger of two black holes the newly formed black hole was ejected from its galaxy. This extreme ejection event, which had been predicted by theorists, has now been observed in nature for the first time. The team led by Stefanie Komossa from the Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) have thereby opened a new window into observational astrophysics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128781565.html

RESEARCHERS PROVE EXISTENCE OF NEW BASIC ELEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS -- 'MEMRISTOR', April 30
HP today announced that researchers from HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128786808.html

PHYSICISTS BUILD A QUANTUM GAMBLING MACHINE, April 30
Quantum gambling machines may not be popping up at futuristic casinos any time soon, but the devices could have other uses – such as enabling physicists to study game theory in situations where cheating is impossible.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128773803.html

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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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GRAPHENE-BASED GADGETS MAY BE JUST YEARS AWAY, April 30
Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene – an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this technology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776023.html

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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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FDA BEGINS MAJOR HIRING INITIATIVE, April 30
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is starting a major hiring initiative designed to fill more than 1,300 public health positions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785422.html

UCR PROFESSOR STUDIES ENGINEERING AND INVENTION ON THE HALF-SHELL, April 30
Marine snails, sea urchins, and other animals from the sea are teaching researchers in UC Riverside’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering how to make the world a better place.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128786485.html

STUDENTS TO TEST 'TSUNAMI SHELTERS', April 30
Their tsunami shelters are only made out of small wooden blocks and held together by toothpaste used for glue, but they also incorporate months of study with computer-aided design, learning about engineering principles, applying skills to real world problems and the simple ingenuity of hundreds of middle school students from Oregon coastal and rural areas.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788162.html

ROARING BATS, April 30
Annemarie Surlykke from the Institute of Biology, SDU, Denmark, and her colleague, Elisabeth Kalko, from the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the echolocation behavior in 11 species of insect-eating tropical bats from Panamá, the findings of which are reported in this weeks’ PLoS ONE.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128760107.html

OBAMA, BILL CLINTON HAVE COMMON GROUND, April 30
The Democratic primary contest may have placed them on opposing sides, but presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have more in common than their voter party registration cards.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775602.html

ZEBRAFISH MAY HELP SOLVE RINGING IN VETS' EARS, April 30
Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus -- a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears -- twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves medical corps. His hearing was damaged by the crack of too many M16 rifles and artillery explosions. He suspects his hearing also suffered from hunting opossum with rifles as a kid on his grandmother's farm in Tennessee.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128780731.html

GIANT SQUID HAS WORLD'S LARGEST EYES, April 30
(AP) -- Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across - bigger than a dinner plate - making it the largest animal eye on Earth.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128756930.html

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT? MAYBE NOT FOR ANCIENT MAN, April 30
New findings suggest that the ancient human “cousin” known as the “Nutcracker Man” wasn’t regularly eating anything like nuts after all.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128750816.html

BIRDS CAN TELL IF YOU ARE WATCHING THEM -- BECAUSE THEY ARE WATCHING YOU, April 30
In humans, the eyes are said to be the ‘window to the soul’, conveying much about a person’s emotions and intentions. New research demonstrates for the first time that birds also respond to a human’s gaze.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128750428.html

YOU JUST MOVE LIKE A MOUSE, OR DO SO ABNORMALLY LIKE A MUTANT MOUSE, April 30
The brain is no longer a mysterious black box. Elucidation of the human genome is having a profound impact on the understanding of brain function in health and disease. However, genes cannot be systematically manipulated in humans, and this is why animal models of human functions are being developed.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128750650.html

AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP APPLE THAT DOESN'T GO BROWN, April 30
Australian scientists have come up with an apple that does not go brown when cut.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128757706.html

'FATHER OF LSD' TAKES FINAL TRIP, April 30
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the now-banned hallucinogenic drug LSD that was an icon of the Hippy movement, has died at the age of 102, authorities said on Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128758012.html

STEM CELLS AT ROOT OF ANTLERS' BRANCHING, April 30
The ability to regenerate lost body parts is unevenly distributed among higher organisms. Among vertebrates, some amphibians are able to replace lost limbs completely, while mammals are unable to regenerate complex appendages. The only exception to this rule is the annual replacement of deer antlers. The annual regrowth of these structures is the only example of regeneration of a complete, anatomically complex appendage in a mammal, and antlers are therefore of high interest to regeneration biologists.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128759114.html

RESEARCHERS CREATE HEART AND BLOOD CELLS FROM REPROGRAMMED SKIN CELLS, April 30
Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells. The finding is the first to show that induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which don’t involve the use of embryos or eggs, can be differentiated into the three types of cardiovascular cells needed to repair the heart and blood vessels.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128768372.html

DECODING THE DICTIONARY: STUDY SUGGESTS LEXICON EVOLVED TO FIT IN THE BRAIN, April 30
The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible — a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128774260.html

IT'S A UNISEX BRAIN WITH SPECIFIC SIGNALS THAT TRIGGER 'MALE' BEHAVIOR, April 30
Research by Yale scientists shows that males and females have essentially unisex brains — at least in flies — according to a recent report in Cell designed to identify factors that are responsible for sex differences in behavior.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775315.html

TURNING ON CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION WIPES OUT STAPH BIOFILMS, April 30
University of Iowa researchers have succeeded in wiping out established biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) by hijacking one of the bacteria's own regulatory systems. Although the discovery is not ready for clinical application, the findings offer insight into a dispersal mechanism for staph biofilms and might help identify therapeutic targets.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776343.html

RESEARCHERS EXPLAIN HOW BIRDS NAVIGATE, April 30
It has long been known that birds and many other animals including turtles, salamanders and lobsters, use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, but the nature of their global positioning systems (GPS) has not been completely understood.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778632.html

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW SOME BACTERIA SURVIVE ANTIBIOTICS, April 30
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs. The findings, published in the April 24 issue of the journal Molecular Cell, could lead to more effective antibiotics to treat a variety of infections.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788970.html

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Latest News On ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
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SAMSUNG INTRODUCES P960 MOBILE TV SLIDER PHONE, April 30
Samsung Electronics announced today P960, the world’s first slider type Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV phone P960.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128784720.html

MICROSOFT DEVICE HELPING SOLVE CRIMES, April 30
Microsoft said thousands of U.S. and international police officers are using a special USB thumb drive to gather digital evidence.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785355.html

VARIETY GROWS IN ACCESSORIES FOR NINTENDO'S WII CONSOLE, April 30
(AP) -- Owners of Wii game consoles from Nintendo Co. have always enjoyed the freedom its motion-sensing games offer, but the wire between the remote and the nunchuk needed for some games could limit movement.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128790123.html

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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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RESEARCH COULD CUT AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT COSTS, IMPROVE SAFETY, April 30
A distressing fact for aeronautical engineers: Scale model airp***s don't fly anything like their full-sized counterparts. And that makes aircraft design a lot more difficult.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788871.html

ALCATEL-LUCENT REPORTS Q1 LOSS AMID STIFF COMPETITION, April 30
(AP) -- Telecommunication equipment titan Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday reported a fifth straight quarterly loss and said it expected annual revenues to fall while scaling back its market forecast for 2008.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128768804.html

JAPAN'S SOFTBANK TO SEEK 40 PCT STAKE IN CHINESE WEB COMPANY, April 30
(AP) -- Japanese Internet services and telecommunication company SoftBank said Wednesday it hopes to boost its stake to 40 percent in a major Chinese Internet company, eyeing booming demand.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788592.html

MICROSOFT COULD NOMINATE PROXY SLATE OF DIRECTORS FOR YAHOO: REPORT, April 30
Microsoft could make its next move against Yahoo Wednesday with the software giant likely to try and replace Yahoo's board of directors, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128757647.html

INDIA'S IT INDUSTRY REVENUES: MORE THAN DOUBLE BY 2012, April 30
India's information technology and IT-enabled services industry will more than double in size by 2012, led by a fast-expanding domestic market, according to a report released Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128757993.html

WWW INVENTOR SAYS WEB ONLY IN INFANCY, April 30
The World Wide Web is still only in its infancy, its British inventor said Wednesday, on the 15th anniversary of the web's effective launch.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128758075.html

TIME WARNER TO SHED REST OF ITS CABLE TV BUSINESS (UPDATE), April 30
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it plans to spin off the rest of its cable TV business, answering investor pleas to further simplify the media conglomerate's sprawling corporate structure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128768779.html

GERMANY'S SAP POSTS WEAK EARNINGS, DELAYS PRODUCT LAUNCH, April 30
German software giant SAP said Wednesday that first quarter net profit fell 22 percent and disappointed investors as it delayed the launch of a new product for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776967.html

GOOGLE UNVEILS ECLECTIC MIX OF DESIGNS BY PROMINENT ARTISTS, April 30
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s once-austere Web site is turning into an eclectic art gallery. Hoping to spur more customization of its home page, the Internet search leader has unveiled a lineup of colorful graphics dreamed up by a mix of creative souls, ranging from fashion designer Oscar de la Renta to the rock group Coldplay.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128788562.html

INTEGRATION MISSTEPS AT AOL LED TO FIRST FLAT AD QUARTER, April 30
(AP) -- AOL made key mistakes that pushed down display-advertising sales and resulted in the Time Warner Inc. unit's first quarter of flat ad revenue since it began staking its future on the boom in online ads, executives said Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128790168.html

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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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CANCER SURVIVORS WHO PRACTICE HEALTHY HABITS HAVE HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE, April 30
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds cancer survivors who follow health behavior recommendations – avoiding tobacco, eating more fruits and vegetables, and getting adequate exercise—have higher health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores than those who do not follow such recommendations. The study, which appears in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, also finds cancer survivors have low rates of smoking, but few are meeting physical activity recommendations or meeting the “5-A-Day” fruit and vegetable consumption recommendation, suggesting a cancer diagnosis may change smoking behavior but have little impact on exercise and healthy eating.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128759263.html

FDA WARNS MERCK TO CLEAN UP VIOLATIONS AT VACCINE PLANT, April 30
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning drugmaker Merck & Co. to fix problems at its main vaccine plant.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128774162.html

NEW FINDINGS: THE ANTI-FIBROTIC MECHANISM OF PLANT EXTRACT CPD 861, April 30
A team led by Dr. Xue-Hai Tan from the Beijing Genomics Institute has determined that the antifibrotic function of Chinese herbal extract Cpd 861 is mediated by both downregulating the synthesis of collagens and upregulating the degradation of collagens. This effect is evidently different from that of Western antifibrogenic drugs and could allow for the development of effective antifibrogenic drugs from Chinese medicinal herbs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775209.html

MELANOMA OF THE RECTUM: A RARE ENTITY, April 30
A 41-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of changed defecation patterns and rectal bleeding. A 3-cm polypoid tumor of the lower rectum was found at rectosigmoidoscopy. Dissemination studies did not show any metastases. He underwent an abdominoperineal resection. The histopathology of the specimen showed a melanoma. Two years after the resection, metastases in the abdomen and right lung were found. He died a year and a half later.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775480.html

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS TO HIV RATES, April 30
Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, warns a leading researcher from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775865.html

IMPROVING SURVIVAL RATES AMONG USERS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES, April 30
Despite the general success of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) used in critically ill heart failure patients, implantation of these devices often leads to increased bleeding and a need for high-volume blood transfusions during and immediately after surgery. A new study published in Artificial Organs provides data suggesting that the incidence of these complications may be significantly reduced by way of a single plasma exchange before surgery.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776431.html

BUTTER-FLAVORED POPCORN INGREDIENT SUSPECTED CAUSE OF LUNG DISEASE, April 30
An unusually high incidence of lung disease has been diagnosed in workers at popcorn factories. Researchers are focusing on diacetyl, the ingredient which is largely responsible for the odor and flavor of the butter in popcorn, according to an article published by SAGE in the current issue of Toxicologic Pathology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776520.html

USC SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY RESEARCHERS UNCOVER LINK BETWEEN OSTEOPOROSIS DRUGS AND JAW INFECTION, April 30
A group of University of Southern California School of Dentistry researchers says it has identified the slimy culprits killing the jawbones of some people taking drugs that treat osteoporosis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776577.html

ANTI-HAV ANTIBODIES IN BETA-THALASSEMIA, April 30
Thalassemic patients were found to present a higher prevalence of anti-HAV IgG antibodies than matched healthy subjects from the same geographic area. This finding is difficult to explain, but it may be attributed to the higher vulnerability of thalassemics to HAV infection and to passive transfer of anti-HAV antibodies by blood transfusion.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776717.html

DUAL TREATMENT OF INCONTINENCE AND DEMENTIA ASSOCIATED WITH FUNCTIONAL DECLINE, April 30
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778050.html

PILL INGREDIENT COULD PREVENT BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER HEAD INJURY, April 30
A common component of the contraceptive pill (progesterone) could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with severe head injuries, according to a study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128779349.html

FDA REJECTS SINGULAIR-CLARITIN COMBINATION, April 30
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed pill that would combine the drugs Claritin and Singular, Schering-Plough said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785295.html

MALARIA TOP KILLER IN CONGO, April 30
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say malaria is the primary cause of illness and death, despite prevention efforts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785317.html

ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY SHOWS EARLY PROMISE FOR PREVENTING, PERHAPS REVERSING, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, April 30
Curbing harmful processes in the brain's vasculature set off by the enzyme NADPH oxidase may reverse some of the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to new findings published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128787594.html

STUDY DESCRIBES MECHANISM LINKING ALCOHOL WITH RISK OF BREAST CANCER, April 30
The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that precipitate unregulated cell growth, an action known as hypermethylation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128789038.html

FDA OKS AMITIZA FOR TREATMENT OF IBS-C, April 30
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Amitiza (lubiprostone) to treat constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128790441.html

APPEALS COURT LETS NYC CALORIES-ON-MENUS REGULATION PROCEED, April 30
(AP) -- A federal appeals court let the city proceed Tuesday with ordering some chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menu boards, but only after the city agreed to postpone issuing fines until mid-July.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128756882.html

CDC: THREE-QUARTERS OF NEW MOMS BREAST-FEED THEIR INFANTS, April 30
(AP) -- The U.S. breast-feeding rate has hit its highest mark in at least 20 years with more than three-quarters of new moms nursing their infants, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128774142.html

UNITED WE STAND: WHEN COOPERATION BUTTS HEADS WITH COMPETITION, April 30
Phrases such as “survival of the fittest” and “every man for himself” may seem to accentuate the presence of political and social competition in American culture; however, there obviously are similar instances of inter- and intra-group conflict across almost all known organisms. So what makes competition so prevalent for life and why does it sometimes seem to be preferred over cooperation?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128774332.html

NEW SURGERY IMPROVES HEAD AND NECK CANCER TREATMENT, April 30
A new surgical procedure for head and neck cancer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham offers improved accuracy for surgeons and reduced post-operative pain for patients.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775559.html

GENOTYPING TAKES US CLOSER TO AN OSTEOPOROSIS FINGERPRINT, April 30
For the first time ever, an extensive genome-wide search has been undertaken to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fracture. Five regions of interest have been identified that appear to warrant further scientific investigation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775720.html

STUDY LINKS DIABETES AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, April 30
Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies identified the probable molecular basis for the diabetes – Alzheimer’s interaction.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128777999.html

DAILY ASPIRIN MAY REDUCE RISK OF COMMON TYPE OF BREAST CANCER, April 30
Taking aspirin on a daily basis may lower women’s risk of a particular type of breast cancer, according to results published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Breast Cancer Research. In this large study, aspirin use was linked to a small reduction in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. However, unlike in some previous research, aspirin and related painkillers were not found to reduce the total risk of breast cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778661.html

DON'T STRESS ABOUT DE-STRESSING, April 30
Many people experience the feeling of being overwhelmed. Common sources of stress include losing a set of keys, being late to important meetings, and tackling stacks of paperwork. Many people believe the last thing they have time to think about is how to reduce stress and improve mental health, but doing three simple things can make a difference.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128782029.html

SMOKING IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF GUM DISEASE: STUDY, April 30
Almost a third of the more than two million cases of gum disease among Australians are caused by smoking, according to research by University of Adelaide researchers in the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128782291.html

NEW INSIGHTS INTO CAUSE OF DIABETES EMERGE FROM U-M RESEARCH, April 30
University of Michigan researchers have new clues to what goes awry at the cellular level in type 2 diabetes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785603.html

RESEARCHERS CREATE HEALTH, HAPPINESS INDEX, April 30
(AP) -- Staying healthy and happy is a struggle for about half of Americans, according to a massive survey that attempts to measure the nation's general welfare, much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average portrays the health of the stock market.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128756973.html

RESEARCHERS DEVELOP METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDICAL IMAGES VIA CELL PHONES, April 30
A process to transmit medical images via cellular phones that has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher has the potential to provide sophisticated radiological diagnoses and treatment to the majority of the world’s population lacking access to such technology. This would include millions in developing nations as well as those in rural areas of developed countries who live considerable distances from modern medical centers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128754305.html

'DESTRUCT' TRIGGERS MAY BE JAMMED IN TUMOR CELLS, UF GENETICISTS SAY, April 30
Tumor cells living in the cross hairs of radiation or chemotherapy may be able to escape death because their self-destruct mechanisms are jammed, say University of Florida scientists writing in a recent issue of Developmental Cell.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128775396.html

BETTER-EDUCATED WOMEN ARE A HEALTHIER WEIGHT, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS, April 30
A new comparison of multi-national data, released this month, reveals that highly educated women have a healthier average weight than less educated women, but that the meaning of “healthier” changes according to a nation’s relative wealth. In countries where malnutrition is prevalent, better-educated women weigh more. But in wealthier countries — with rapidly growing rates of obesity — better-educated women weigh less.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128776388.html

8 NEW HUMAN GENOME PROJECTS OFFER LARGE-SCALE PICTURE OF GENETIC DIFFERENCE, April 30
A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences in DNA between individuals. The project gives researchers a guide for further research into these structural differences, which are believed to play an important role in human health and disease. The results appear in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778314.html

THE MOST NATURAL DRUG, April 30
In the fight against infection, the human immune system isn’t ready for a war. Vaccines push the immune system to create defenses against illness, but they take time to work. A new process developed by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Emory University stands to revolutionize the process.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778441.html

RESEARCHER REVEALS NEW MODEL FOR EMBRYONIC LIMB DEVELOPMENT, April 30
A study led by a researcher at the University of Southern California has found a new model to explain how signals between cells in the embryo control limb development.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128778522.html

SOME LIGHT SHED ON BLOOD SUGAR PRODUCTION, April 30
A University of Alberta diabetes researcher has collaborated on a body of diabetes research that has unravelled the signalling pathway mystery that controls the production of blood sugar.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128781208.html

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTHY EATING AND BMI NOT LINKED IN OLDER TEENS: STUDY, April 30
Contrary to what many researchers expect, physically active older teens don’t necessarily eat a healthier diet than their less-active contemporaries. And there appeared to be no link between body mass index (BMI) values and levels of physical activity, the research showed.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128782523.html

FLUCTUATING DIET INCREASES RISK OF SUDDEN DEATH, April 30
New research has revealed that binge eating then dieting may significantly reduce lifespan.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news128785183.html

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