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RENSSELAER STUDENT INVENTS ALTERNATIVE TO SILICON CHIP
http://www.physorg.com/news129903497.html
A MOLECULAR THERMOMETER FOR THE DISTANT UNIVERSE
http://www.physorg.com/news129877957.html
STATOILHYDRO STUMBLES IN SPRINT FOR ARCTIC ENERGY RICHES
http://www.physorg.com/news129876960.html
MICROSOFT'S WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE BLASTS OFF
http://www.physorg.com/news129876359.html
WOMEN WHO BREASTFEED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HALVE THEIR RISK OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
http://www.physorg.com/news129878360.html
CHILDREN BETTER PREPARED FOR SCHOOL IF THEIR PARENTS READ ALOUD TO THEM
http://www.physorg.com/news129878451.html
BELIEF IN GOD 'CHILDISH,' JEWS NOT CHOSEN PEOPLE: EINSTEIN LETTER
http://www.physorg.com/news129885022.html
BUSINESSPEOPLE WHO ARE TOO SURE OF THEIR ABILITIES ARE LESS SAVVY ENTREPRENEURS: NEW STUDY
http://www.physorg.com/news129885300.html
SOLDERED LENSES
http://www.physorg.com/news129898177.html
AIR POLLUTION, SMOKING AFFECT LATENT TUBERCULOSIS
http://www.physorg.com/news129898483.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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CU-BOULDER TEAM TO BUILD $34 MILLION INSTRUMENT PACKAGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, May 13
A $34 million solar instrument package to be built by the University of Colorado at Boulder, considered a crucial tool to help monitor global climate change, has been restored to a U.S. government satellite mission slated for launch in 2013.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129918944.html

NOAA CHIEF URGES CREATING NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICE, May 13
(AP) -- With concerns about global warming rising along with the p***t's temperature, the head of the federal agency in change of weather research and forecasting is proposing creation of a new National Climate Service.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919285.html

STUDY SAYS CHINESE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS NOT YET MET, May 13
With the Olympic Games in sight, the Chinese Government is committed to improving the air quality in Beijing, and has had measures in place since 1998 which have already made a difference. However, there is still some way to go to meet national air quality standards in the Chinese capital, according to Professor Wang Wen-Xing and his team from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in Beijing, in the People's Republic of China.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903657.html

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS BY LASER, May 13
Satellites currently use radio waves to exchange data. Now the data rate has been increased a hundredfold by using lasers instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump module developed with the help of Fraunhofer researchers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129904510.html

A MOLECULAR THERMOMETER FOR THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, May 13
Astronomers have made use of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away, a feat that had remained elusive for 25 years. This detection allows them to obtain the most precise measurement of the cosmic temperature at such a remote epoch.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129877957.html

ASTRONAUT HEALTH ON MOON MAY DEPEND ON GOOD DUSTING, May 13
Lunar dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon. Their good health may depend on the amount of exposure they have to the tiny particles.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898787.html

FECAL MICROORGANISMS INHABIT SANDY BEACHES OF FLORIDA, May 13
Traditionally, the cleanliness of a beach is monitored by sampling the bathing water a few meters from shore. But since sand is an effective filter, it follows that fecal bacteria (those from sewage) may be concentrated in the sand as the tide flows and ebbs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129899003.html

NASA'S GLAST GETS SHADES, BLANKETS FOR THE BEACH, May 13
GREENBELT, Md. - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. The spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket no earlier than June 3. The launch window runs from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129902624.html

NASA PHOENIX MISSION READY FOR MARS LANDING, May 13
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red P***t May 25.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129911769.html

NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS IMPORTANT SLOWDOWN IN LAKE TAHOE CLARITY LOSS, May 13
For the first time since researchers began continuously measuring Lake Tahoe's famed water clarity 40 years ago, UC Davis scientists reported today that the historical rate of decline in the lake's clarity has slowed considerably in recent years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129914141.html



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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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ARGONNE SCIENTISTS USE LASERS TO ALIGN MOLECULES, May 13
Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129902950.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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RACISM NOT AN ISSUE IN FIRING OF NBA COACHES, STUDY, May 13
Race is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, although white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129907363.html

ESTABLISHING FASTER-GROWING, DURABLE FOOTBALL FIELDS, May 13
A study published in the February 2008 issue of HortScience offers new information that can help schools and contractors get outdoor athletic fields ready for fall sports more quickly. Results of the research study will help schools and communities pare down the usual 9- to 12-month waiting period between planting new fields and opening the fields to autumn football traffic.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129908562.html

CHINA'S PANDA PRESERVES REPORTED SAFE, May 13
(AP) -- All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919409.html

PUT THE TREES IN THE GROUND: A SOLUTION FOR THE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE PROBLEM?, May 13
Of the current global environmental problems, the excessive release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels and the related global warming is one of the most pressing.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129885607.html

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER ARCHITECTURE FOR FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF LIFE, May 13
A team of Canadian researchers has completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the fundamental processes of life. In the online edition of the journal Science, researchers from the Université de Montréal describe protein complexes and networks of complexes never before observed – including two implicated in the normal mechanisms by which cells divide and proliferate and another that controls recycling of the molecular building blocks of life called autophagy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129897527.html

INTRODUCING 'ORANGE BULLDOG', May 13
Move over ‘Longface’, ‘Spooktacular’ and ‘Trickster’ - there’s a new face in the pumpkin patch. Welcome ‘Orange Bulldog’, a new variety of the familiar fall fruit that may soon be available to consumers and wholesale pumpkin growers. Researchers at the University of Georgia recently introduced the new, virus-resistant pumpkin, specifically developed for ornamental fall and Halloween displays.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129905546.html

SWEET SORGHUM, CLEAN MIRACLE CROP FOR FEED AND FUEL, May 13
The hardy sweet sorghum plant could be the miracle crop that provides cheap animal feed and fuel without straining the world's food supply or harming the environment, said scientists working on a pilot farming project in India.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876999.html

WHY DID THE EPA FIRE A RESPECTED TOXICOLOGIST?, May 13
In March, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in scientific panels that advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health effects of toxic chemicals. The committee identified eight scientists that served as consultants or members of EPA science advisory panels while getting research support from the chemical industry to study the chemicals under review. Two scientists were actually employed by companies that made or worked with manufacturers of the chemicals under review.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878299.html

BELIEF IN GOD 'CHILDISH,' JEWS NOT CHOSEN PEOPLE: EINSTEIN LETTER, May 13
Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129885022.html

AIR POLLUTION, SMOKING AFFECT LATENT TUBERCULOSIS, May 13
A toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898483.html

ARCHAEOLOGIST USES SATELLITE IMAGERY TO EXPLORE ANCIENT MEXICO, May 13
Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most detailed landscape map that exists of the southern state of Oaxaca, where the Zapotec people formed the first state-level and urban society in Mexico.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129902697.html

RESEARCH SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON A KEY PLAYER IN THE DANCE OF CHROMOSOMES, May 13
Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia University report on how a key motor protein orchestrates chromosome movements at a critical stage of cell division. The study appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903025.html

STUDY: ONLY SELECT GROUP OF PROPERTY FUND MANAGERS OUTPERFORM MARKET, May 13
Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129913217.html

FIREARMS MICROSTAMPING FEASIBLE BUT VARIABLE, STUDY FINDS, May 13
New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic science program at the University of California, Davis. More testing in a wider range of firearms is needed, the researchers said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129914462.html

ISRAEL MUSEUM PUTS DEAD SEA SCROLL ON RARE DISPLAY, May 13
(AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919383.html

VATICAN: IT'S OK TO BELIEVE IN ALIENS, May 13
(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129920030.html



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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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WHAT TO DO ON THE WEB WHEN THE ECONOMY GOES SOUTH? WEB OF MISERY HOLDS THE ANSWER, May 13
The economic downturn might have a positive effect on the rise of some Internet sites according to researchers at UC Riverside’s Sloan Center for Internet Retailing.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129906406.html

CHILE PROBES DATA THEFT AND POSTING BY HACKER, May 13
(AP) -- A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876399.html

DISH NETWORK'S 1Q PROFIT UP 65 PCT AMID SLOWDOWN, May 13
(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Monday its first-quarter net income rose 65 percent even though new subscriber growth of its satellite television service plunged on the languishing economy and stiffer competition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876434.html

HP SAYS IT WILL BUY EDS FOR ABOUT $12.6 BILLION, May 13
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. for about $12.6 billion to build a technology-services company that could challenge IBM.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129885093.html

SMALL BIOELECTRICITY PLANTS DIRTIER THAN LARGE ONES, SAYS STUDY, May 13
Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129907028.html

APPLE NOW SELLS HBO SHOWS ON ITUNES STORE, May 13
(AP) -- Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land hit shows like "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City" and "The Wire."
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919312.html

SALE TO HP WILL END EDS INDEPENDENCE, May 13
(AP) -- Eight months into his tenure as CEO of Electronic Data Systems Corp., Ronald Rittenmeyer is overseeing the sale of the company, something he says he never planned. "It just came together," Rittenmeyer said Tuesday during an interview.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919540.html

WE'RE WATCHING THE 'OPPRESSORS': WORLD TELECOMS BOSS, May 13
The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the Internet to deprive citizens of information but that those governments are being watched as well.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129920232.html

FRANCE'S LAROUSSE SETS UP WIKIPEDIA RIVAL, May 13
France's Larousse publishing house on Tuesday launched an online French-language encyclopedia offering free access to its dictionary and inviting users to contribute content, aiming to rival Wikipedia.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129920259.html

STATOILHYDRO STUMBLES IN SPRINT FOR ARCTIC ENERGY RICHES, May 13
When Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro fired up the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas plant here last year it was hailed as an industry pioneer. But turning Arctic gas into gold has proven anything but simple.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876960.html

MICROSOFT'S WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE BLASTS OFF, May 13
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876359.html

HP HAS EYE ON IBM AS IT DISCUSSES EDS ACQUISITION, May 13
(AP) -- Having seized the lead in personal computer sales worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Co. is stalking the technology services market for its next conquest.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129876621.html

SOLDERED LENSES, May 13
Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. One alternative is to solder them instead.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898177.html

HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE COULD BE RE-ERECTED THANKS TO 21ST CENTURY SCIENCE, May 13
A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898232.html

LEVELING THE GAMING FIELD, May 13
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129906172.html

BRITAIN COMPLAINS TO EU ABOUT MICROSOFT FILE SYSTEM, May 13
(AP) -- A British watchdog agency said Tuesday it had complained to European Union regulators that Microsoft Corp.'s new file format for storing documents discouraged competition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129909770.html

SPRINT NEXTEL CEO ASKS SHAREHOLDERS' PATIENCE IN TURNAROUND, May 13
(AP) -- Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129909804.html

EARTHLINK TO PULL THE PLUG ON WI-FI IN PHILADELPHIA, May 13
(AP) -- EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129909839.html

SOLAR LILY PADS GENTLY FLOATING AND GATHERING ENERGY ON THE RIVER CLYDE, May 13
The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow will track the sun and transfer the accumulated energy to the main grid in Scotland.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129910598.html

DNA FINGERPRINTING SIMPLIFIED, May 13
Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father Robert Trigiano, a professor at the University of Tennessee, was looking for an interesting science project for his son. Setting out to compare differences in popular brands of Easter egg dyes, Trigiano’s project soon grew into a full-blown scientific study and set of replicable classroom experiments.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129911528.html

REPORTS: CARL ICAHN CONSIDERING ATTEMPT TO OUST YAHOO BOARD, May 13
(AP) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly is snapping up Yahoo stock in preparation for a possible attempt to replace the Internet company's board after the directors turned down Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919080.html

CRAIGSLIST COUNTERSUES EBAY, SAYING IT'S COMPETING ILLEGALLY, May 13
(AP) -- Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is competing illegally with the classified advertising Web site.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919425.html

RENSSELAER STUDENT INVENTS ALTERNATIVE TO SILICON CHIP, May 13
Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 graduate’s invention could replace one of the most common pieces of technology in the world—the silicon transistor for high-power and high-temperature electronics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903497.html



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CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT: DOES IT IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAVE MONEY?, May 13
A study published in the May/June issue of Health Affairs reports on the first randomized trial providing a scientifically valid look at what one might expect from chronic disease management programs that serve low-income individuals. The study result provides good news for state Medicaid leaders struggling to meet the needs of individuals with chronic conditions and also suggests that some disease management efforts, even among relatively low-risk patients, may be an effective strategy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129877636.html

PATIENTS' EXPECTATION OF GETTING BETTER IS CRUCIAL IN RECOVERY FROM WHIPLASH, May 13
Research into whiplash published in this week’s PLoS Medicine has found that an individual’s expectation of getting better plays a crucial role in the likelihood of his or her recovery, even after the severity of their physical and psychological symptoms are taken into account. Lena Holm at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden and colleagues from Sweden and Canada investigated the role of individuals’ expectation of recovery by using a questionnaire-based study of adult insurance claimants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878022.html

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MORE LIKELY TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER IN CERTAIN GROUPS, May 13
Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878060.html

USING MUSIC TO EXPLORE THE NEURAL BASES OF EMOTIONAL 'PROCESSING' IN THE AUTISTIC BRAIN, May 13
Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129897700.html

GENE THERAPY SLOWS PROGRESSION OF FATAL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE IN CHILDREN, May 13
Gene therapy to replace the faulty CLN2 gene, which causes a neurodegenerative disease that is fatal by age 8-12 years, was able to slow significantly the rate of neurologic decline in treated children, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the May 2008 issue (Vol. 19 No. 5) of Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129897780.html

STUDY: MOST FEMALE CHILD MOLESTERS WERE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, May 13
A University of Georgia study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of female child molesters finds that many of them were themselves victims of sexual abuse as children.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129897835.html

EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAM SHOWS $10 BENEFIT FOR EACH $1 SPENT, May 13
A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the May/June issue of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898889.html

SURVIVING BREAST CANCER 'IS NOT ENOUGH,' WARNS BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN, May 13
Women are living longer after breast cancer but simply surviving is not enough, Pamela Goldberg, Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Campaign, said today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903783.html

GENETIC LINKS TO IMPAIRED SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN AUTISM, May 13
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show profound deficits in social interactions and communications, and display repetitive behaviors and abnormal responses to sensory experiences. One aspect of an autistic child’s impaired social abilities is their lack of affiliative behaviors, i.e., behaviors such as touching and hugging that strengthen social bonds. On May 15th, Biological Psychiatry is publishing an article that reports new findings on genetic bases of these behaviors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903845.html

CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO USE FRUIT TUCK SHOPS WHEN SCHOOLS BAN UNHEALTHY SNACKS, May 13
Children who attend schools that run fruit tuck shops are much more likely to eat more fruit if they and their friends are also banned from bringing unhealthy snacks on to the school premises, according to research published online ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129905111.html

ADDING ULTRASOUND SCREENING TO MAMMOGRAPHY BRINGS BENEFITS, RISKS, May 13
Adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography reveals more breast cancers than mammography alone, according to results of a major new clinical trial. The trial, however, also found that adding an ultrasound exam also increases the rate of false positive findings and unnecessary biopsies.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129916756.html

DRUG THERAPY FOR PKU REVERSES HEART DAMAGE, May 13
A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns Hopkins shows.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129918990.html

NATIONAL STUDY EXAMINES HEALTH RISKS OF COARSE PARTICLE POLLUTION, May 13
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted the largest nationwide study on the acute health effects of coarse particle pollution. Coarse particles are airborne pollutants that fall between 2.5 and 10 microns in diameter. These particles are larger than fine particles (less than 2.5 microns) and are produced by processes such as mechanical grinding, windblown dust and agriculture. These particles are of interest from both public health and regulatory perspectives.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129920375.html

ADDING ULTRASOUND TO MAMMOGRAPHY MAY IMPROVE BREAST CANCER DETECTION IN HIGH-RISK WOMEN, May 13
The addition of an ultrasound examination to mammography for women at high-risk of breast cancer resulted in a higher rate of cancer detection, but also increased the number of false-positive results, according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129920417.html

HPV LINKED TO BETTER SURVIVAL IN TONSIL, TONGUE CANCER, May 13
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129877445.html

RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION FROM VIOLENT ASSAULT INCREASES WHEN LOCAL ALCOHOL SALES RISE, May 13
The risk of being hospitalized from being violently assaulted increases when there is increased alcohol sales near the victim's residence, finds a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878405.html

DEPRESSION AND ANGER CAN PLAGUE RECENT UNIVERSITY GRADUATES: STUDY, May 13
The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better. A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven years post-graduation and looked at how key events like leaving home and becoming a parent were related to depression and anger.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903323.html

SUGAR LINKAGE COULD LEAD TO BETTER TREATMENT FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, May 13
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Glycomics Center have helped identify a specific carbohydrate structure that confers anti-inflammatory activity to a glycoprotein antibody that could lead to improved treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. The study, reported in a recent edition of the journal Science, was led by immunologist Jeffrey Ravetch of Rockefeller University.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129911320.html

CHEMICAL COMPOUND PREVENTS CANCER IN LAB, May 13
While researching new ways to stop the progression of cancer, researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, have discovered a compound that has shown to prevent cancer in the laboratory. The research appears in the journal Gene Regulation and Systems Biology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129911362.html

DISCLOSING DRUG MAKERS PAYMENTS TO DOCS GETS BOOST, May 13
(AP) -- Legislation that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors got a boost Tuesday when Eli Lilly and Co. broke ranks with the industry and endorsed the bill.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129919104.html

WOMEN WHO BREASTFEED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HALVE THEIR RISK OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, May 13
Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878360.html

CHILDREN BETTER PREPARED FOR SCHOOL IF THEIR PARENTS READ ALOUD TO THEM, May 13
Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129878451.html

BUSINESSPEOPLE WHO ARE TOO SURE OF THEIR ABILITIES ARE LESS SAVVY ENTREPRENEURS: NEW STUDY, May 13
Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump into new business ventures with insufficient regard for the competition and the size of the market, new research has found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129885300.html

HYPERACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED NUMBERS OF INTERNEURONS, May 13
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry on May 15th is “another example of how basic science research conducted in animals may help to identify new molecular targets that may be studied for the treatment or even prevention of psychiatric disorders,” according to Dr. John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry and affiliated with both Yale University School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129897590.html

TOO HOT TO HANDLE! SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY HEAT SENSING REGULATOR, May 13
Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are a step closer to understanding pain sensitivity - specifically why it’s variable instead of constant - having identified a gene that regulates a heat-activated molecular sensor. Their description of the function of a membrane protein called Pirt appears in the May 2 issue of Cell.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898061.html

NOVEL MECHANISMS CONTROLLING INSULIN RELEASE AND FAT DEPOSITION DISCOVERED, May 13
Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin from beta-cells in the pancreas. These findings have implications for the development of treatments against diabetes and obesity.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129898716.html

RESEARCHERS FIND LINK BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND OVEREATING, May 13
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found socially subordinate female rhesus macaques over consume calorie-rich foods at a significantly higher level than do dominant females.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129902816.html

VITAMIN D PROTECTS CELLS FROM STRESS THAT CAN LEAD TO CANCER, May 13
By inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme, vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903397.html

MAYO CLINIC STUDY SHOWS ACUPUNCTURE AND MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER THERAPY TREAT SAME PAIN AREAS, May 13
Ancient acupuncture and modern myofascial pain therapy each focus on hundreds of similar points on the body to treat pain, although they do it differently, says a physician at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville who analyzed the two techniques.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129903738.html

RESEARCHERS PINPOINT HOW SMOKING CAUSES CANCER, May 13
Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have pinpointed the protein that can lead to genetic changes that cause lung cancer. The research will be published Tuesday, May 12, in the British Journal of Cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129905267.html

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SMALL RNAS THAT REGULATE GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTECT THE GENOME, May 13
RNA is best known as a working copy of the DNA sequence of genes. In this role, it’s a carrier of the genes’ instructions to the cell, which manufactures proteins according to information in the RNA molecule.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129911228.html






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