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WORLD FIRST DISCOVERY -- GENES FROM EXTINCT TASMANIAN TIGER FUNCTION IN A MOUSE
http://www.physorg.com/news130488168.html
HUBBLE SURVEY FINDS MISSING MATTER, PROBES INTERGALACTIC WEB
http://www.physorg.com/news130516845.html
'SPACE' KANGAROO SHINES LIGHT ON GLOBAL WARMING
http://www.physorg.com/news130488817.html
DIVERS FIND COMBINED GOLD TOOTHPICK, EARWAX SPOON
http://www.physorg.com/news130488330.html
NAPSTER ROLLS OUT ALL-MP3 DOWNLOAD STORE
http://www.physorg.com/news130488277.html
THE PHOTONIC BEETLE: NATURE BUILDS DIAMOND-LIKE CRYSTALS FOR FUTURE OPTICAL COMPUTERS
http://www.physorg.com/news130481875.html
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MAY SIGNAL A BROKEN HEART
http://www.physorg.com/news130436353.html
SOME LIKE IT HOT! STRUCTURE OF RECEPTOR FOR HOT CHILI PEPPER AND PAIN REVEALED
http://www.physorg.com/news130436393.html
A LOVING PARTNER CAN SAVE YOUR SKIN
http://www.physorg.com/news130498271.html
CARBON NANOTUBES THAT LOOK LIKE ASBESTOS, BEHAVE LIKE ASBESTOS
http://www.physorg.com/news130510729.html



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MARS EXPRESS MISSION CONTROLLERS READY FOR NASA PHOENIX LANDING, May 20
ESA's Mars Express mission control team are ready to monitor Phoenix's critical entry, descent and landing onto the Martian surface on 26 May 2008.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130510960.html

DO CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECT FERTILITY?, May 20
Our day-to-day exposure to chemicals is on the increase. From food packaging to the air we breathe, every day contact with potentially-toxic substances could be affecting our health — and our fertility.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511344.html

US CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS UP 1.6 PERCENT IN 2007, May 20
US carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels increased 1.6 percent in 2007, a preliminary government estimate showed Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524414.html

'SPACE' KANGAROO SHINES LIGHT ON GLOBAL WARMING, May 20
A giant white kangaroo bounced into the science books on Tuesday as part of a global experiment to measure the amount of light the Earth reflects back to the sun.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488817.html

SHUTTLE TO FLY MAY 31; NASA KEEPS FAITH IN SOYUZ, May 20
(AP) -- NASA has set May 31 for the next space shuttle launch and said that Russia's investigation into last month's rocky landing of its own spacecraft shouldn't interfere.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488399.html

REPORT: EPA HEAD REVERSED STAND ON GREENHOUSE GAS, May 20
(AP) -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency initially supported giving California and other states full or partial permission to limit tailpipe emissions - but reversed himself after hearing from the White House, a report said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488434.html

JOINT NASA-FRENCH SATELLITE TO TRACK TRENDS IN SEA LEVEL, CLIMATE, May 20
A satellite that will help scientists better monitor and understand rises in global sea level, study the world's ocean circulation and its links to Earth's climate, and improve weather and climate forecasts is undergoing final preparations for a June 15 launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512342.html

AFRICAN DUST FORECAST MAY HELP HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTIONS, May 20
As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year, African dust may provide a piece of this puzzle.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130518760.html

HUBBLE SURVEY FINDS MISSING MATTER, PROBES INTERGALACTIC WEB, May 20
Although the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter that was created during and just after the Big Bang must be found elsewhere.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130516845.html



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THE PHOTONIC BEETLE: NATURE BUILDS DIAMOND-LIKE CRYSTALS FOR FUTURE OPTICAL COMPUTERS, May 20
Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of a beetle from Brazil.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130481875.html

NEW PROCESS COULD CAUSE TITANIUM PRICE TO TUMBLE, May 20
Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511435.html



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RESEARCHERS DEVELOP REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY FOR NANOSCALE ASSEMBLY AT WAFER LEVEL, May 20
Researchers at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire, have discovered an innovative technology that will have a tremendous impact on the nanotechnology industry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130502089.html

CARBON NANOTUBES THAT LOOK LIKE ASBESTOS, BEHAVE LIKE ASBESTOS, May 20
A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130510729.html



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GROCERY BOOST, May 20
Low-income neighborhoods that lack easy access to grocery stores could lead to a breakdown of food security for hundreds of thousands of people - not in the developing world, but in major urban areas of the U.S. That's the conclusion from a report to be published in the inaugural issue of the International Journal Behavioural and Healthcare Research produced by Inderscience Publishers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512769.html

CRITICS: POLAR BEAR PLAN MUST FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, May 20
(AP) -- Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials' refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130521101.html

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AWARDED PATENT FOR REMARKABLE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, May 20
The patent's diverse potential applications include the development of new drugs, bioactive nanomaterials, anti-bacterial and non-immunogenic coatings for medical implants, coatings for semiconductors, coatings and adhesives for ships’ hulls, self-healing materials, microelectronics and responsive nanomaterials, and surface-sensitive adhesives, to name a few.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130514852.html

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD THAT GUIDES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRAIN CELLS, May 20
[B]Nonsignaling glial cells can direct synapse formation in the forging of neural networks[/B] Brain cells known as neurons process information by joining into complex networks, transmitting signals to each other across junctions called synapses. But “neurons don’t just connect to other neurons,” emphasizes Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., “in a lot of cases, they connect to very specific partners, at particular spots.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130523913.html

FROG MARCH SPARKS NEW CHINA QUAKE ALARM: REPORT, May 20
Thousands of Chinese fled for cover in fear of an earthquake Tuesday, alarmed not only by warnings from seismologists but also by an unusual mass movement of frogs, state media said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488758.html

RESEARCHERS BRING NEW MEANING TO THE TERM 'COMPUTER BUG', May 20
US researchers have created ‘living computers’ by genetically altering bacteria. The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central’s open access Journal of Biological Engineering, demonstrate that computing in living cells is feasible, opening the door to a number of applications including data storage and as a tool for manipulating genes for genetic engineering.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130482583.html

DIVERS FIND COMBINED GOLD TOOTHPICK, EARWAX SPOON, May 20
(AP) -- Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488330.html

CLUE TO MYSTERY CRUSTACEAN IN PARASITE FORM, May 20
First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading generations of marine zoologists to wonder just what y- larvae grow up to be. A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, BMC Biology, reports the transformation of the larvae into a previously unseen, wholly un-crustacean-like, parasitic form.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130486409.html

TEACHING EVOLUTION: LEGAL VICTORIES AREN'T ENOUGH, May 20
In many ways, much has changed since the famous Scopes Monkey trial of 1925. In recent years, US courts have consistently ruled that teaching explicitly religious alternatives to evolution in public schools is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. But in a new essay published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, political scientist Michael Berkman and his colleagues show that despite these many legal victories, a surprising number of public high school biology teachers still include creationism or intelligent design in their curriculum.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130480951.html

SOME LIKE IT HOT! STRUCTURE OF RECEPTOR FOR HOT CHILI PEPPER AND PAIN REVEALED, May 19
You can now not only feel the spicy kick of a jalapeno pepper, you can also see it in full 3D, thanks to researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130436393.html

SCIENTISTS 'PAINT' VIRUSES TO TRACK THEIR FATE IN THE BODY, May 20
Biologists from Austria and Singapore developed a technique that adds a new twist on the relationship between biology and art. In an article recently published online in The FASEB Journal and scheduled for the August 2008 print issue, these researchers describe how they were able to coat—or paint—viruses with proteins.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130499172.html

INCENSE IS PSYCHOACTIVE: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY THE BIOLOGY BEHIND THE CEREMONY, May 20
Religious leaders have contended for millennia that burning incense is good for the soul. Now, biologists have learned that it is good for our brains too. In a new study appearing online in The FASEB Journal, an international team of scientists, including researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, describe how burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression. This suggests that an entirely new class of depression and anxiety drugs might be right under our noses.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511055.html

PROTEIN KEY TO NEURO-REGENERATION, May 20
Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, University College London, the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and Cancer Research UK, have for the first time identified a protein that is key to the regeneration of damage in the peripheral nervous system and which could with further research lead to understanding diseases of our peripheral nervous systems and provide clues to methods of repairing damage in the central nervous system, according to a paper published this week in the Journal of Cell Biology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512604.html

PHARAOH'S UNUSUAL FEMININE APPEARANCE SUGGESTS TWO GENE DEFECTS, May 20
The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology professor Irwin Braverman, M.D.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130518910.html

SOME BIOFUEL CROPS COULD BECOME INVASIVE SPECIES: EXPERTS, May 20
Countries thinking of joining the rush for biofuels run the risk of planting invasive plant species that could wreak environmental and economic havoc, biologists warned on Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524391.html

WORLD FIRST DISCOVERY -- GENES FROM EXTINCT TASMANIAN TIGER FUNCTION IN A MOUSE, May 20
Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas, USA, have extracted genes from the extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), inserted it into a mouse and observed a biological function – this is a world first for the use of the DNA of an extinct species to induce a functional response in another living organism.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488168.html



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LAPTOP-FOR-KIDS PROJECT RESUMES DONATION PROGRAM, May 20
(AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and donate a second one to a child in a developing country.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130521170.html

TV BOXES LET NETFLIX USERS BYPASS MAIL DELIVERY, May 20
(AP) -- Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just a few clicks on a remote control.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488374.html



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IT CHIEFS WARN OF CYBER-TERRORISM THREAT, May 20
The threat of cyber-terrorism is growing and most countries are vulnerable to attacks that can shut down critical infrastructure, global experts told a conference here Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488957.html

CHICAGO SUES EBAY OVER CONCERT TICKET TAXES, May 20
(AP) -- The city of Chicago is suing eBay and its subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect city amusement taxes on concert and sporting event tickets sold through the Web sites.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130521150.html

NAPSTER ROLLS OUT ALL-MP3 DOWNLOAD STORE, May 20
(AP) -- Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488277.html

RIVALRY IN JAPANESE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES HEATS UP, May 20
MySpace launched new services in Japan on Tuesday a day after Facebook launched a Japanese version amid growing competition here between social networking sites.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130507125.html

CISCO SYSTEMS DENIES ONLINE CENSORSHIP ROLE IN CHINA, May 20
(AP) -- A Cisco Systems Inc. executive told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that comments in an internal document about China's goal to "combat" a religious group did not reflect the company's views on censorship.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511521.html

JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS OVER RECORDS IN YAHOO LAWSUIT, May 20
(AP) -- Lawyers on both sides of a shareholder lawsuit over Yahoo Inc.'s board's handling of Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer are accusing one another of turning it into a public relations battle.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511540.html

HP'S 2Q PROFIT UP ON STRONG DEMAND OUTSIDE US, May 20
(AP) -- Strong demand outside the United States for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s computers, printers and other products widened its profit margin in its second quarter, but investors worry the trend will break as HP digests Electronic Data Systems Corp. this year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524302.html



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'BLOOD-FREE' MONITORING AS GOOD AS BLOOD TESTS IN PREDICTING THE COURSE OF AIDS, May 20
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that monitoring treatment adherence to AIDS therapy is a simple blood-free way to monitor risk of disease progression. The international study was published in the May issue of the journal PLoS Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488102.html

STUDY: DOCTORS NOT ALWAYS SURE WHEN TO TREAT BP IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, May 19
For people with diabetes, high blood pressure poses a special threat, multiplying their risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney problems.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130436536.html

NEW TREATMENT GIVES HOPE FOR PULMONARY FIBROSIS PATIENTS, May 20
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may have a new treatment option, according to researchers in Japan.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130491578.html

WHAT ELSE MAY PROBIOTICS DO IN ADULTS?, May 20
Probiotic bacteria, defined as living microorganisms that have beneficial effects on human health, have mostly been studied in the prevention and treatment of different gastrointestinal diseases and allergies. Probiotic products, however, are usually consumed by the general, healthy population but not much is known what kind of effects they have on the immune system in healthy adults. It is not clear how probiotics exert their health effects, but one of the most probable action mechanisms is the modulation of immune responses via the gut's mucosal immune system.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511190.html

STUDY IDENTIFIES TRENDS OF VITAMIN B6 STATUS IN US POPULATION SAMPLE, May 20
In an epidemiological study, Tufts University researchers identified trends of vitamin B6 status in a sample of the United States population based on measures of plasma pyridoxal 5'- phosphate (PLP) levels in the bloodstream. Plasma PLP is the indicator used by the federal government to set the current Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin B6, a nutrient essential for red blood cell function and important for maintaining a healthy immune system and blood glucose levels.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511589.html

RESEARCH TOOL CAN DETECT AUTISM AT 9 MONTHS OF AGE, May 20
The ability to detect autism in children as young as nine months of age is on the horizon, according to researchers at McMaster University.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512217.html

A NEW INDICATOR FOR ESOPHAGEAL VARIX IN ALCOHOLIC DISEASE, May 20
Variceal hemorrhaging is associated with a high mortality rate. The early detection of esophageal varices is critical for the effective prevention of variceal hemorrhage.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512556.html

TUBERCULOSIS NOT THE ONLY RISK FROM NEW IMMUNOLOGICAL DRUGS, May 20
A new survey cautions physicians that drugs commonly prescribed for patients suffering from immunological disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease may carry risks of serious infections other than the known risk of tuberculosis. The survey published is in the June 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512705.html

HETEROTOPIC GASTRIC TISSUE SIMULATING ACUTE APPENDICITIS, May 20
It is not uncommon to find tissue that normally lines the stomach in locations outside of the digestive tract. This "heterotopic" gastric tissue has been identified in such diverse locations as the scrotum, the gall bladder, and the spinal cord.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512816.html

STUDY REVEALS LINK AMONG CHILDHOOD ALLERGIES, ASTHMA SYMPTOMS, AND EARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CATS, May 20
A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, shows that cat ownership may have a protective effect against the development of asthma symptoms in young children at age five. The study, published by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found that children with cats in the home were more likely to have made allergy-related antibodies to cats.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130515721.html

INVASIVE METHODS UNNECESSARY FOR PROSTATE CANCER RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING, May 20
Modern 3-D computed tomography (CT) is an effective method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy treatment planning in prostate cancer patients because it eliminates the need for an invasive procedure and the related side effects, according to a study in the May 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130517565.html

SEPSIS GUIDELINE COMPLIANCE IMPROVES, RATE OF DEATH DECLINES AFTER EDUCATIONAL EFFORT, May 20
A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline adherence, although the improvement in compliance with some resuscitation procedures diminished after one year, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130521008.html

STUDY FINDS THAT RECALLED AQUA DOTS DID CONTAIN POISONOUS CHEMICAL, May 20
Reports of children becoming unconscious after swallowing Aqua Dots beads led to a voluntary recall of the product in November 2007. At the time, it was widely reported that the potentially toxic chemical 1,4-butanediol (BD) had been used in place of the benign but more expensive 1,5-pentanediol (PD) in the manufacture of the beads.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130523982.html

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS' PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA IN CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS GENERALLY STRONG, May 20
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the frequency with which critically-ill patients developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is approximately the same at a multidisciplinary medical center such as Mayo Clinic compared to the average VAP-risk rate for 211 hospitals in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). This is good news for patients because it suggests that care levels are generally strong across the U.S. in intensive care units, which is where the sickest patients -- many of them elderly -- are treated. This is true despite variety in levels of care offered by individual hospitals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524178.html

FARM MOMS MAY HELP CHILDREN BEAT ALLERGIES, May 20
Mothers exposed to farms, particularly to barns and farm milk, while pregnant confer protection from allergies on their newborns, according to a group of German researchers, who will present their findings at the American Thoracic Society’s 2008 International Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, May 21.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130482643.html

MAPPING OF PROSTATE CANCER GENES OPENS THE DOOR TO NEW TREATMENTS, May 20
Genetic changes during the initiation and progression of prostate cancer have eluded scientists to date. Now for the first time researchers have identified a specific gene expression profile of prostate cancer stem cells, with important implications for future treatments.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130487156.html

THOSE WITH RARE DISEASES OFFERED A CHANCE FOR FREE TREATMENT, May 20
(AP) -- They're the cold cases of medicine, patients with diseases so rare and mysterious that they've eluded diagnosis for years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130488221.html

NEW TECHNOLOGY PUTS BIOMEDICAL IMAGING IN PALM OF HANDS, May 20
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a narrowband filter mosaic that will expand the uses and functionality of multispectral imaging—a technology that enables subsurface characterization. The new, single-exposure imaging tool could significantly improve point-of-care medical and forensic imaging by empowering front line clinicians with no specialized training to detect and assess, in real-time, the severity of bruises and erythema, regardless of patient skin pigmentation or available lighting.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130510871.html

TOOL CREATES PERSONALIZED CATCH-UP IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES FOR MISSED CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS, May 20
A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren’t received at the proper time.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511164.html

DETERMINING GENETIC SIGNATURE OF LUNG TUMORS CAN HELP GUIDE TREATMENT, May 20
The first U.S. clinical trial using genetic screening to identify lung tumors likely to respond to targeted therapies supports the use of those drugs as first-line treatment rather than after standard chemotherapy has failed. While the study led by Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center investigators found that upfront gefitinib (Iressa) treatment considerably improved the outcomes for non-small-cell-lung-cancer (NSCLC), additional research is required before such a strategy can be used for routine treatment planning. The report appears in the May 20 Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511637.html

OVERWEIGHT IN ADOLESCENCE GIVES INCREASED MORTALITY RATE, May 20
People who were already overweight in adolescence (14-19 years old) have an increased mortality rate from a range of chronic diseases as adults; endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and respiratory diseases. There were also many cases of sudden death in this group. This comes from a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512462.html

DATA RE-ANALYSIS SHOWS DRUG FINASTERIDE REDUCES RISK FOR MOST PROSTATE CANCERS, May 20
A re-analysis of data from the landmark Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) finds that finasteride reduces the risk for prostate cancer without boosting the odds of aggressive tumors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130512515.html

TEEN BLOOD DONORS HAVE HIGHER RISK OF DONATION-RELATED COMPLICATIONS, May 20
Sixteen- and 17-year olds who donate blood are significantly more likely to experience donation-related complications such as fainting and bruising than older blood donors, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130520658.html

NEW BLOOD TEST REVEALS RISK FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME, May 20
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that people with high oxidation levels of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle that carries cholesterol throughout the blood are much more likely to develop metabolic syndrome – which can lead to a considerably increased risk of developing heart disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130520755.html

GENE MUTATIONS IN MICE MIMIC HUMAN-LIKE SLEEP DISORDER, RESEARCHERS FIND, May 20
DALLAS – May 20, 2008 – Mutations in two genes that control electrical excitability in a portion of the brain involved in sleep create a human-like insomnia disorder in mice, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. The findings may help scientists better understand the disorder and provide an animal model for developing treatments.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524018.html

A GRIM DIAGNOSIS: KENNEDY'S BRAIN CANCER IS WORST KIND, May 20
(AP) -- A malignant glioma - the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - is the worst kind of brain cancer. Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim - few live three years and for the worst subtype, half die within a year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130524339.html

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MAY SIGNAL A BROKEN HEART, May 19
Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research shows that more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction (ED) was a powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease, including heart attack and death.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130436353.html

A LOVING PARTNER CAN SAVE YOUR SKIN, May 20
Even couples that have been together for years may be embarrassed to let a spouse or partner see their less than perfect bodies naked in bright light. That shyness can hamper a couple's willingness to do total body skin exams on each other to check for a new or recurring melanoma. Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, can appear in more than one spot so these checks are important.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130498271.html

PLANT FLAVONOID FOUND TO REDUCE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN THE BRAIN, May 20
Researchers at the University of Illinois report this week that a plant compound found in abundance in celery and green peppers can disrupt a key component of the inflammatory response in the brain. The findings have implications for research on aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130511306.html

NEW PYRAMID PUTS OIL, EXERCISE, POULTRY IN THEIR PLACE, May 20
The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source (http://www.thenutritionsource.org/).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130521327.html

SLEEP DEPRIVATION AFFECTS ABILITY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT WE SEE, May 20
Neuroscience researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore have shown for the first time what happens to the visual perceptions of healthy but sleep-deprived volunteers who fight to stay awake, like people who try to drive through the night.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130523835.html






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