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FLEXIBLE OLED DISPLAY ONE-STEP CLOSER WITH ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL DIRECT WRITING
http://www.physorg.com/news144340467.html
CATCHING QUAKES WITH LAPTOPS
http://www.physorg.com/news144332122.html
MICROSOFT'S OZZIE UNVEILS 'CLOUD COMPUTING' PLAY (UPDATE)
http://www.physorg.com/news144330977.html
IN GAME OF TENNIS, SEEING ISN'T ALWAYS BELIEVING
http://www.physorg.com/news144328896.html
SOLAR SYSTEM'S YOUNG TWIN HAS TWO ASTEROID BELTS
http://www.physorg.com/news144326926.html
SCIENTISTS SEEK TO MAKE ENERGY AS PLANTS DO
http://www.physorg.com/news144307026.html
IS NASA'S ARES DOOMED?
http://www.physorg.com/news144307123.html
SEEING NANOTUBES TARGETING TUMORS IN VIVO
http://www.physorg.com/news144349973.html
RISING CO2 'WILL HIT REEFS HARDER'
http://www.physorg.com/news144348139.html
INLAND ANTS PREFER SALTY SNACKS TO SWEET
http://www.physorg.com/news144346192.html

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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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ASTRONAUTS TO VOTE FROM SPACE, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144350218.html

ESA'S LUNAR ROBOTICS CHALLENGE: A TOUGH TASK FOR THE STUDENT TEAMS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Teide volcanic peak on the island of Tenerife acted as a mock-up of the Moon landscape last week, with eight European student teams tuning, testing and driving their lunar rovers in preparation for a robotics competition that took place during the dark nights of last weekend.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144335777.html

BIOSOLIDS MICROBES POSE MANAGEABLE RISK TO WORKERS, October 27
Class B biosolids are sewage sludges that have been treated to contain fewer than 2.0 x 106 fecal coliforms/dry gram. The USEPA estimates that 6.3 million tonnes of Class B biosolids are generated in the United States each year, and that by 2010, the amount generated per year will increase to 7.4 million tonnes. Biosolids produced during municipal sewage treatment are most commonly applied to land as a fertilizer at agricultural sites throughout the United States. Class B biosolids, which are the principal type of biosolids applied to land, contain a variety of enteric pathogens.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326545.html

SPACE TOURIST BACKS PRIVATE ACCESS TO ORBIT CENTER, October 27
(AP) -- Government space agencies like NASA, Roscosmos and others need to give private entrepreneurs broader access to the orbiting station and encourage private space travel, the latest U.S. space tourist said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144325515.html

IS NASA'S ARES DOOMED?, October 27
Bit by bit, the new rocket ship that is supposed to blast America into the second Space Age and return astronauts to the moon appears to be coming undone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144307123.html

RISING CO2 'WILL HIT REEFS HARDER', October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising CO2 levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144348139.html

NASA TESTS ROVER CONCEPTS IN ARIZONA, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest lunar rover prototype has now gone farther than it ever has before.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144338286.html

EARTHWORM ACTIVITY CAN ALTER FORESTS' CARBON-CARRYING CAPABILITIES, October 27
Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144333709.html

SOLAR SYSTEM'S YOUNG TWIN HAS TWO ASTEROID BELTS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have discovered that the nearby star Epsilon Eridani has two rocky asteroid belts and an outer icy ring, making it a triple-ring system. The inner asteroid belt is a virtual twin of the belt in our solar system, while the outer asteroid belt holds 20 times more material. Moreover, the presence of these three rings of material implies that unseen p***ts confine and shape them.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326926.html

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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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SEA URCHIN YIELDS A KEY SECRET OF BIOMINERALIZATION, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- The teeth and bones of mammals, the protective shells of mollusks, and the needle-sharp spines of sea urchins and other marine creatures are made-from-scratch wonders of nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343995.html

NEW PROCESS PROMISES BIGGER, BETTER DIAMOND CRYSTALS, October 27
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have developed a new technique for improving the properties of diamonds—not only adding sparkle to gemstones, but also simplifying the process of making high-quality diamond for scalpel blades, electronic components, even quantum computers. The results are published in the October 27-31 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343883.html

FLEXIBLE OLED DISPLAY ONE-STEP CLOSER WITH ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL DIRECT WRITING, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting methods of pattern transfer available for a number of applications right now is Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT). However, when working with organic material, there are some drawbacks to LIFT, as well as other drawbacks to making use of a high threshold UV or IR laser to effect the transfer. “Besides thermal degradation,” Seung Hwan Ko tells PhysOrg.com, “high laser threshold laser can also induce mechanical cracks on transfer material and problems in edge sharpness.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144340467.html

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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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SEEING NANOTUBES TARGETING TUMORS IN VIVO, October 27
Carbon nanotubes have significant potential for delivering both imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors, but there is still a need to better quantify how well these rolled-up sheets of graphite can target tumors. Now, thanks to the development of a microscope capable of measuring Raman spectroscopic signals from living mice, researchers have a noninvasive tool to study where carbon nanotubes travel once they are injected into the blood stream.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144349973.html

NANODIAMOND DRUG DEVICE COULD TRANSFORM CANCER TREATMENT, October 27
A team of investigators at Northwestern University has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically removed. The flexible microfilm device, which resembles a piece of plastic wrap and can be customized easily into different shapes, has the potential to transform conventional treatment strategies and reduce patients’ unnecessary exposure to toxic drugs. The device takes advantage of nanodiamonds, an emergent technology, for sustained drug release.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144350075.html

FIRST IMAGES OF BARNACLE LARVA'S FOOTPRINT, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- The fouling or growth of sea organisms, such as barnacles, on ships’ hulls causes damage costing many billions of euros annually. In order to prevent this fouling, In Yee Phang of the University of Twente (Netherlands) used nanotechnology to investigate how barnacles colonize a surface. This is the first time that the existence of barnacle cyprid larvae ‘footprints’ has been demonstrated. Phang will be awarded his doctorate on 24 October at the faculty of Science and Technology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144339775.html

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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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SAFETY OFFICERS WEIGHED OPTIONS BEFORE DECIDING TO SHOOT 12-FOOT GATOR, October 27
Animal lovers are shocked and angry that authorities shot a 12-foot alligator last week near Old Town in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144307227.html

DOES RELIGION MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN POLITICS?, October 27
From Barack Obama's controversial pastor to Sarah Palin's "secret religion", religious values have continued to play a dominant role in the presidential election since John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic elected to president in 1960. Hoping to answer the question of which political party has a monopoly on the "best" values and how religion affects these values, Kennon Sheldon, a University of Missouri professor, compared the "extrinsic" values (financial success, status, appearance) with "intrinsic" values (growth, intimacy, helping) of self-declared Democrats and Republicans in four different samples.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144339117.html

VOTERS SHOW PARADOXICAL VIEWS OF POLITICAL MAVERICKS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Republican Senator John McCain has staked his bid for the U.S. presidency on his reputation as a “political maverick,” a politician who is unafraid to cross party lines to “vote his conscience” on important policy issues. By doing so, he places the electorate in a complicated emotional tug-of-war, according to a new study by UC Irvine psychology professor Peter Ditto and graduate student Andrew Mastronarde.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351439.html

REVEALING SECRETS OF 'AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS', October 27
Scientists in the United Kingdom and Russia are reporting identification of a long-sought chink in the armor of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease that kills at least 50,000 people each year. Their study appears in the current edition of ACS Chemical Biology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144338155.html

NEWS FLASH: CANDIDATES' ADS ACTUALLY MATCH DEEDS IN CONGRESS, October 27
If you think candidates never keep their promises and will say anything to get elected, you're certainly not alone. And you're not right, either.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336668.html

BACTERIA CAUSE OLD BUILDINGS TO FEEL OFF-COLOR, October 27
The assumption that time, weather, and pollution are what cause buildings to decline is only partly true. Bacteria are also responsible for the ageing of buildings and monuments – a process known as biodeterioration, where organisms change the properties of materials through their vital activities. Leonila Laiz from the Institute for Natural Resources and Agrobiology in Seville, Spain, and colleagues have just isolated five new strains of bacteria that degrade old buildings. Their work1 is published online this week in Springer's journal Naturwissenschaften.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144332283.html

SEEING COLOR IN 'BLINDSIGHT', October 27
By manipulating the brain noninvasively in a new way with magnetic stimulation, researchers have shown that they can restore some experience of color where before there was no visual awareness whatsoever. They report their findings in the October 28th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144329006.html

TOWARD NON-INVASIVE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS WITH 'WELLNESS CARDS', October 27
Scientists are reporting development of a device that could serve as the electronic "reader" for a coming generation of "wellness cards," specimen holders used to diagnose disease from a drop of a patient's saliva or blood. The research, done by scientists in Utah, Iowa, Arizona, and Minnesota, is presented in two papers scheduled for the November 1 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326413.html

ICONIC T.REX TO BE UNVEILED AT UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- A cast of a 21-foot long Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur (a rare, sub-adult individual), commissioned from the makers of specimens of T. rex that featured in the film ‘Jurassic Park’ is to go on permanent display at the University of Leicester.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144307656.html

BEAR MARKET: CAVE SHEDS LIGHT ON URSINE EVOLUTION, October 27
The ancestor of two main species of bear lived around 1.6 million years ago, according to analysis of bones found in the Chauvet Cave in southern France, better known for its dazzling examples of Stone Age artwork.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351814.html

INLAND ANTS PREFER SALTY SNACKS TO SWEET, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants prefer salty snacks to sugary ones, at least in inland areas that tend to be salt-poor, according to a new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144346192.html

KING SOLOMON'S (COPPER) MINES? DEEP DIG FINDS CONFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an open question, the possibility is raised once again by research reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144345677.html

SCIENTISTS INVENT DEVICE THAT CONTROLS, MEASURES DYNAMICS OF CHEMICALS IN LIVE TISSUE, October 27
Measuring an electrical current in an organism is pretty straightforward. All you need is an electrode. Measuring the flow of chemicals in cells or live tissue, however, is much more difficult because the molecules diffuse, mix with one another, and interact with their surroundings.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144344255.html

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE VARY GREATLY ACROSS PLANT FAMILIES, October 27
Drawing on records dating back to the journals of Henry David Thoreau, scientists at Harvard University have found that different plant families near Walden Pond have borne the effects of climate change in strikingly different ways. Some of the plant families hit hardest by global warming have included beloved species like lilies, orchids, violets, roses, and dogwoods.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343784.html

BUMBLEBEES LEARN THE SWEET SMELL OF FORAGING SUCCESS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bumblebees use flower scent to guide their nest-mates to good food sources, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144338509.html

CUT AND RUN: NEW RESEARCH PREDICTS RISK AVOIDANCE IN THE FACE OF CHRONIC ECONOMIC LOSS, October 27
Individual investors are liquidating their holdings at record levels as financial markets sink, often absorbing losses to avoid possibly worse pain later. Contradicting the counsel of many financial advisers, it also flies in the face of widely accepted behavioral theory and reinforces recent research by Michigan State University scientists.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144337753.html

GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA MOVEMENT FROM ASIA TO NORTH AMERICA VIA WILD BIRDS, October 27
Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336721.html

FIRE OUT OF AFRICA: A KEY TO THE MIGRATION OF PREHISTORIC MAN, October 27
The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology believes on the basis of findings at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov archaeological site in Israel.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144333460.html

FLAWED 401(K) LAWS PUTTING RETIREMENT AT RISK, EXPERT SAYS, October 27
Congress needs to reform flawed 401(k) laws that could push back retirement for millions of Americans whose savings have collapsed along with the stock market, a University of Illinois elder law expert says.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144332314.html

SOYBEANS NO LONGER A MUSICAL FRUIT?, October 27
Soybeans may drop off the list of musical fruit. Scientists in Singapore are reporting victory over some consumers' No. 1 complaint about soy products — the "flatulence factor" caused by indigestible sugars found in soy. In a study scheduled for the November 12 issue of ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they describe a method for significantly reducing the amount of flatulence-causing carbohydrates in soy yogurt while raising the levels of healthy antioxidants known as isoflavones.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326285.html

IN GAME OF TENNIS, SEEING ISN'T ALWAYS BELIEVING, October 27
A universal bias in the way people perceive moving objects means that tennis referees are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls "out" than when they call them "in," according to a new report in the October 28th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Because recent rule changes allow professional tennis players to challenge the refs' calls, athletes could exploit the new findings to their advantage, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144328896.html

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DELL INTRODUCES NEW ULTRA-MINI 12-INCH NETBOOK/NOTEBOOK, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- The race for lean and mean has a new entry. Dell introduced the Inspiron Mini 12 in Japan with some fanfare and a whole lot of interesting features. Dell's Senior Product Manager John New spoke with Laptopmag's Mark Spoonauer to explain the differences in the new Inspiron Mini 12 from other ultra-portable notebooks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144331684.html

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UMC ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY'S FIRST 28NM SRAMS, October 27
UMC, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has manufactured the foundry industry's first fully functional 28nm SRAM chips. The chips are based on UMC's independently developed low-leakage (LL) process technology. UMC utilized advanced double-patterning immersion lithography and strained silicon technology to produce the chips, which feature very small six-transistor SRAM cell sizes of approximately 0.122 um2.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144347569.html

ROOFS FAIL TO DEFEND AGAINST FREQUENT HAILSTORMS, STUDY REVEALS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of hailstorms in Sydney has found many of the city's roofs are unable to resist the large hailstones expected to hit every 10 years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144346547.html

THE FLUID TRANSDUCER: ELECTRICITY FROM GAS AND WATER, October 27
Air compression systems can be found in many manufacturing operations. If a leak occurs anywhere in the system, the air pressure drops and production comes to a halt until the source of failure has been found. Sensors constantly monitor the pressure in order to keep costly fault-related losses to a minimum.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336940.html

PERSONALISED LEARNING PUTS STUDENTS IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new learning platform is giving the traditional classroom a radical makeover. Using innovative ICT technology, iClass is putting pupils at the centre of the learning experience and providing them with more control over what they learn. Every parent believes their child is unique. And they are right. Every pupil has their own individual strengths and weaknesses, and their own particular way of learning. However, putting this commonsense observation into practice is no mean feat, and our schools have generally not been very successful at personalising the learning experience.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336087.html

SCIENTISTS CREATE PROGRAM TO CALCULATE BODY SHAPE, October 27
Imagine you are a police detective trying to identify a suspect wearing a trench coat, baggy pants and a baseball cap pulled low. Or imagine you are a fashion industry executive who wants to market virtual clothing that customers of all shapes and sizes can try online before they purchase. Perhaps you want to create the next generation of "Guitar Hero" in which the user, not some character, is pumping out the licks. The main obstacle to these and other pursuits is creating a realistic, 3-D body shape — especially when the figure is clothed or obscured.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144333559.html

JAPANESE BOMBER GOT KNOW-HOW FROM INTERNET, October 27
A former Ground Self-Defense Force member who was arrested and indicted over launching explosive devices into the grounds of the Imperial Palace, has told the police that he learned how to make bombs from a video-sharing Web site, it has been learned.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144304795.html

CENTURYTEL TO ACQUIRE EMBARQ IN $5.8B DEAL, October 27
(AP) -- Phone company CenturyTel Inc. will acquire larger peer Embarq Corp. in a deal valued at $5.8 billion, the companies said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144319271.html

SCIENTISTS SEEK TO MAKE ENERGY AS PLANTS DO, October 27
Scientists who are seeking new sources of clean energy are trying to mimic the way plants and trees do it, by converting sunlight into fuel.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144307026.html

TECHNOLOGY TITANS TO ADOPT HUMAN RIGHTS CODE OF CONDUCT, October 27
An Internet industry code of ethics intended to safeguard online freedom of speech around the world is to be adopted this week by technology titans including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351755.html

NEC DEVELOPS E-PAPER ENABLING A3 AND A4 SCREEN DISPLAYS WITH MULTITILING, October 27
NEC LCD Technologies today announced the successful development of multiple sizes (A3 and A4 equivalent) of electronic paper (e-paper) modules using the microcapsule electrophoresis system (see note 1).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144350514.html

'DIGITAL DARK AGE' MAY DOOM SOME DATA, October 27
What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343006.html

GOOD CODE, BAD COMPUTATIONS: A COMPUTER SECURITY GRAY AREA, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to make sure your computer or server is not tricked into undertaking malicious or undesirable behavior, it's not enough to keep bad code out of the system.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144337532.html

EMAIL, WEB SURFING MOST POPULAR PERSONAL USES FOR WORK PC, October 27
It probably wouldn't shock most bosses, but three out of four of their employees are using their work computers for email, shopping, surfing and other personal business, according to a survey released on Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336391.html

GOOGLE RELEASES GOOGLE EARTH FOR IPHONE, October 27
Google on Monday brought the popular Google Earth application to Apple's iPhone, allowing users to fly around the globe with just a touch of the screen.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144325457.html

SONY SAYS STILL ON OFFENSIVE IN TOUGH TIMES (UPDATE), October 27
Sony Corp. chairman Howard Stringer said Monday the electronics giant was keeping up its long-term global ambitions despite taking a "very, very strong" hit in the global financial crisis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144301930.html

CABLE CO. COX TO LAUNCH ITS OWN WIRELESS SERVICE, October 27
(AP) -- Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. is set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a move that intensifies cable's competition with phone companies.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144311084.html

CATCHING QUAKES WITH LAPTOPS, October 27
Inside your laptop is a small accelerometer chip, there to protect the delicate moving parts of your hard disk from sudden jolts. It turns out that the same chip is a pretty good earthquake sensor, too -- especially if the signals from lots of them are compared, in order to filter out more mundane sources of laptop vibrations, such as typing.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144332122.html

MICROSOFT'S OZZIE UNVEILS 'CLOUD COMPUTING' PLAY (UPDATE), October 27
(AP) -- After more than two years as Microsoft's low-profile chief software architect, Ray Ozzie finally has something to say: Windows Azure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144330977.html

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METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE LINKED TO UNDERAGE SEX, SMOKING AND DRINKING, October 27
Children and adolescents who abuse alcohol or are sexually active are more likely to take methamphetamines (MA), also known as 'meth' or 'speed'. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the risk factors associated with MA use, in both low-risk children (those who don't take drugs) and high-risk children (those who have taken other drugs or who have ever attended juvenile detention centres).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351890.html

STATINS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RISK OF DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA, October 27
Individuals who take cholesterol-lowering statins before being hospitalized with pneumonia appear less likely to die within 90 days afterward, according to a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351947.html

BRAIN STIMULATION IMPROVES DEXTERITY, October 27
Applying electrical stimulation to the scalp and the underlying motor regions of the brain could make you more skilled at delicate tasks. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience shows that a non-invasive brain-stimulation technique, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), is able to improve the use of a person's non-dominant hand.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351871.html

END-OF-LIFE PREFERENCES APPEAR TO REMAIN STABLE AS HEALTH DECLINES, October 27
Most individuals' preferences regarding life-sustaining treatment do not appear to change over a three-year period, regardless of declines in physical and mental health, according to a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Individuals who say they want aggressive care and those without advance directives are most likely to change their end-of-life wishes over time.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343625.html

META-ANALYSIS EXAMINES CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF DIABETES MEDICATIONS, October 27
The diabetes medication metformin may be associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. No associations were found between other diabetes medications and beneficial or harmful cardiovascular effects, in part because of insufficient data, the authors note.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343497.html

MSU DOCTORS BRING MUCH-NEEDED PSYCHIATRIC CARE TO RURAL AREAS VIA TECHNOLOGY, October 27
To tackle the growing number of psychiatric cases in Michigan's rural areas, particularly among children and adolescents, a team of Michigan State University doctors from the colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine meet each week with patients from across the state via video conference.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144342457.html

COST OF DIABETES TREATMENT NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE 2001, October 27
Because of the increased number of patients, growing reliance on multiple medications and the shift toward more expensive new medicines, the annual cost of diabetes drugs nearly doubled in only six years, rising from $6.7 billion in 2001 to $12.5 billion in 2007 according to a study in the Oct. 27, 2008, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144342385.html

RESEARCHER TO PROVIDE NEW INSIGHT FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASE, October 27
The blood circulates through the body in an intricate process that researchers are only beginning to understand. Now, University of Missouri researcher Steven Segal has received the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's prestigious Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for his work in defining the signaling processes that control blood flow in the smallest, microscopic blood vessels, the microcirculation. Understanding these events could help researchers find novel approaches to fighting vascular disease associated with hypertension and diabetes and help to combat the adverse effects of aging on physical performance.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144339041.html

BETTER INSTRUCTIONS REDUCE COMPLICATIONS AMONG PATIENTS USING COMMON BLOOD THINNER, October 27
Patients who report receiving written and verbal instructions on the proper way to take the blood thinner warfarin are significantly less likely to suffer the serious gastrointestinal and brain bleeding problems that are associated with misuse of the drug, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The study, published in the October issue Journal of General Internal Medicine, also shows that patients who see only one physician and fill their prescription at a single pharmacy are less apt to experience serious bleeding events.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336789.html

LARGE HORMONE DOSE MAY REDUCE RISK OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, October 27
A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers found that a high dose of cortisone could help reduce the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The article appears in Biological Psychiatry, Volume 64, Issue 8 (October 15, 2008), pages 708-717.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336629.html

EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA ON THE HEART, October 27
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have created the first animal model that can reveal the side effects of anesthetic agents (the substances used to block pain during surgery) in individuals genetically predisposed to sudden cardiac death. The researchers also found that some anesthetic agents may trigger arrhythmias. The study appears in an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Physiology – Heart Circulation Physiology and is currently available online.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144333350.html

RESEARCHERS HONE IN ON NEW STRATEGY TO TREAT COMMON INFECTION, October 27
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have successfully tested a genetic strategy designed to improve treatment of human infections caused by the yeast Candida albicans, ranging from diaper rash, vaginitis, oral infections (or thrush which is common in HIV/AIDS patients), as well as invasive, blood-borne and life-threatening diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144333292.html

PREGNANT WOMEN CONSUMING FLAXSEED OIL HAVE HIGH RISK OF PREMATURE BIRTH, October 27
A study has found that the risks of a premature birth quadruple if flaxseed oil is consumed in the last two trimesters of pregnancy. The research was conducted by Professor Anick Bérard of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Pharmacy and the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center and Master's student Krystel Moussally.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144331301.html

THE MENTAL HEALTH DANGERS OF BIRTH HYPOXIA, October 27
Complications during pregnancy and birth, such as birth hypoxia - the shortage of oxygen in the body - are associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia. However, it is not clear why hypoxia increases the risk for schizophrenia. The November 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry includes an article by researchers who show that the presence of a specific indicator of fetal distress following hypoxia was more likely to be present among people who later develop schizophrenia. Their findings suggest that the inability of a high-risk fetus to respond adequately to metabolic stresses that it faces in the womb may contribute to its later risk for developing schizophrenia.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144331168.html

PAIN AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATES FACIAL MUSCLE GROUPS, October 27
A study has found that people who facially express pain in a more intense way are not exaggerating if their perception of a painful stimulation is controlled. The study conducted by Miriam Kunz is published in the November issue of Pain.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326872.html

GLUTAMATE: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA?, October 27
Is schizophrenia a disorder of glutamate hyperactivity or hypoactivity? While the predominant hypothesis for many years was that schizophrenia was a glutamate deficit disorder, there is growing evidence of glutamate hyperactivity as well. The study by Karlsson et al., appearing in the November 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, reinforces this point with new data about the impact of deleting the gene for the glutamate transporter EAAT1. EAAT1, implicated in schizophrenia, plays a critical role in inactivating glutamate by removing it from the synaptic and extracellular spaces.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326615.html

A MILLION PEOPLE SUFFER FROM TINNITUS -- IN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC ALONE, October 27
Université de Montréal Professor Sylvie Hébert is conducting a study exploring the root causes of tinnitus, a condition that creates the perception of sound in the absence of external stimulation. Tinnitus affects 20 percent of Quebecers 55 and older in Quebec, which represents one million people.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326099.html

CREDIT CRUNCH THREATENS NEW MEDICINES, October 27
The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today (Monday).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144303609.html

NCI: NO PROSTATE BENEFIT FROM VITAMIN E, SELENIUM, October 27
(AP) -- The government is stopping a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer - because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351720.html

STAPH GERMS HARDER THAN EVER TO TREAT, STUDIES SAY, October 27
(AP) -- Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past, doctors reported Monday. These widespread germs used to be easier to treat than the dangerous forms of staph found in hospitals and nursing homes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144351703.html

SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY SINGLE MICRORNA THAT CONTROLS HOW HEART CHAMBERS FORM, October 27
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified a genetic factor critical to the formation of chambers in the developing heart. The discovery of the role of a microRNA called miR-138, could offer strategies for the treatment of congenital heart defects.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144345971.html

MASKS, HAND WASHING, PREVENT SPREAD OF FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS BY UP TO 50 PERCENT, October 27
Wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent, a landmark new study suggests.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144339092.html

NEW HORMONE DATA CAN PREDICT MENOPAUSE WITHIN A YEAR, October 27
For many women, including the growing number who choose later-in-life pregnancy, predicting their biological clock's relation to the timing of their menopause and infertility is critically important.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144337381.html

RESEARCHERS EXPLORE USE OF FAT CELLS AS HEART ATTACK THERAPY, October 27
For those of us trained to read nutrition labels, conventional wisdom tells us that fat isn't good for the heart. But a team of University of Houston researchers has set out to use fat cells to beef up heart muscles damaged by heart attack – and they're using an out-of-this-world device to do it.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336580.html

KIDS' EYE PROBLEMS OFTEN EMERGE IN HOMEWORK BATTLE, October 27
(AP) -- Your 9-year-old's eyes hurt during homework? Your teen's a slow reader plagued with headaches? They may have a common yet often missed vision problem: Eyes that don't turn together properly to read.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144336321.html

STRESS DURING PREGNANCY HAS DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON OFFSPRING, October 27
Stress during pregnancy can have unfortunate consequences for children born under those conditions – slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144332350.html

HOSPITALS EASE ER CROWDING WITH WARD BEDS IN HALLS, October 27
(AP) -- There's no phone and no television. Only a screen offers privacy. But heart patient Edward Gray understands why the hospital put him in a cardiac unit hallway.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144303834.html

BUILDING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER, October 27
Construction of the brain's border fence is supervised by Wnt/b-catenin signaling, report Liebner et al. in The Journal of Cell Biology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144303683.html

STRESS MAY MAKE YOU ITCH, October 27
Current research suggests that stress may activate immune cells in your skin, resulting in inflammatory skin disease. The related report by Joachim et al., "Stress-induced Neurogenic Inflammation in Murine Skin Skews Dendritic Cells towards Maturation and Migration: Key role of ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions," appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Pathology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144303724.html

EATING WHOLE GRAINS LOWERS HEART FAILURE RISK, ACCORDING TO NEW STUDY, October 27
About 5 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure (HF). While some reports indicate that changes to diet can reduce HF risk, few large, prospective studies have been conducted. In a new study researchers observed over 14,000 participants for more than 13 years and found that whole grain consumption lowered HF risk, while egg and high-fat dairy consumption raised risk. Other food groups did not directly affect HF risk. The results are published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326835.html

IT ALL ADDS UP: EARLY ACHIEVEMENT IN MATH MAY IDENTIFY FUTURE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, October 27
New research published in the October issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that there may be a way to identify budding scientists and engineers and thus be able to guide them, from a young age, to careers that will enable them to make the most of their abilities.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326157.html

SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBERTY DISORDERS, October 27
A new gene responsible for some puberty disorders has been identified by Medical College of Georgia researchers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326017.html

COMMON EPILEPSY DRUG COULD PREVENT AND TREAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, October 27
The team led by UBC Psychiatry Prof. Weihong Song, who is also the Jack Brown and Family Professor and Chair in Alzheimer's Disease at UBC, found that if Valproic Acid (VPA) is used as a treatment in early stages of AD memory deficit is reversed.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144325927.html

WHO: HEART, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, CANCER KILL MOST, October 27
(AP) -- Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world's top three killers, the U.N. health agency said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144325728.html

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGY TO FIGHT OBESITY, October 27
The antibody works against the gastric hormone ghrelin (pronounced "grell-in"), which has been linked to weight gain and fat storage through its metabolic actions. These findings point towards a potentially novel treatment for obesity that would interfere directly with the some of the biological mechanisms determining weight.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144345846.html

IN MICE, ANXIETY IS LINKED TO IMMUNE SYSTEM, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first study ever to genetically link the immune system to normal behavior, scientists at Rockefeller and Columbia universities show that mast cells, known as the pharmacologic bombshells of the immune system, directly influence how mice respond to stressful situations. The work, to appear this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and to be highlighted in Science, chips away at the increasingly stale idea that the two most complex systems in the body have entirely separate modes of operation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144343743.html

RESEARCHERS STUDY EFFECTIVENESS OF ROBOTIC GAIT-ASSISTED THERAPIES FOR STROKE VICTIMS, October 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to recovering mobility after a stroke, therapists say that every step counts. Two University of Missouri researchers recently studied robotic gait-assisted therapy to see if it is the best way to make steps count for patients with neurological injuries.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144339398.html

NEW BRAIN LINK AS CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, October 27
A lack of specific brain receptors has been linked with schizophrenia in new research by scientists at Newcastle University.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144332214.html

HOW WE SEE OBJECTS IN DEPTH: THE BRAIN'S CODE FOR 3-D STRUCTURE, October 27
A team of Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the three-dimensional structure of objects.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144331209.html

ARE YOU PHONAGNOSIC?, October 27
The first known case of someone born without the ability to recognise voices has been reported in a paper by UCL (University College London) researchers, in a study of a rare condition known as phonagnosia. The UCL team are calling for other people to come forward if they think they have also grown up with the condition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144331645.html

NEW, PROMISING ANTIBIOTICS IN FIGHT AGAINST MRSA SUPERBUG, October 27
Two experimental antibiotics from the United States and Switzerland show promising results in fighting the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbug, researchers said Sunday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144304112.html

HEALING PROCESS FOUND TO BACKFIRE IN LUNG PATIENTS, October 27
A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and their collaborators have found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144328963.html

STUDY REVEALS FACTORS OF EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH IN OLD AGE, October 27
Elderly people who have a positive outlook, lower stress levels, moderate alcohol consumption, abstention from tobacco, moderate to higher income and no chronic health conditions are more likely to thrive in their old age, according to a study in the October issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144326665.html

TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART TO BE READY BY 2011: RESEARCH TEAM, October 27
A fully implantable artificial heart designed to overcome the worldwide shortage of transplant donors will be ready for clinical trial by 2011, the French professor behind the prototype said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144325353.html

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