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REVERSALS OF EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD EXPLAINED BY SMALL CORE FLUCTUATIONS
http://www.physorg.com/news159704651.html
WETLANDS LIKELY SOURCE OF METHANE FROM ANCIENT WARMING EVENT
http://www.physorg.com/news159715281.html
WHAT MAKES A COW A COW? COMPLETE BOVINE GENOME SEQUENCED
http://www.physorg.com/news159715395.html
INDUS SCRIPT ENCODES LANGUAGE, REVEALS NEW STUDY OF ANCIENT SYMBOLS
http://www.physorg.com/news159715706.html
NEW STUDY REVEALS THE PROTEIN THAT MAKES PHOSPHATE CHAINS IN YEAST
http://www.physorg.com/news159714807.html
THEMIS SATELLITE TRACKS ELECTRICAL TORNADOES IN SPACE
http://www.physorg.com/news159720322.html
FIRE INFLUENCES GLOBAL WARMING MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
http://www.physorg.com/news159715079.html
PERSONALITY TRAITS CONTRIBUTE TO 'PLACEBO EFFECT'
http://www.physorg.com/news159724374.html
ACLU: US ATTORNEY OK'D GPS TO TRACK CELL PHONES
http://www.physorg.com/news159723628.html
EVEN MODEST EXERCISE CAN REDUCE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BELLY FAT
http://www.physorg.com/news159721475.html

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CLOSING IN ON OLD IRONSTONE POLLUTION PROBLEM, April 23
Pollution experts at Teeside University, UK, are close to solving a problem which has led to over 100 tonnes of discharges from old iron stone mine workings pouring into the Noth Sea every year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699336.html

A GLIMPSE OF FUTURE GMES SENTINEL-1 RADAR IMAGES, April 23
A newly initiated campaign marks an important step in preparing for how data from the Sentinel-1 European Radar Observatory will be used for applications such as land-cover mapping and crop management. Sentinel-1 is the first of the five missions that ESA is developing for the GMES initiative.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705731.html

TEXAS HAS MORE FARMS, FEWER ACRES, NEW STUDY SHOWS, April 23
The loss and fragmentation of Texas' farms, ranches and forests is part of a continued trend that highlights the importance of rural lands in maintaining the state's natural resources and economic base, according to a newly released study.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159727715.html

LARGEST COLLECTION OF ANOMALOUS WHITE DWARFS OBSERVED BY HUBBLE, April 23
Twenty-four unusual stars, 18 of them newly discovered, have been observed in new Hubble telescope images. The stars are white dwarfs, a common type of dead star, but they are odd because they are made of helium rather than the usual carbon and oxygen. This is the first extensive sequence of helium-core white dwarfs to be observed in a globular cluster, a dense swarm of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159700039.html

'SUPER REEFS' FEND OFF CLIMATE CHANGE, STUDY SAYS, April 23
The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today a study showing that some coral reefs off East Africa are unusually resilient to climate change due to improved fisheries management and a combination of geophysical factors. WCS announced the results of the study at the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), which is meeting this week in Phuket, Thailand.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705106.html

NASA MAY MOVE UP HUBBLE MISSION TO MAY 11, April 23
(AP) -- NASA may move up its final trip to the Hubble Space Telescope by one day.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159714064.html

PLANCK SATELLITE FUELS UP, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tests conducted on Planck at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, have confirmed that the satellite's subsystems work perfectly, and the helium dilution cooler tanks have now been filled. While the final clean-up continues, the solar array has been checked, the satellite has been integrated with its launcher adapter and fuelling is complete.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159717022.html

SHADOW OF A FORMING STAR, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from the Instituto Astrofisica Canarias (IAC) have found an interesting shadow cast by a forming star system. Team member Dr Basmah Riaz, an ER fellow for the Marie Curie CONSTELLATION network, will present the results of their work on Thursday 23rd April in a poster at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science conference at the University of Hertfordshire.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159719058.html

PILLARS OF CREATION FORMED IN THE SHADOWS, April 23
Research by astronomers at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies suggests that shadows hold the key to how giant star-forming structures like the famous "Pillars of Creation" take shape.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159686915.html

CARIBBEAN AT RISK OF TSUNAMI , April 23
Up to 30,000 residents and tourists could be under threat from a newly discovered tsunami risk in the Caribbean, according to experts in disaster risk management.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159690411.html

DID 'DARK GULPING' GENERATE BLACK HOLES IN EARLY UNIVERSE? , April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- A process called ‘dark gulping’ may solve the mystery of the how supermassive black holes were able to form when the Universe was less than a billion years old.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159695546.html

FIRE INFLUENCES GLOBAL WARMING MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, April 23
Fire's potent and pervasive effects on ecosystems and on many Earth processes, including climate change, have been underestimated, according to a new report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159715079.html

FINGERPRINTING SLOW EARTHQUAKES (W/PODCAST), April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru Alex Song of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, has found that an anomalous layer at the top of a subducting plate coincides with the locations of slow earthquakes and non-volcanic tremors. The presence of such a layer in similar settings elsewhere could point to other regions of slow quakes. Slow earthquakes, also called silent earthquakes, take days, weeks, or even months to release pent-up energy instead of seconds or minutes as in normal earthquakes. The research is published in the April 24th issue of Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159715838.html

THEMIS SATELLITE TRACKS ELECTRICAL TORNADOES IN SPACE, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations by a suite of five NASA space probes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159720322.html

WETLANDS LIKELY SOURCE OF METHANE FROM ANCIENT WARMING EVENT, April 23
An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in atmospheric methane gas that took place some 11,600 years ago, according to an international research team led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159715281.html

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SENSOR DETECTS ONSET OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested a unique biosensor that measures concentrations of potassium and hydrogen ions in the human heart with high specificity. The research could lead to a superior method of monitoring indicators of acute myocardial ischemia, or AMI, one of the leading causes of cardiovascular failure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159719279.html

REVERSALS OF EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD EXPLAINED BY SMALL CORE FLUCTUATIONS, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Based on studies of old volcanic basalt, scientists know that the Earth’s magnetic field reverses at irregular intervals, ranging from tens of thousands to millions of years. Volcanic basalt rock contains magnetite, and when the rock cools, its magnetic properties are frozen, recording the Earth's magnetic field of the time. With this data, scientists estimate that the last magnetic field reversal occurred about 780,000 years ago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159704651.html

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MORE THAN ONE NANOSTRING TO THEIR BOW: SCIENTISTS MOVING CLOSER TO 'ARTIFICIAL NOSES', April 23
These days, chemical analysts are expected to track down even single molecules. To do this highly sensitive detective work, nano researchers have developed minute strings that resonate in characteristic fashion. If a molecule docks onto one of the strings, then it becomes heavier, and its oscillations become measurably slower.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699566.html

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ANTHROPOLOGIST EXAMINES STIGMA OF INFERTILITY IN NIGERIA, April 23
In sub-Saharan Africa, the issue of infertility is often obscured by the region's high fertility rates. Though problematic, particularly for women, little is known about how different regions understand and respond to infertility or how coping mechanisms differ. New research by Marida Hollos, a Brown University anthropologist, investigates the cultural context and consequences of infertility within two high-fertility populations in Nigeria. The findings, published this month in Social Science and Medicine, illustrate how the stigma of infertility can disadvantage many aspects of a woman's life — from the inability to participate in certain activities to determining where and how she is ultimately buried.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699827.html

FRANKLIN FIND: RESEARCHER DISCOVERS TROVE OF FOUNDING FATHER'S LETTERS?, April 23
A trove of Benjamin Franklin letters has turned up in the British Library. Discovered by University of California, San Diego professor Alan Houston, the letters are copies of correspondence that hasn't been seen in more than 250 years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713691.html

INDUS SCRIPT ENCODES LANGUAGE, REVEALS NEW STUDY OF ANCIENT SYMBOLS, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Rosetta Stone allowed 19th century scholars to translate symbols left by an ancient civilization and thus decipher the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159715706.html

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NINTENDO'S GAME BOY TURNS 20, April 23
Twenty years ago Japan's Nintendo Co. launched the Game Boy, the iconic handheld video game player that spawned characters from Super Mario to Pokemon and sold 200 million units worldwide.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694550.html

EVEN IN THE DIGITAL AGE, BUILDING A GREAT GADGET DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS, April 23
Publish a book on paper, says a sheepish Beth Collins, and "I'm hesitant to read it." But send it through the ether to her feather-light Kindle 2, Amazon's whiz-bang electronic reading machine, and she's eager to get lost in its pages_virtual though they may be.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159703011.html

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APPLE PULLS PLUG ON 'BABY SHAKER' IPHONE PROGRAM, April 23
(AP) -- Apple Inc. pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise - quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake - prompted outrage.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159684843.html

OBAMA CALLS FOR NEW ERA OF ENERGY EXPLORATION, April 23
(AP) -- President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a "new era of energy exploration in America" would be a crucial to leading the nation out of an economic crisis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694323.html

GOOGLE'S E-MAIL ADD-ONS ARE FUN, April 23
The fun folks at Google have been busy developing neat e-mail features within Gmail Labs, the company's experimental testing ground.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159702437.html

RESEARCHERS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION, April 23
Overworked crime scene investigators can take heart at the results of recent tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of new technologies that automate the manual portion of latent fingerprint identification. Prototype systems evaluated by NIST performed surprisingly well for a developing technology: half of the prototypes were accurate at least 80 percent of the time and one had a near perfect score. Automating the manual portion of the work frees up time for trained examiners to spend time on very difficult images that the software has little hope of processing.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705001.html

BLAST MITIGATION EXPERT HELPS CREATE MATERIALS RESISTANT TO EXPLOSIONS, April 23
The first few microseconds after an explosion are the most important moments for Arun Shukla, because that's when the first hint of damage occurs to nearby structures. As one of the world's leaders in the field of fracture mechanics, he can decipher a great deal about the explosion and about the damaged materials by those first tiny cracks and how they expand.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705270.html

MICROSOFT WORKERS GET THEIR VERY OWN MALL, April 23
Microsoft workers should never have to leave campus again to buy a beer, replace a bike tire or heal their spiritual energy through Reiki.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706617.html

A RIPPLE IN THE TWITTERVERSE: WHEN OPRAH TWEETS, PEOPLE FOLLOW, April 23
The social networking site Twitter is closing in on one week A.O. -- After Oprah -- and, as expected, the media mogul has inspired a horde of new users to sign up.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706957.html

DENVER ONLINE NEWSPAPER MISSES SUBSCRIPTION GOAL, April 23
(AP) -- The future of a Denver online news venture is uncertain.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159714227.html

VIRTUAL ENGINEER REDUCES 'TRANSPIRATION PHASE' IN NEW DESIGNS, April 23
When designing new products, a lot of time is lost carrying out repetitive and uninspiring work. In order to shorten this 'transpiration phase' and create more room for real inspiration, University of Twente (Netherlands) PhD student Wouter Schotborgh has developed a software tool capable of swiftly providing a designer with hundreds of alternatives on which to make an informed decision.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159720058.html

A GENOMIC CLUE FOR CLOUD COMPUTING, April 23
DNA sequencing is the next frontier in biological research. As new sequencing technology becomes more efficient and affordable, it is increasingly available to small laboratories. Thus, sequencing data is being generated at a faster rate than ever before.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159721281.html

NETFLIX 1Q PROFIT, SUBSCRIBER GROWTH SOARS, April 23
(AP) -- Netflix Inc. says its first-quarter profit soared as 920,000 new subscribers signed up for its DVD-by-mail rental service.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723532.html

EBAY WINS APPROVAL FOR SOUTH KOREAN ACQUISITION, April 23
(AP) -- Ebay Inc. has won regulatory approval to acquire online marketplace Gmarket, South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694370.html

US ADVISER SAYS CYBERSECURITY MUST BE JOINT EFFORT, April 23
(AP) -- The challenge of protecting the government's computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That suggests the administration doesn't intend to consolidate control of U.S. cybersecurity under a single department like the National Security Agency, as some have feared.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694424.html

CYBER CROOKS HOT ON HEELS OF COMPUTER USERS: CISCO, April 23
Cisco chief executive John Chambers has warned that computer defenders are mere steps ahead of cyber crooks and that security must be built into all aspects of networks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694883.html

UK PRIVACY WATCHDOG CLEARS GOOGLE STREET VIEW, April 23
(AP) -- Britain's privacy watchdog says Google Street View should not be removed or shut down.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159701544.html

DEPARTURE OF CHIP-DESIGN LEGEND BOB PEASE PROMPTS OUTPOURING IN SILICON VALLEY, April 23
Bob Pease is a genuine Silicon Valley rock star who I never would have heard of had he not lost his job, or left his job. It's not entirely clear which.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159702678.html

FACEBOOK USERS' VOTE ENDING WAY SHORT OF THRESHOLD, April 23
(AP) -- Facebook invited the 200 million people who regularly use the site to vote on its governing documents. But it's unclear how much of a difference it will make.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706369.html

NASCAR GOES GREEN WITH HYBRID PACE CAR, April 23
Until recently, about the only thing green about NASCAR was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s paint scheme.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706491.html

CONGRESS CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY OVER CABLE TV ADS (UPDATE), April 23
(AP) -- Congress put cable TV operators on notice that it will scrutinize their plans to roll out targeted advertising to viewers, questioning whether they will use set-top boxes sitting in millions of homes to monitor and store what people watch.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159714145.html

MICROSOFT FEELS MORE RECESSION FALLOUT, SALES DROP, April 23
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, and its profit fell more sharply than Wall Street was expecting.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723398.html

AMAZON 1Q PROFIT, REVENUE JUMP ON STRONG SALES, April 23
(AP) -- Amazon.com says first-quarter earnings and revenue climbed thanks to strong sales of products such as books, DVDs and electronics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723695.html

YAHOO! ABANDONING GEOCITIES, April 23
Yahoo! said Thursday it will close its GeoCities service that provides people a free online locale for home pages.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159724202.html

TYPICAL LOST LAPTOP COSTS COMPANIES NEARLY $50,000, STUDY FINDS, April 23
A typical lost or stolen laptop costs employers $49,246, mostly due to the value of the missing intellectual property or other sensitive data, according to an Intel-commissioned study made public this week.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159730126.html

JUDGE IN PIRATE BAY TRIAL MAY HAVE BEEN BIASED, April 23
A Swedish judge who found four men guilty of promoting copyright infringement by running filesharing site The Pirate Bay may have been biased and a retrial may be ordered, legal experts said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159714296.html

PHILIPS PRESENTS OLED-BASED INTERACTIVE LIGHTING CONCEPTS, April 23
Royal Philips Electronics today premiered the world’s first OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) -based interactive lighting concepts, created for both consumer as well as professional use, during the Euroluce International Lighting Fair in Milan. The concepts are intuitive and interactive in use, boast ultra flat shapes, soft light-effects and design possibilities never before seen in lighting products. The result is lighting that goes beyond mere illumination -- it becomes an experience in itself.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159718652.html

ACLU: US ATTORNEY OK'D GPS TO TRACK CELL PHONES, April 23
(AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union says the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey under Christopher Christie, now a GOP gubernatorial candidate, tracked the whereabouts of citizens through their cell phones without warrants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723628.html

A HUMMER THAT GETS 100 MPG?, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting vehicles unveiled at the the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit is an electric Hummer that gets, according to its developer Raser Technologies, 100 miles per gallon. This electric hybrid plug-in Hummer is being billed as better than a Prius in terms of environmental friendliness. And maybe it is. My Prius "only" gets about 55 miles per gallon on average.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159725993.html

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TREATING ADDICTION BY ELIMINATING DRUG-ASSOCIATED MEMORIES, April 23

Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159687067.html

LIVER DISEASE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST ALCOHOL-RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATHS, April 23
Liver disease is the most prevalent cause of alcohol-related deaths, followed by car accidents and cancer, according to new research conducted in Portugal and presented today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver in Copenhagen, Denmark. The study also showed that alcohol-related diseases account for 1.25% of the health expenditure in Portugal.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159695096.html

MAJORITY OF DOCTORS SKEPTICAL OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION PRACTICES IN CHINA, April 23
The globalization of health care and the growth of "transplant tourism" (traveling abroad to purchase donor organs and undergo organ transplantation) have outpaced the implementation of internationally accepted ethical standards for procurement of organs for transplantation. A new article appearing in Clinical Transplantation finds that both U.S. and foreign transplant physicians expressed serious concern about organ procurement practices in China, and that this concern influenced their patient care decisions. The study is the first to assess how the perceptions of healthcare providers on transplant tourism may influence domestic patient care decisions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159695328.html

THROWING THE MICRO SWITCH: MICRORNA MAY LINK SMOKING RISK GENE TO NEUROBIOLOGY OF ADDICTION, April 23
During the past several years, significant progress has been made in identifying susceptibility genes for nicotine dependence through genetic linkage and association analyses. Although a large number of genes have been associated with tobacco smoking, only a very limited number of genetic variants are considered to be causative. How to find these functional variants and then characterize them remains challenging in the field of human genetics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699716.html

ALARMING INCREASE IN DRUG-AFFECTED NEWBORNS IN AUSTRALIA, April 23
A new Australian study has found that the number of newborns suffering serious drug withdrawal symptoms is now more than 40 times higher than in 1980.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159700118.html

POOR TREATMENT FOR COMMON VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES, April 23
The advice and treatment given to patients with vertebral compression fractures is not satisfactory. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the majority of patients still have severe pain one year after the fracture.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159700955.html

ULTRASOUND CAN HELP LOW-RISK PATIENTS AVOID INVASIVE THYROID BIOPSY, April 23
The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159704881.html

BAROQUE CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE READING ROOM MAY IMPROVE MOOD AND PRODUCTIVITY, April 23
Baroque classical music in the reading room can help improve radiologists work lives, potentially improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, according to a study performed by researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD, Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, PA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705377.html

REGULATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION BY THE OGF-OGFR AXIS IS DEPENDENT ON NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS, April 23
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF, [Met5]-enkephalin), a clinically important antitumor agent, is dependent on nucleocytoplasmic translocation and reliant on the integrity of nuclear localization signals in the OGF receptor (OGFr).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706269.html

STUDY LINKS ARM/HAND SWELLING TO NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES REMOVED DURING BREAST CANCER SURGERY, April 23
In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the arm and hand, according to a study from the Medical College of Wisconsin's Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159707077.html

MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS DIE FROM CAUSES THAT CAN BE PREVENTED OR TREATED, April 23
Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study, "Black-White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the United States, 1980-2005," found that death from preventable or treatable conditions represented half of all deaths for individuals under age 65 and accounted for nearly 70 percent of the black-white mortality difference.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159712407.html

'NON-SURGICAL' METHOD FOR CHRONIC TENDINOSIS OF THE ACHILLES TENDON, April 23
Researchers have found an alternative, "non-surgical" method to treat chronic tendinosis (tendinitis) of the Achilles tendon that fails conservative treatment, according to a study performed at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713003.html

NEW MR TECHNIQUE MAY HELP SAVE WOMEN FROM UNNECESSARY BREAST BIOPSIES, April 23
A new MR procedure that uses diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to determine whether or not a breast lesion is malignant or benign may help reduce unnecessary breast biopsies, according to a study performed at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. DWI is a method that produces images detecting the exchange of water molecules between tissue compartments (diffusion).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713601.html

SURVEY SHOWS AMERICANS MAY BE MISSING DIRECT ROUTE TO HEAD AND NECK CANCER CARE, April 23
Tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed annually with head and neck cancers, but many adults are unaware of doctors who specialize in treating these conditions, according to a recent survey by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), the association representing America's ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713768.html

HYPERTENSION, DIABETES AND INCREASED CAROTID ARTERY WALL THICKNESS MEANS INCREASED RISK OF STROKE, April 23
Increased carotid artery wall thickness (CAWT), which can cause heart attack and stroke in many patients, is significantly related to diabetes and hypertension, according to a study performed at A.O.U. in Cagliari Sardegna, Italy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159716641.html

RESEARCHERS FIND MEDICAL INPATIENTS WITH UNHEALTHY ALCOHOL USE MAY BENEFIT FROM BRIEF INTERVENTION, April 23
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that some medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from a brief intervention. The BUSM study appears in the May issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159715625.html

NOVEL CANCER DRUG REDUCES NEUROBLASTOMA GROWTH BY 75 PERCENT, April 23
Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a new drug that restricts the growth of neuroblastoma, a childhood brain cancer. The pre-clinical study was presented today in the plenary session at the 22nd annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159728519.html

REPORT FINDS TROUBLING HEALTH TRENDS IN CALIFORNIA'S ASIAN, PACIFIC COMMUNITIES, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report by UCLA researchers reveals higher-than-average rates of cancer, childhood obesity and diabetes, and an alarmingly high population of the uninsured, among California's Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159720521.html

MR ENTEROGRAPHY ELIMINATES UNNECESSARY RADIATION EXPOSURE IN PATIENTS WITH SMALL BOWEL DISEASE, April 23
MR enterography is an effective tool to evaluate and guide treatment of patients with Crohn's Disease (a common form of inflammatory bowel disease that typically affects young people) without exposing them to radiation, according to a study performed at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine/Brown University in Providence, RI.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159721554.html

NEW RESEARCH COULD IMPROVE CHLAMYDIA HOME TESTING, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- A product created by scientists at The University of Queensland could make Chlamydia testing more accessible, particularly to those living in remote areas.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159721664.html

HUMANS DON’T GET ALL THE BENEFIT FROM RAW TOMATOES, April 23
Eating a raw tomato may not be the best way to release all its healthy antioxidants into the body.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159722132.html

GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTS MAY PREVENT TEEN DRINKING PROBLEMS, April 23
Teenagers who have a strong relationship with their parents may start drinking at a later age -- which may, in turn, lessen their risk of developing alcohol problems, a new study suggests.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723603.html

STUDY FINDS GENE BRINGING TOGETHER ANIMAL AND HUMAN RESEARCH IN ALCOHOLISM, April 23
An important genetic study conducted through Mayo Clinic has identified vital new information concerning alcoholism in subjects with European ancestry, according to a recent issue of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723718.html

KNOWLEDGE UNLOCKS KEY TO HEALTHIER OPTIONS FOR DIALYSIS PATIENTS, April 23
Kidney disease patients who are educated about dialysis are more likely to undergo a standard but under-utilized dialysis-related procedure than less knowledgeable patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings suggest that patients' knowledge about dialysis affects whether they receive optimal care and that physicians should work to educate their patients.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159727594.html

WIS. COULD BE FIRST TO REQUIRE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, April 23
(AP) -- Wisconsin could become the first state requiring private insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems. The state Legislature passed a bill Thursday requiring private health insurance plans to cover cochlear implants, hearing aids and related treatment for those under the age of 18. Gov. Jim Doyle has promised to sign it into law.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159728780.html

RADIATION DEVICE IN THE BREAST REDUCES COMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS, April 23
A new study shows that the SAVI applicator, a small, expandable device inserted inside the breast to deliver partial breast irradiation, carries a low infection risk, a potential complication of such devices. The research, led by radiation oncologists and surgeons at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center and Fort Myers, Florida-based 21st Century Oncology, also indicates that other complications - such as seromas, pockets of fluid that build with the use of internal radiation devices - are unlikely to occur.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159729540.html

STUDY FINDS PHOTOGRAPHS OF UV EXPOSURE CAN IMPACT SUNBURNS IN PRETEENS, April 23
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among preteens, the use of photographs to measure ultraviolet (UV) exposure, could motivate them to improve sun protection practices and limit number of sunburns. These findings appear in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159685661.html

SOME FRENCH WOMEN, TOO THIN, DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY: STUDY, April 23
France has by far the highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, but only half of them think they are too thin, according to a new study.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694775.html

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THAT GENE SWITCHES ON DURING DEVELOPMENT OF EPILEPSY, April 23
A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159694944.html

STUDY SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON WHY BREAST-FED BABIES GROW MORE SLOWLY, April 23
Breast-fed babies grow more slowly than formula-fed babies, which is why new growth charts, based solely on the growth patterns of breast fed babies, are being introduced in the UK in May. This slower pattern of growth in the first year of life is possibly one reason why breast-fed babies are less likely to become overweight children later on.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699110.html

LIVING OUTSIDE THE BOX: NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS GOING ABROAD LINKED TO CREATIVITY, April 23
Living in another country can be a cherished experience, but new research suggests it might also help expand minds. This research, published by the American Psychological Association, is the first of its kind to look at the link between living abroad and creativity.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159705507.html

HOW LATE IS TOO LATE TO BREAK BAD HABITS?, April 23
Research linking bad habits such as smoking and the direct impact on a senior's health will be presented during the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Meeting April 29 - May 3 in Chicago, IL. The study followed more than 2,000 seniors who were current smokers, past smokers and had never smoked. All three groups were compared to show a link between smoking and the speed at which participants walked. After five years, it was discovered that smokers showed a significantly slower pace in their gait than those who had previously smoked. These study results suggest that even at an older age, changing bad habits such as smoking can positively impact a senior's health later in life.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159712917.html

RESEARCHERS FIND POSSIBLE GENETIC LINK FOR PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS, April 23
University of Utah researchers have identified a region of the human genome that may contribute to the development of pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, according to a study published this week in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159712467.html

LIVING IN HISTORY: HOW SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS SHAPE OUR MEMORY, April 23
If you are resident of New Orleans, how would you describe personal events that occurred shortly before August 2005? Would you refer to them as happening "back in July of 2005" or would you describe them as happening "just before Hurricane Katrina"? If you live in Oregon, would you make reference to Hurricane Katrina? A team of researchers, led by psychologist Norman R. Brown from the University of Alberta, investigated how public events (e.g., war, natural disaster, terrorism) shape our personal memories.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713449.html

TB VACCINE ENTERS NEW CLINICAL TRIALS, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world’s leading candidate for a tuberculosis vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, is to enter Phase IIb proof-of-concept clinical trials, making it the first TB candidate vaccine for more than 80 years to get to this advanced stage of clinical trials in infants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159718199.html

ACTIVE SMOKING AND SECOND-HAND SMOKE LINKED TO BREAST CANCER, April 23
There is now enough scientific evidence to link both active smoking and second-hand smoke to breast cancer, according to an international panel convened by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, an affiliate of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, with support from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159719608.html

SWINE FLU CASES UP TO 7, PROBE EXPANDING, April 23
(AP) -- Health officials say a unique type of swine flu has now been diagnosed in seven people in California and Texas, up from the two reported earlier this week. The five new cases in the two states have all recovered, and testing indicates some mainstream antiviral medications work against the virus.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159723565.html

VIRTUAL NURSE HELPS COUNSEL PATIENTS BEFORE THEIR HOSPITAL RELEASE, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a nurse with a calm, patient bedside manner?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159724733.html

BEYOND ASSOCIATIONS: COLORECTAL CANCER CULPRIT FOUND, April 23
Genetics plays a key role in determining risk for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Several common genetic markers have been found to be associated with the disease, but finding the biological events that lead to cancer can be much more difficult. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have identified a common genetic variation associated with the risk of colorectal cancer and its functional implications, shedding new light on the basis of this deadly disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159728950.html

TYPE OF VITAMIN B1 COULD TREAT COMMON CAUSE OF BLINDNESS, April 23
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159729742.html

VITAMIN D LEVELS LINKED TO ASTHMA SEVERITY, April 23
New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159686149.html

MUSCLE DETERIORATION IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG DISEASE SEEN CONNECTED TO CO2, April 23
Muscle deterioration in patients with lung diseases might be a direct consequence of high carbon dioxide levels in their blood, an international team of researchers headed by Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159699910.html

KIDS GET HEALTH BENEFIT FROM YOGA, April 23
When Alayna Kurek panicked one day about forgotten homework, the 9-year-old stunned her school counselor by using a yoga breathing technique to calm down.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159706728.html

ION CHANNEL TURNS EAR ON ITS HEAD, April 23
Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159713314.html

SEVEN-YEAR ITCH? BOREDOM CAN HURT A MARRIAGE, April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159720704.html

EVEN MODEST EXERCISE CAN REDUCE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BELLY FAT, April 23
A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat—belly fat, if you will—that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159721475.html

PERSONALITY TRAITS CONTRIBUTE TO 'PLACEBO EFFECT', April 23
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have found for the first time that novelty seeking personality types enjoy a stronger “placebo response,” or pain relief caused by the administration of a sham treatment, than people with reserved personalities. The study hypothesizes that the anticipation of pain relief, in this case triggered by the administration of a placebo, is a special case of reward anticipation. Since dopamine is a key neurotransmitter in reward processing, personality traits linked to dopamine, such as novelty seeking, were studied.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news159724374.html

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