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January 31, 2007
Category: Technology
The development of hydrogen fuel cells for cars has been described as the "ultimate green dream" in transportation. But the high expense of producing an efficient cell has waned efforts to transform this technology into a common source of...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 12:38 AM • 2 Comments •
January 29, 2007
Category: Health
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) is widely known as the virus that causes cervical cancer in women. However, researchers have found links between HPV infection and the development of certain head and neck cancers. I wasn't aware of the connection between...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 3:01 AM • 0 Comments •
January 26, 2007
Category: The Human Body
The BBC One television series Secrets of the Sexes scientifically explores the idea that men and women's brains are wired differently. Do you have a woman's brain or a man's brain? To find out what your brain sex is, take...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 5:00 PM • 3 Comments •
January 24, 2007
Category: Global health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its predictions for global mortality in the future. In an article published in the November 2006 issue of PLoS Medicine WHO researchers predict the things people will be dying of by 2030....
Posted by Karen Ventii at 1:07 AM • 2 Comments •
January 22, 2007
Category: The science of...
What drives people to do good things? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have discovered an area of the brain that determines whether people tend to be selfish or altruistic. The researchers used a brain scanning technique called functional...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 1:01 AM • 5 Comments •
January 18, 2007
Category: Technology
Nanotechnology is all the rage, it seems. The word 'nanotechnology' has been popping up in news articles and research papers more frequently. So I want to know... What exactly is nanotechnology and how can it impact your health? The...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 7:48 AM • 18 Comments •
January 15, 2007
Category: Health
The health benefits of tea have been well documented. Tea has a protective effect against cardiovascular disease and contains antioxidants which carry a cancer-protective ability. A recent study in the January 9 online edition of the European Heart Journal...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 10:46 PM • 6 Comments •
January 11, 2007
Category: Health
Got heartburn? New research shows that long-term intake of medications like Nexium, Prilosec and Zantac increase the risk of suffering a hip fracture in men and women who are 50 years or older. Christine Gorman of The Daily Rx Blog...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:53 AM • 0 Comments •
January 5, 2007
Category: The science of...
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) researcher Fred Helmstetter Ph.D. is trying to understand why human memory is so selective. Why, he asks, is it that amnesia patients can't remember their names or addresses, but can remember how to hold...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 6:18 PM • 3 Comments •
January 3, 2007
Category: Bioethics
New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published in the January issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology now recommend that every pregnant woman, regardless of age, should be offered a choice of tests for Down syndrome....
Posted by Karen Ventii at 1:36 PM • 0 Comments •
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