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New 'trick' allows HIV to overcome a barrier to infection Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers have discovered a new 'trick' that allows HIV to overtake resting T cells that are normally highly resistant to HIV infection, according to a report in the September 5th issue of the journal Cell. The binding ...

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests Medicine & Health / Psychology September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A series of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences.

Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease? Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular ...

Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical ...

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...

Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery (CSD) were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks ...

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported ...

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. ...

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Feeling connected to others is vital to a person's mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows.

Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you! Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic ...

Substance found in fruits and vegetables reduces likelihood of the flu Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Mice given quercetin, a naturally occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, were less likely to contract the flu, according to a study published by The American Physiological Society. The study also found that stressful ...

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.

Gene is likely cause of stroke-inducing vascular malformations Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet UCSF scientists have discovered that a gene controlling whether blood vessels differentiate into arteries or veins during embryonic development is linked to a vascular disorder in the brain that causes stroke.

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

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New 'trick' allows HIV to overcome a barrier to infection Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers have discovered a new 'trick' that allows HIV to overtake resting T cells that are normally highly resistant to HIV infection, according to a report in the September 5th issue of the journal Cell. The binding ...

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests Medicine & Health / Psychology September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A series of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences.

Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease? Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular ...

Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical ...

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...

Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery (CSD) were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks ...

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported ...

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. ...

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Feeling connected to others is vital to a person's mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows.

Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you! Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic ...

Substance found in fruits and vegetables reduces likelihood of the flu Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Mice given quercetin, a naturally occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, were less likely to contract the flu, according to a study published by The American Physiological Society. The study also found that stressful ...

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.

Gene is likely cause of stroke-inducing vascular malformations Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet UCSF scientists have discovered that a gene controlling whether blood vessels differentiate into arteries or veins during embryonic development is linked to a vascular disorder in the brain that causes stroke.

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

New 'trick' allows HIV to overcome a barrier to infection

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests

Do 68 molecules hold the key to understanding disease?

Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases

Natural childbirth makes mothers more responsive to own baby-cry

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being

Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you!

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells

Substance found in fruits and vegetables reduces likelihood of the flu

Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal

Gene is likely cause of stroke-inducing vascular malformations

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200

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