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  • December 2007

    • 7 Common Medical Myths

      LiveScience  |  Dec 23, 07 10:49 AM CST

      7 Common Medical Myths

      (Newser) - Some medical misconceptions are so widespread that even doctors believe them. LiveScience rounds up the seven biggest myths, according to the British Medical Journal : We only use 10% of our brains You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day Fingernails and hair grow after death More »

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      list  • health  • medicine  • doctor  • research

    • Research Notes Make Internet History

      Ars Technica  |  Dec 14, 07 12:07 AM CST

      Research Notes Make Internet History

      (Newser) - The Center for New History and Media has received a big grant to help store the raw material of academic research as part of its Internet Archive project, Ars Technica reports. Director Dan Cohen wants to help the academic world by making it easy for scholars to make their research notes and documents available to each other. More »

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      Internet  • research  • professor  • universities  • academics

    • Smoking Linked to Diabetes Risk

      BBC  |  Dec 12, 07 1:13 PM CST

      Smoking Linked to Diabetes Risk

      (Newser) - The list of ways smoking can kill you got a bit longer today, reports the BBC. Smokers have a 44% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows, and that risk rises yet higher for heavy smokers, up to 61%. “The relevant question should no longer be whether this association exists,” the researchers said, “but whether [it] is causal.” More »

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      smoking  • diabetes  • research  • cigarettes  • tobacco  • type 2 diabetes

  • October 2007

    • Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer 'Encouraging'

      BBC  |  Oct 14, 07 4:45 AM CDT

      Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer 'Encouraging'

      (Newser) - A new vaccine for ovarian cancer has produced "encouraging" results in primary trials, the BBC reports. Ovarian cancer can be effectively treated with chemotherapy, but 70% of women with the illness die from a recurrence of the cancer within five years of diagnosis. There's "compelling evidence that the immune system has the capacity to recognize and kill ovarian cancer cells," said the lead researcher. More »

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      cancer  • research  • vaccine

  • September 2007

    • Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

      BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 2:57 PM CDT

      Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

      (Newser) - Fears that legalizing physician-assisted suicide would lead to its use on unwilling, disabled people are unfounded, concludes a new study conducted in Oregon and the Netherlands, where the practice is legal. Researchers scoured hundreds of cases for any kind of bias, finding, “no evidence to justify the grave and important concern often expressed about the potential for abuse.” More »

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      cancer  • research  • Netherlands  • Oregon  • euthanasia  • assisted suicide  • physician assisted suicide

    • Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

      BBC  |  Sep 12, 07 3:18 AM CDT

      Testosterone in Womb Linked to Autistic Traits

      (Newser) - An eight-year study has found a link between high levels of fetal testosterone and autistic traits in children, reports the BBC. Scientists don't know whether the testosterone causes the autistic tendencies or if the hormone is a by-product of autism, but the findings appear to support the head researcher's theory that autism is essentially "extreme male brain." More »

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      children  • research  • autism  • hormones  • testosterone  • male brain

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • 'Caffeinated' Workout May Cut Cancer

      Associated Press  |  Jul 30, 07 7:20 PM CDT

      'Caffeinated' Workout May Cut Cancer

      (Newser) - New research suggests that drinking coffee, combined with regular exercise, speeds up the killing off of cells damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation. Researchers at Rutgers University specifically examined UVB apoptosis — the programmed death of cells that become damaged by ultraviolet rays – in hairless mice. This sort of cell-suicide helps prevent the formation of deadly melanoma skin cancer. The mice were divided into four groups for the study. The first group drank the equivalent of one or two cups of coffee per day. The second group exercised regularly on a running wheel. The third had both caffeine and exercise, and a fourth group had neither. The rate of cell suicide was 400 percent greater in mice that both drank caffeine and exercised, when compared to the control group, the researchers say. When combined, caffeine and exercise also “markedly” decreased tissue fat in the mice. More »

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      coffee  • exercise  • research  • caffeine  • Rutgers University  • cells

    • No Tired Explanation: Yawning May Cool Brain

      ABC News  |  Jul 30, 07 5:04 PM CDT

      No Tired Explanation: Yawning May Cool Brain

      (Newser) - Yawning may be less a response to boredom than a natural mechanism for cooling off overheated brains, new research says. The human brain operates optimally when cool, much like a computer, and conditions like fatigue actually cause the organ to heat up, ABC News reports. A quick gulp of air can offer relief to sweltering skulls. More »

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      research  • brain  • fatigue  • body  • human  • yawning

    • Heaven Can Wait, and So Must Research

      BBC  |  Jul 17, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      Heaven Can Wait, and So Must Research

      (Newser) - Despite rumblings from anxious researchers, the Vatican Library has closed its doors for at least 3 years to undergo renovations after an inspection this year revealed that the structure couldn’t support the weight of its books. Reading rooms were unusually full last week, the BBC reports, as researchers got in as much work as possible with time ticking down. More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • research  • Rome  • academia  • Vatican Library

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 28, 07 7:11 AM CDT

      Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      (Newser) - Four newly discovered genes can increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by as much as 60%, say scientists who hail the isolation of the genes as the biggest advance in the field since 1994. The breakthrough raises hopes for more advanced treatment and even prevention of breast cancer and for better understanding of other cancers in the future. More »

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      health  • cancer  • medicine  • women  • breast cancer  • research  • cancer research  • women's health  • genes  • treatment

    • NIH Won't Breed Chimps for Research

      Reuters  |  May 25, 07 6:21 AM CDT

      NIH Won't Breed Chimps for Research

      (Newser) - The National Institutes of Health will stop breeding chimpanzees for use in medical testing, the agency announced yesterday. The practice is being abandoned for financial reasons, NIH says; because chimpanzees live upwards of 50 years in captivity, their lifelong upkeep costs $500,000. More »

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      health  • science  • research  • animal rights  • chimpanzees  • NIH

    • Britain OKs Human-Animal Hybrids for Research

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 17, 07 2:31 PM CDT

      Britain OKs Human-Animal Hybrids for Research

      (Newser) - The British government has reversed its stance on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos and will propose allowing scientists to use them as sources of stem cells. Scientists developing treatments for incurable diseases would be allowed to grow the hybrid embryos for no longer than two weeks, and implanting them into a human womb would not be permitted. More »

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      health  • medicine  • research  • medical breakthrough  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • embryo  • hybrid animal

    • Bald Take Note: Mice Grow New Hair Follicles

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  May 17, 07 8:11 AM CDT

      Bald Take Note: Mice Grow New Hair Follicles

      (Newser) - In what could lead to a cure for baldness, scientists have discovered a technique for regrowing hair in an adult mammal for the first time. University of Pennsylvania researchers suceded in stimulating the growth of new skin complete with hair follicles in mice, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. More »

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      research  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • hair  • gene therapy  • baldness

    • Researchers Link Gene, Heart Disease

      New York Times  |  May 4, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Researchers Link Gene, Heart Disease

      (Newser) - A gene that can more than double the risk of heart disease, especially in relatively young people, is present in about half of those of European descent, researchers say. The discovery, reported this week, raises hopes of more accurate genetic testing for heart disease—the world's leading cause of death—but not for prevention or treatment. More »

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      health  • medicine  • heart disease  • genetics  • research

  • April 2007

    • Researchers Fight Fat With Baby Formula

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 23, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Researchers Fight Fat With Baby Formula

      (Newser) - The battle to keep pounds off may start with a baby bottle, say a team of British scientists who found that feeding large doses of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin to baby rats led to svelte adult rats. If those results translate to humans, a baby formula that chemically alters metabolism might someday prove the end of obesity. More »

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      health  • children  • obesity  • diabetes  • baby  • research  • childhood obesity

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