Persistent pollutant may promote obesity 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Tributyltin, a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of BioScience. The chemical is used in antifouling paints for ... | |
 Drivers make more errors when talking on cell phone than to a passenger 19 hours ago | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Drivers make more mistakes when talking on a cell phone than when talking to passengers, new research shows. | |
 Sanyo to launch new electric hybrid bicycle 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user's pedal power to make it easier to climb hills. | |
 Interpol taps into the YouTube generation 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The camera work is not perfect and the footage a little grainy, but the Toronto policewoman looks straight into the camera and immediately asks for help. | |
Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Many decades ago, cost-conscious Henry Ford turned to hydroelectric plants to power his car factories like the one by the Great Miami River, near this Cincinnati suburb. That assembly plant is long gone, but the ... | |
Lack of vitamin D could spell heart trouble 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Vitamin D deficiency—which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness—may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to common CVD ... | |
Scientists show function of helical band in heart 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created images of the heart's muscular layer that show, for the first time, the connection between the configuration of those muscles and the way the human ... | |
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers - the albuterol that ... | |
Psychiatric disorders common among college-age individuals; few seek treatment 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Psychiatric disorders appear to be common among 18- to 24-year-olds, with overall rates similar among those attending or not attending college, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. ... | |
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. | |
Epilepsy drug may increase risk of autism in children 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new study shows that women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may significantly increase their child's risk of developing autism. The preliminary research is published in the December 2, 2008, print issue ... | |
Elementary school intervention increases mental, sexual health, economic status 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health, sexual health and higher educational and economic achievement ... | |
In space, a cluster of health dangers 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Space shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew took a small but crucial step for space travel in the past two weeks, enlarging the International Space Station so it can house six astronauts instead of three. | |
New orthopedic device spares some from amputation 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Things were looking bad for Stephen Ogonowski. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria had devoured his right ankle down to the bone, leaving an inches-wide hole full of raw and ravaged tissue. | |
Pedaled points of light: Christmas tree uses alternative energy 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
This tree puts a unique spin on green. The Embassy Festival of Trees, in Fort Wayne, Ind., features a new attraction this year: a tree powered by, possibly, you. | |
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