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Family Genome Sequence Shows Mutations Less Common, Study Says - BusinessWeek
March 10, 2010
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Family Genome Sequence Shows Mutations Less Common, Study Says
BusinessWeek March 10 (Bloomberg) — The gene sets of a four-member family were analyzed in research that suggested parents pass fewer gene mutations than thought to their offspring. Scanning the genomes of the family enabled the research team to … Scouring the Whole Genome to Nail Disease Genes Science Now Gene Mutations Identified for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome Palm Beach Post Whole Genome Sequencing Nears Clinic MedPage Today Science News - Genetic Engineering News (press release) - ScienceBlogs (blog) all 40 news articles » |
Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panel (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - If you’re pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you’ll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one — a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC.
Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of “once a C-section, always a C-section.”
CORRECTED: FDA: more changes coming on drug safety (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.
U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
Health Tip: What’s Behind Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
March 10, 2010
Jump in Kids’ Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
March 10, 2010
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a “silent epidemic.”
Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson’s (HealthDay)
March 10, 2010
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson’s disease, researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to reduce risk.
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
CORRECTED: US herpes rates remain high: CDC - Reuters
March 10, 2010
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CORRECTED: US herpes rates remain high: CDC
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, US health officials said on Tuesday. … Health Buzz: 1 in 6 Americans Has Genital Herpes U.S. News & World Report CDC says genital herpes is still a ’serious health threat’ CNN CDC: Genital Herpes Rates Still High WebMD CNM News Network - eFitnessNow - Chicago Sun-Times all 112 news articles » |
Microsoft Outlook makes friends with MySpace
March 10, 2010
The software maker said it is ready with a version of its Outlook Social Connector that links the e-mail program with the youth-oriented social network.
Digitizing and Geocoding Old Maps?
March 10, 2010
alobar72 writes “I have quite a few old maps (several hundreds; 100+ years old, some are already damaged – so time is not on my side). What I want to do is to digitize them and to apply geo-coordinates to them so I can use them as overlays for openstreetmap data or such. Obviously I cannot put those maps onto my €80 scanner and go. Some of them are really large (1.5m x 1.5m roughly, I believe) and they need to be treated with great care because the paper is partly damaged. So firstly I need a method or service provider that can do the digitizing without damaging them. Secondly I need a hint what the best method is to apply geo coordinates to those maps then. The maps are old and landscape and places have changed, it maybe difficult to identify exact spots. So: are there any experiences or tips I could use?”
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No video to playSweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein … and Now Fat
March 10, 2010
ral writes “The human tongue can taste more than sweet, sour, salty, bitter and protein. Researchers have added fat to that list. Dr. Russell Keast, an exercise and nutrition sciences professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, told Slashfood, ‘This makes logical sense. We have sweet to identify carbohydrate/sugars, and umami to identify protein/amino acids, so we could expect a taste to identify the other macronutrient: fat.’ In the Deakin study, which appears in the latest issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, Dr. Keast and his team gave a group of 33 people fatty acids found in common foods, mixed in with nonfat milk to disguise the telltale fat texture. All 33 could detect the fatty acids to at least a small degree.”
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Firm: Toyota, industry need more rigorous testing
March 10, 2010
Latest problems linked to Toyota show the auto industry needs to fix the way it tests software, says company that specializes in software integrity.
Apple tops Consumer Reports’ tech support survey
March 10, 2010
Apple hit a home run in Consumer Reports’ recent tech support survey, taking the top spot in laptops and desktops.
FDA to Investigate Possible Osteoporosis Drug-Femur Fracture Link After ABC … - ABC News
March 10, 2010
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FDA to Investigate Possible Osteoporosis Drug-Femur Fracture Link After ABC …
ABC News The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will look into whether a link exists between the long-term use of certain osteoporosis drugs and a particular type of leg fracture after ABC News … FDA rules out bisphosphonate, thigh fracture link Reuters Long-term use of osteoporosis drugs linked to hip breaks USA Today FDA Reassures on Osteoporosis Drugs MedPage Today ABC7Chicago.com - NASDAQ - dBTechno all 51 news articles » |
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What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …
September 12, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]
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Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures
September 9, 2009
Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]
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Flaw in Free Markets: Humans
September 12, 2009
THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.
Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]
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CORRECTED: FDA: more changes coming on drug safety (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.
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CORRECTED: FDA: more changes coming on drug safety (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday.
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Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final
September 13, 2009
Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]