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American Cancer Society Report Finds Breast Cancer Death Rate Continue
A report from the American Cancer Society finds the breast cancer death rate in the US continues to drop more than two percent per year, a trend that began in 1990 and is credited to progress in early detection and treatment. But the report says African-American women and women of other racial and ethnic groups have benefited less than white women from the advances that have led to those gains. New Map Of Daily Probability Of Earthquake Shaking In California
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has announced the release of new public web pages that show the probability of earthquake shaking in the next 24 hours in California. These maps graphically illustrate the change in earthquake probability during aftershock and possible foreshock sequences. [Hero] Five-Year-Old Boy Helps Mom Deliver Baby
A 5-year-old boy who aspires to be a doctor received some unexpected training as an obstetrician when he helped his mother deliver his baby sister. Slippery Salmonella: Proteomics Exposes An Infectious Agent Of Decepti
How Salmonella escapes detection by macrophages, turning predator cells to prey complicit in promoting infection, has seemed impossibly complicated, a needle-in-a-haystack proposition involving thousands of proteins, the building blocks that carry out cells' vital functions. Now, applying the high-volume sorting and analytical power of proteomics -- a detailed survey of microbial proteins present in the 24 hours that follow mouse-macrophage infection -- a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has turned up a suspect protein. Clinical Research Network Launches New Trial For Treatment Of Liver Di
The Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Clinical Research Network is launching its first two clinical trials for the study of NASH, a liver disease that resembles alcoholic liver disease but occurs in patients who drink little or no alcohol. Senior Citizens At Risk For Pneumonia
The recent flu vaccine shortage has focused attention on elderly people's risk for infection. Like the flu, pneumonia can also cause serious health problems for older people. More than 900,000 cases of community-acquired pneumonia occur each year among seniors in the United States, according to an article in the December 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Places in the News
"Responding in a timely fashion to current events, the [Library of Congress] Geography and Map Division presents up-to-date maps that locate areas relating to situations covered by news organizations."Featured places change with current events. Includes links to additional information. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Eleanor &Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. T
Facsimiles and transcriptions of the 1945-1959 correspondence between Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. The correspondence shows how "from a formal, often wary, political relationship developed also a strong friendship. Ultimately, Harry Truman designated Eleanor Roosevelt as his representative on the United Nations and 'First Lady of the World.'"Includes biographies, lesson plans, photos, and related links. A joint project of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. How The Immune System Avoids Attacking Itself
A finding by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers about how immune cells "decide"to become active or inactive may have applications in fighting cancerous tumors, autoimmune diseases and organ transplant rejection. They found that small fatty acids called diacylglycerols, and the enzymes that metabolize them, are critical players in the molecular pathway that leads to activity versus inactivity. Fertility Study Looks At Ovulation's Intricate Workings
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are getting ever closer to finding out what makes animals tick reproductively. In efforts to boost fertility in beef cattle, researchers have discovered that the follicle--a tiny structure within a cow's ovary that releases the egg--must reach full maturity for pregnancy to have the best chance of success.
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