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Geriatric Health Conditions Have Major Effect On Half Of All Seniors
While much of the medical world focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, a new study from the University of Michigan Health System finds that half of all seniors have a geriatric condition that can affect their ability to engage in activities of daily living as much as diseases can. Yet these conditions often aren't recognized or treated because they don't fall into the category of a disease. Advances In Drug Screening: Building A Better Haystack For The Needles
With the discovery of suitable molecular targets -- cellular molecules along pathways crucial for sustaining the life of cancer cells -- comes the perplexing dilemma of where to find the next therapeutics that will bind to and disable those targets. While the possibilities for drug designs are near-limitless, the methods to screen drug databases and repositories are often problematic or ill-suited for the particular needs of researchers. Guide To Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data From Around the W
This annotated compilation of websites "focuses on significant Internet sites concerning general public opinion polls, especially those providing polling results in usable formats."The scope does not include "Web and blog polls, as many are unscientific, biased, or oriented toward amateur efforts."From librarians Gary Thompson and Sean Conley, published in the October 2006 issue of C&RL News, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association (ALA). Why Do Nerve Cell Bundles 'Camp' Near The Invasive Front Of Colon Canc
Cancer growth is a long, complex, multi-stage process involving a variety of different "players."This complexity is part of the difficulty facing cancer researchers. Meanwhile, each discovery or identification of a new "player,"or previously unknown stage in the process, offers new opportunities for blocking the disease. Recently, a team of Weizmann Institute scientists has discovered an important "player"in the development of colon cancer. Stem Cells Determine Their Daughters' Fate
From roundworm to human, most cells in an animal's body ultimately come from stem cells. When one of these versatile, unspecialized cells divides, the resulting "daughter"cell receives instructions to differentiate into a specific cell type. In some cases this signal comes from other cells. But now, for the first time, researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology have found a type of stem cell that directly determines the fate of its daughters. Jewish in Seattle: The Official Website of the Jewish Federation of Gr
Find news, a calendar of events, listing of volunteer opportunities, list of holidays and candle lighting times, and many links, including sites for seniors and teens. Same-sex Attraction Is Genetically Wired In Nematode's Brain
Biologists genetically manipulated nematode worms so the animals were attracted to worms of the same sex -- part of a study that shows sexual orientation is wired in the creatures'brains. "They look like girls, but act and think like boys,"says one of the scientists. "The [same-sex attraction] behavior is part of the nervous system." Project Aims To Make Sodium-cooled Nuclear Reactors Safe, Efficient
Proposals to reduce America's heavy dependence on foreign oil are helping to renew interest in nuclear energy. At Kansas State University, the goal is to help make that energy source as safe as possible. Cranberries May Improve Chemotherapy For Ovarian Cancer
Compounds in cranberries may help improve the effectiveness of platinum drugs that are used in chemotherapy to fight ovarian cancer, researchers have found in a controlled laboratory study. The scientists found that human ovarian cancer cells resistant to platinum drugs became up to six times more sensitized to the drugs after exposure to the cranberry compounds. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper.
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