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New Research Suggests Heart Bypass Surgery Increases Risk Of Alzheimer
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have discovered that patients who have either coronary artery bypass graft surgery or coronary angioplasty are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Growing Health Effects Of Global Warming Outlined On Regional Scale
A team of health and climate scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the WHO has shown that the growing health impacts of climate change affect different regions in markedly different ways. Ironically, the places that have contributed the least to warming the Earth are the most vulnerable to the death and disease higher temperatures can bring. Beyond A 'Speed Limit'On Mutations, Species Risk Extinction
Scientists have identified a virtual "speed limit"on the rate of molecular evolution in organisms, and the magic number appears to be six mutations per genome per generation -- a level beyond which species run the strong risk of extinction as their genomes lose stability. Long-acting Inhaled Therapies, Supplemental Oxygen, Pulmonary Rehabili
Clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating stable COPD, a progressive lung disease involving the airways and lung tissue, resulting in a gradual loss of lung function, typically as a result of smoking have been released. COPD affects more than 5 percent of the adult population in the US and is the fourth leading cause of death. The term COPD includes both emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Religious Affiliation of the U.S. Supreme Court
Information about the religious affiliations of current members of the Supreme Court and of all Supreme Court justices. Also includes links to information for members of the U.S. Congress, presidents and vice-presidents, and governors. From a site that provides national and world religion statistics and "is not affiliated with any religious, political, educational, or commercial organization." Zeroing In On Cellular Machinery That Enables Neurons To Fire
If you ever had a set of Micronauts -- toy robots with removable body parts -- you probably had fun swapping their heads, imagining how it would affect their behavior. Scientists have been performing similar experiments on ion channels -- pores in our nerve cells -- to sort out the channels'key functional parts. Difficulty Identifying Odors May Predict Cognitive Decline
Older adults who have difficulty identifying common odors may have a greater risk of developing problems with thinking, learning and memory, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Jack Hamann, Rewriting History in "American Soil"
This companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program features the text of the first chapter of "On American Soil."Using declassified evidence, Hamann revisits the hanging of an Italian prisoner of war near a U.S. Army base in Washington state and the subsequent court martial of African American soldiers charged with the assault. Includes links to background information, a timeline, and an interview with the author. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. New Species May Form WIth A Little Help From Immune System
Scientists discover how the immune system can drive the formation of new species. Plant geneticists and animal breeders alike know the problem: single individuals or entire broods will not thrive, some die early, or remain, even if they survive, the runts of the litter and thus not useful for continued breeding programs. What is annoying for the breeder, fascinates geneticists and molecular biologists. The unfit offspring are an example that genetic material cannot always be combined at will.
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