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Surgeons Are Taller And Better Looking Than Other Doctors
Surgeons are taller and more handsome than physicians, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal. Doctors at the University of Barcelona Hospital noticed that the tallest and most handsome male students were more likely to go for surgery, and the shortest (and perhaps not so good looking) ones were more likely to become physicians. New Method Of Administering Anti-cancer Drug May Be More Effective, Sa
A novel way of administering an anti-cancer drug to bone-marrow transplant patients using continuous infusion may be more effective and safer than the method currently used, new study findings indicate. Cleanup Method Uses Activated Carbons To Anchor Toxins To Bottom Of Th
Imagine a Brita filter big enough to clean up San Francisco Bay. One researcher has a plan to clean polluted sediment at Hunters Point in San Francisco with activated carbon--the same technology in many water filters. He proposes to sequester dangerous toxins by mixing activated carbon, a type of carbon with a large surface area, into the bay's contaminated sediment. Zebrafish To Shed Light On Human Mitochondrial Diseases
Zebrafish can now be used to study COX deficiencies in humans, a discovery that gives scientists an unprecedented window to view the earliest stages of mitochondrial impairments that lead to potentially fatal metabolic disorders, according to a new article. Depleted Uranium: PSR Publications and Related Links on Depleted Urani
Commentary and links to information about depleted uranium (DU), "uranium from which the more highly radioactive isotopes have been removed for use in weapons or reactor fuel."Publications discuss the health and environmental effects of DU. Links to websites provide other viewpoints; "PSR does not necessarily endorse the content or opinions contained on these sites."From Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Machinima Group Animates Life 'In-world': Technique Harnesses 3-D Game
Student researchers working with BethColeman, assistant professor in comparative media studies and in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, are exploring machinima, one branch of the rapidly evolving world of computer animation. As members of the Machinima Work Group, they are experimenting in the medium to find new modes of cinematic expression. Modern Literature of Southeast Asia: Research Portal
"This is an educational website established to facilitate research on modern Southeast Asian literatures from a cultural studies perspective."The site features a compilation of links to sites with general information and information about specific countries (such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) on topics such as history, literature, and film. Also includes a bibliography. From a professor of comparative world literature. Scientists ID Molecular 'Switch' In Liver That Triggers Harmful Effect
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have identified a molecular mechanism in the liver that explains, for the first time, how consuming foods rich in saturated fats and trans-fatty acids causes elevated blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and increases one's risk of heart disease and certain cancers. Ovarian Cancer Is Not A Symptomless Killer
Ovarian cancer is not the symptom free disease that many medical textbooks have been claiming for years, says an Editorial in The Lancet.
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