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Most Flu Shot Plans Do Not Address How To Vaccinate Hard-to-reach Popu
Most flu immunization plans in the United States do not address how to vaccinate hard-to-reach populations -- undocumented immigrants, substance users, the homeless, homebound elderly, and minorities -- and this potentially dangerous omission can lead masses of people to become ill during an outbreak of pandemic flu or other contagious disease, according to a new study. New Study Tests Amitriptyline For Painful Bladder Syndrome
A new study will test an FDA-approved antidepressant for its potential to alleviate bladder pain for which there is no known cause and no effective therapy. Thousands, if not millions, of patients may benefit. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). USB Holiday Madness
Plug a Christmas tree snow globe or other wacky stuff into your PC. Plus:NuMetrex sports bra monitors its wearer's heart rate. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. Enormous Submarine Landslide 60,000 Years Ago Produced The Longest Flo
An enormous submarine landslide that disintegrated 60,000 years ago produced the longest flow of sand and mud yet documented on Earth. The massive submarine flow traveled 1,500 kilometers -- the distance from London to Rome -- before depositing its load. Many Cats Unaffected By Catnip, C&EN Reports
Have you ever met a cat that doesn't go crazy over catnip? Well, as it turns out, half of the cats in the world don't respond to it at all, according to the "What's That Stuff"column in the Aug. 1 issue of Chemical &Engineering News, the weekly news magazine published by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Millimetric Wave Frequency Devices
A telecommunications engineer at the Public University of Navarre has designed and developed new millimetric wave frequency receptors using Electromagnetic BandGap (EBG) technology. Mayo Clinic Discovers Potential Marker For Aggressive Kidney Cancer
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a key molecule that lets doctors identify one of the most aggressive types of kidney cancer. Patients with renal cell carcinoma who have higher levels of a molecule known as B7-H1 in their tumors are nearly five times more likely to die from the disease than patients with low levels or an absence of the molecule. [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. Early Years Education Measures Show No Impact, UK Study
A six year comparison of almost 35,000 children in England has shown that there has been no change in developmental levels of pupils entering primary school in this period, despite the introduction of several new early years'initiatives over the past decade, new research reveals. Although there have been massive changes in early years education in the UK in the last few years, children's development and skills at the start of school are no different now than they were before the introduction of the early childhood curriculum, the Sure Start programme, free nursery education for all three year olds and the more recent introduction of the Children's Act 2002 and the Every Child Matters initiative. Envisat Enables First Global Check Of Regional Methane Emissions
The SCIAMACHY sensor aboard Envisat has performed the first space-based measurements of the global distribution of near-surface methane, one of the most important greenhouse gases. As reported in Thursday's issue of Science Express, the results show larger than expected emissions across tropical land regions.
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