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Children With Sickle Cell Disease, Silent Strokes Show Some Relief Wit
A group of children who have sickle cell disease and who experience silent strokes showed some relief from the silent strokes with blood transfusion therapy, researchers have found. Silent strokes are strokes that don't show the classic symptoms of overt strokes, such as numbness, tingling, headache or slurred speech. Cone-Beam CT Faster, Potentially More Accurate Than Conventional Mammo
Cone-beam breast CT provides exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose to conventional 2D mammography, according to a new study. Cone-beam breast CT employs a large area x-ray beam in conjunction with a flat panel x-ray detector to scan and generate 3D images of the breast. Sex Toy Shopping Should Be Fun
While the net brings sex-friendly stores to consumers, nothing beats personal attention to your intimate shopping needs. Commentary by Regina Lynn. Paper Battery May Power Electronics In Clothing And Packaging Material
Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery -- an amazing battery made out of paper. That's one potential application of a new battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... In Chocolate, More Cocoa Means Higher Antioxidant Capacity
Cocoa powder contains more beneficial antioxidants than other chocolate products, but processing decreases their contents. Those are the results of a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators interested in the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and procyanidin levels of six chocolate and cocoa products. How to Never Spend Money on PC Software Ever Again
Suggestions for free alternatives to computer software packages, including word processing programs, Web browsers, Internet security, email, graphics manipulation programs, Web authoring software, instant messengers, and other software. Also includes a few suggestions for open-source operating systems. From librarian Chuck Gray of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Virginia. U.S. Government RSS Library
RSS is "a method of summarizing the latest news and information from a website."This site provides access to government sites with RSS feeds. Topics include agriculture, business, education, health, international relations, and science. Also includes a link for downloading RSS readers. ("RSS has several meanings: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, and RDF Site Summary, where RDF stands for Resource Data Framework.") From FirstGov.gov, the U.S. government's official website. Researchers Discover Key Mechanism To Emergence Of Deadly Strep Bacter
Serious strep infections have risen dramatically in the last three decades, and this increase is largely attributed to the spread around the globe of a single strain of strep known as the invasive M1T1 clone. Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and the University of Wollongong in Australia have discovered that, 30 years ago, a virus infected the strep bacteria -- creating a deadly strain of "flesh-eating"bacteria. Chronically High Blood Sugar Linked To Risk Of Cognitive Impairment
A four-year study of elderly women has found that chronically elevated blood sugar is associated with an increased risk of developing either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) ordementia.
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