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Link Between Carbohydrate Quality And Vision Loss Is Strengthened By N
People consuming diets with a higher glycemic index than average were at greater risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration, report researchers. The researchers suggest that twenty percent of cases of advanced age-related macular degeneration might have been prevented if individuals had consumed a diet with a glycemic index below average. Adult Stem Cells May Be Just Remnants Of Evolution
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, Germany have now demonstrated, in a study published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, that at least some adult stem cells could be the mere remnants of former embryonal differentiation processes, or, in other words, "footprints"of evolution. Surf's Up In The Solar Nebula: Jupiter's Formation Linked To That Of P
The process that formed the giant planet Jupiter may also have spawned some of the tiniest and oldest members of our solar system -- millimeter-sized spheres called chondrules, the major part of the most primitive meteorites. As witnesses to the early history of the solar system, chondrules may provide important clues to how the planets formed. Oral Contraceptive Effective In Controlling Premenstrual Disorder
A new study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine shows for the first time that a low dose oral contraceptive is effective in treating symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the most severe form of premenstrual syndrome. [Unlikely] Rich's-Macy's Christmas tree snaps in half
It was briefly beginning to look a lot like Christmas. A 75-foot Christmas tree snapped in half Sunday as workers were preparing it for Atlanta's traditional Thanksgiving Day lighting ceremony at Rich's-Macy's store. David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Meg
The CD? It's dead. Good thing the music industry is about more than selling plastic discs. Today's artists have surprising new ways to reach fans and make a living. David Byrne gives Wired readers a guided tour of what's next. Gravely Gorgeous: Gargoyles, Grotesques &the Nineteenth-Century Imagin
This site is a companion to an exhibit about the admiration by Victorians of the Gothic style of architectural decoration of cathedrals, which featured gargoyles ("decorative waterspouts that preserve stonework") and grotesques (that "serve a variety of other practical and ornamental functions, as corbels or capitals, for instance"). Includes a gallery of images and a glossary. From the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd
Japanese alt-metal group Dir en grey's first U.S. tour finds the band playing packed halls and moving mountains of merch, all thanks to the promo power of anime conventions, video games and MySpace. By Robert La Franco from Wired magazine. Emergency Department Study Supports Giving Dehydrated Children Fluids
Oral rehydration therapy, or giving fluids by mouth, is equally effective as giving intravenous fluids to young children dehydrated by common stomach and intestinal inflammations, according to a new study by emergency medicine physicians. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying.
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