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Stem Cells To Repair Damaged Heart Muscle
In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery. Seismic Hazard: Stateline Fault System Is Major Component Of Eastern C
The 200-km (125 miles)-long Stateline fault system is a right-lateral strike-slip fault zone with clear Late Quaternary surface ruptures extending along the California-Nevada state line, from Primm, Nevada area along Interstate 15 to the Amargosa Valley. The fault passes within 40 km of the Las Vegas strip. The magnitude of accumulated offset, evidence for Late Quaternary slip, and rapid long-term slip rate indicate that the Stateline fault system is a major component of the Eastern California shear zone. Given its proximity to population centers and important infrastructure in southern Nevada, the fault warrants close scrutiny in seismic hazards analyses of the region. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
This group "supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe."The website features profiles of health care systems of European countries and other country-specific health information, health policy publications, and related material on topics such as health care funding, hospitals, and European Union law. A partnership of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Europe, and other organizations and countries. Fatal Attraction: Elephants And Marula Fruit
Being female can be a risky business, especially if you are a Marula tree in Africa receiving the attention of elephants. Research published in African Journal of Ecology shows that the female Marula suffers a higher risk than the male tree of being destroyed and perhaps killed by elephants. "There is a conflict of interest experienced by female trees when the disperser also has the potential to seriously damage or kill the tree." American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Information for Consumer
Consumer educational materials about the role of physical therapists, "health care professionals who diagnose and treat people of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives."Includes tips for choosing a physical therapist, a database of physical therapists, articles (on topics such as arthritis, back care, and fitness), and more. APTA is a professional organization for physical therapists. Arsenic - Not The Same For Everyone
Children with a particular genetic variation metabolize arsenic from drinking water differently than adults with the same variation. The findings have important implications for the safety of drinking water worldwide and the use of arsenic as a cancer drug. Which Incentives to Prevent Flu Epidemics Would Be Effective?
Recent findings from study of incentives, decision-making, and influenza epidemics may offer guidance on public health policy. Researchers have found that while family-based vaccination incentives fail to prevent severe epidemics, program that allows individuals three free annual vaccinations once they pay for the first may prove effective. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Hot Cameras, Big Lenses Dominate PDN PhotoPlus Expo
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York draws thousands of professional photographers and gear-addled amateurs in search of the hottest cameras and the biggest lenses. Here's a sampling of what we bagged on our search for megapixels, massive lenses and models. Wetness-defying Water? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Group Dis
The textbooks say that water readily comes together with other water, open arms of hydrogen clasping oxygen attached to other OH molecules. This is the very definition of "wetness."But scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., have observed a first: a single layer of water -- ice grown on a platinum wafer -- that gives the cold shoulder to subsequent layers of ice that come into contact with it.
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