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Cord Blood Cells May Widen Treatment Window For Stroke
An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current three-hour treatment standard -- a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims. The preclinical study results were reported Nov. 12 at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Low Vitamin E Intake During Pregnancy Can Lead To Childhood Asthma
Children whose mothers had a low intake of vitamin E during pregnancy are more likely to develop wheezing and asthma by age five. Oral Insulin To Prevent Type 1 Diabetes Tested In Study
Researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in at-risk people, the National Institutes of Health announced. Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, an NIH-funded network of researchers dedicated to the understanding, prevention, and early treatment of type 1 diabetes, is conducting the study in more than 100 medical centers across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. New Study Details Trends In Diagnosis, Treatment Of Brain Tumors
A two year study involving over 560 patients with the newly-diagnosed malignant brain tumors shows that patterns of care are varied and there is a need for new, detailed clinical guidelines for management of brain tumors. New Study Finds Wild Pikas Are Natural Mammalian Hosts To H5N1 Avian I
For the first time a new study suggests that when exposed in their natural ecosystem, wild pikas (a species closely related to rabbits) are mammalian hosts of H5N1 subtype avian influenza viruses and may also be a source of transmission to domestic mammals and humans. Human Impacts And Environmental Factors Are Changing The Northwest Atl
Fish in US waters from Cape Hatteras to the Canadian border have moved away from their traditional, long-time habitats over the past four decades because of fundamental changes in the regional ecosystem, according to a new report. The report also points out the need to manage the waters off the northeastern coast of the United States as a whole rather than as a series of separate and unrelated components. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. First Evidence To Show Elephants, Like Humans, Apes And Dolphins, Reco
Elephants have joined a small, elite group of species -- including humans, great apes and dolphins -- that have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror, according to a new research finding. Mirror self-recognition in elephants, previously predicted due to their well-known social complexity, is thought to relate to empathetic tendencies and the ability to distinguish oneself from others, a characteristic that evolved independently in several branches of animals, including primates such as humans. Plastic Gorilla Feet Give You Twinkle Toes
Running barefoot is one of the most efficient ways to jog. But it does hurt your feet. That's why Vibram Five Fingers has produced a pair of shoes that actually simulates running sans shoes.
 [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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