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Researchers Link Childhood Asthma To Exposure To Traffic-related Pollu
This study focuses on children's health and the burden of pollution from cars and trucks. University of Southern California researchers found that the closer children live to a freeway, the greater their risk of diagnosed asthma. Findings come from the USC-led Children's Health Study, a landmark examination of the links between air quality and respiratory health in Southern California. A More Accurate Screening Test For Prostate Cancer?
Men middle-aged and older routinely get blood tests for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer. However, PSA testing has shortcomings: many men with elevated PSAs don't have clinically significant prostate cancer and may undergo unnecessary treatments, which can cause infertility, incontinence, and impotence. Biofilm Breakthrough Could Have Big Impact On Health Care, Manufacturi
A Binghamton University biologist's discovery of a molecule that induces the dispersion of biofilms will likely mean a sea change in health care, manufacturing, shipping and pharmaceutics over the coming years.David Davies has found and is in the process of synthesizing a compound that will cause biofilm colonies to disperse, thus leaving individual bacteria up to 1,000 times more susceptible to disinfectants, antibiotics and immune functions. Vegas Plans Mobile Gaming Trials
Casinos could soon go poolside with the help of modified PDAs. By Steve Friess. Optical Computer Made From Frozen Light
Scientists at Harvard University have shown how ultra-cold atoms can be used to freeze and control light to form the "core"-- or central processing unit -- of an optical computer. Optical computers would transport information ten times faster than traditional electronic devices, smashing the intrinsic speed limit of silicon technology. Study Links Allergies To Parkinson's Disease
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have discovered that allergic rhinitis is associated with the development of Parkinson's disease later in life. Study Finds Moderate Hypothermia A Safe Treatment For Traumatic Brain
The trial showed that cooling has positive affects on children who suffered traumatic brain injury. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh neurosurgeon P. David Adelson, MD, and researchers determined that induced moderate hypothermia initiated after severe traumatic brain injury is a safe therapeutic intervention for children.The only trial in the US involving children, it showed hypothermia tended toreduce mortality, lower the severity of intracranial hypertension and has the potential to improve the functional outcome of children. Patients Over Age 60 Do Well After Liver Transplantation
Patients who undergo liver transplantation at age 60 or above have one-year and five-year survival rates similar to those of younger patients and they experience fewer episodes of rejection. Older patients have long been considered high-risk recipients, because they may have other conditions and diseases alongside their liver problem, and because they have increased mortality risk overall. However, older patients have softer immune systems, which might reject transplants less often, leading to better outcomes. The Prince of Wales Visits San Diego: A Study in Perception
Article about the visit by Edward, the Prince of Wales, to San Diego in April 1920. Includes a discussion of the United States' "preoccupation and a fascination with English royalty,"the preparations for the visit, and the events of the visit. Also includes photos. From the journal of the San Diego Historical Society. Art Does Not Apologize
Digital photography sure makes it easier for both the amateur and professional lensman. No one in his right mind works in a darkroom anymore. Unless he wants to produce art. Commentary by Tony Long.
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