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Simple Hand-washing Video For Visitors Could Reduce Rapidly Increasing
Families visiting sick children significantly improved their hand-washing technique after being shown a simple and inexpensive video. Researchers monitored visits by123 families to see how they could improve hygiene and reduce hospital acquired infections like MRSA, which are a major cause of ill health and death among children in intensive care. Campy, Nutty, and It's Sugar-Free
This 2006 review of the Mark Morris production of "The Hard Nut,"a revisionist interpretation of the Christmas staple "The Nutcracker"ballet, describes "a deliciously playful bending of gender roles"and other elements of the performance. Includes photos. From The New York Times. Asteroids Caused The Early Inner Solar System Cataclysm
University of Arizona and Japanese scientists are convinced that evidence at last settles decades-long arguments about what objects bombarded the early inner solar system in a cataclysm 3.9 billion years ago. Ancient main belt asteroids identical in size to present-day asteroids in the Mars-Jupiter belt -- not comets -- hammered the inner rocky planets in a unique catastrophe that lasted for a blink of geologic time, anywhere from 20 million to 150 million years, they report in the Sept. 16 issue of Science. Discovery About Obesity Drug Helping Scientists Develop New Cancer Tre
Based on their surprising discovery that an obesity drug can kill cancer cells, scientists have made a new finding about the drug's effects and are working to design more potent cancer treatments. How Exercise Lowers Cardiovascular Risk
It's well-known that physical activity can improve cardiovascular health. But it's the impact exercise has on specific known risk factors that accounts for about 60 percent of that improvement, researchers reported. Warming Climate, Cod Collapse, Have Combined To Cause Rapid North Atla
Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina, are experiencing large, rapid changes, reports a Cornell oceanographer in the Feb. 23 issue of Science. New Therapeutic Target Identified In Inherited Brain Tumor Disorder
Researchers studying a mouse model of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that causes childhood brain tumors, have found their second new drug target in a year, a protein called methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP2). An established drug, fumagillin, is already known to suppress the activity of MetAP2. Timberland Reads Together
Website for the September and October 2005 community reading program organized by the Timberland Regional Library, Washington state, and centered around Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees."Although some material discusses specific events and programs, the site also features book discussion questions, a message from the author, and suggestions for further reading and viewing (fiction, civil rights, beekeeping, and black Madonnas). Includes links to other reading lists from the Timberland Regional Library. Becoming an Egg Donor
"This guidebook provides prospective egg donors with unbiased information. It suggests issues for you to consider and questions to ask before deciding whether or not to become a donor."Discusses the egg donation process, ads for egg donation, legal and financial considerations, and related subjects. From the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. Flatworms Demonstrate How Cells Communicate And Grow New Tissues
Forsyth Institute research with the flatworm, planaria, offers new clues for understanding restoration of body structures. Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have discovered how the worm's cells communicate to correctly repair and regenerate tissue. Forsyth scientists have found that gap-junction (microscopic tunnels directly linking neighboring cells) communication contributes to this signaling. This research, led by Dr. Michael Levin, underlies principles that can potentially offer insight into human regeneration.
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