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Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
KFF is a "non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation."It sponsors health care policy research and communications programs. The site offers reports on issues such as insurance, prescription drugs, minority health, women's health, HIV/AIDS, and entertainment media and health. It also provides fact sheets and current health policy news. Colorectal Cancer Can Be Inherited, Researchers Report
Professor Jeremy R. Jass, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Gastrointestinal Pathology at McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues in Australia and Japan have shown that in some cases colorectal cancer can be inherited. Most Middle-school Boys And Many Girls Play Violent Video Games
A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Mental Health and Media dispels myths and uncovers surprises about young teens and violent video and computer games. The study is the first to ask middle-school youth about the video and computer games they play and to analyze how many of those titles are rated M -- for ages 17 and up. It is also the first to ask children why they play video games. New Method For Detecting Fake Drugs Without Opening The Package
With sale of counterfeit drugs causing major problems around the world, scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting development of a new way of identifying fake pills and capsules without opening the product package. In a report scheduled for the March 1 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal, Pavel Matousek and Charlotte Eliasson describe the growing need for non-invasive verification of the authenticity of pharmaceutical products. [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. Learning How to Regrow Fingers
A new federally funded project should help scientists learn how some animals regenerate body parts so well. They hope to apply the lessons to humans. By the Associated Press. Acid Rain Likely Stunts U.S. Forests
A recent international scientific study on Russian soils raises concerns that acid rain may have serious implications for forest growth in the U.S., particularly in eastern areas such as the Adirondack and Catskill regions of New York according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In Autism And Related Disorders, Recognizing Emotion Is Different Than
In contrast to previous reports, for those with autism or Asperger's syndrome, recognizing facial expressions is separate from identifying familiar faces, according to a study published in the November 22, 2005, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Anti-obesity Gene Keeps Mice And Worms Lean
Researchers have revealed an anti-obesity gene that has apparently been keeping critters lean during times of plenty since ancient times. The gene, first discovered by another team in flies, also keeps worms and mice trim, according to the new report. If the gene works similarly in humans, the findings could lead to a new weapon against our burgeoning waistlines, according to the researchers. How Basil Gets Its Zing
The blend of aromatic essential oils that gives fresh basil leaves their characteristic warm and sweet aroma is well characterized but not much is known about the enzymatic machinery manufacturing the odiferous mix. Researchers followed their noses and solved part of the molecular puzzle.
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