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Women Less Likely Than Men To Change Habits That Increase Heart Diseas
Smoking, eating fattening foods and not getting enough exercise are all lifestyle habits that can lead to poor health and cardiovascular disease -- more so if you have a family history. But researchers have found that women don't change these habits as often as men, even when they have relatives with heart disease. How To: The Wired Guide
Knowing how to use the technology that surrounds you is good, but a little creative hacking is even better. This special section is your instruction book on how to do, well, anything. From Wired magazine.How To:Trick Out Your MySpace PagePlay YouTube Videos on Your IPodFoil a Snooping BossDitch Your Cell-Phone Plan... and more.Plus: Get celebrity DIY tips from Dane Cook. Hopkins Study Describes Potentially Fatal Heart Condition Among Young
A Johns Hopkins study has provided the most comprehensive description to date of people most likely to develop a relatively rare heart condition, called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), known to be among the top causes of sudden cardiac death among young athletes. Too Much Knowledge Can Be Bad For Some Types Of Memory, Study Finds
Sometimes knowledge can be a bad thing, especially when it comes to exact remembering of certain things. A new study found adults did better remembering pictures of imaginary animals than they did remembering pictures of real cats. The results show how some types of memory might be better when people forget what they know and instead approach a subject with a child-like sense of naïveté. Detaining Patients Is Justified To Contain Deadly TB Strain In South A
A team of medical ethics and public health experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need be, are justified to contain a deadly, contagious, drug-resistant strain of TB in South Africa and to prevent "a potentially explosive international health crisis." The Big One: Ronald Biggs and the Great Train Robbery
Background about the "Great Train Robbery"of 1963, "one of the most audacious crimes in British history,"in which a Glasgow-to-London mail train was robbed, and the subsequent trial of Ronald Arthur "Ronnie"Biggs for the crime. Includes a brief bibliography. From Court TV. Why Exertion Leads To Exhaustion
Researchers have discovered the dramatic changes that occur in our muscles when we push ourselves during exercise. We all have a sustainable level of exerciseintensity, known as the "critical power."This level can increase as we get fitter, but will always involve us working at around 75-80 percent of our maximal capacity. This research shows why, when we go beyond this level, we have to slow down or stop altogether. World's Fastest Oscillating Nanomachine Holds Promise For Telecommunic
Nanotechnology leapt into the realm of quantum mechanics this past winter when an antenna-like sliver of silicon one-tenth the width of a human hair oscillated in a lab in a Boston University basement. With two sets of protrusions, much like the teeth from a two-sided comb or the paddles from a rowing shell, the antenna not only exhibits the first quantum nanomechanical motion but is also the world's fastest moving nanostructure. Gene Controlling Circadian Rhythms Linked To Drug Addiction, UT Southw
The gene that regulates the body's main biological clocks also may play a pivotal role in drug addiction, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Research Offers Hope For Alcoholics
Scientists at Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have discovered a system in the brain that stops an alcoholic's craving for alcohol, as well as prevent relapse once they have recovered from alcohol addiction.
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