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New, Non-Traditional Skiing Landscapes Give Reason To Helmet Use
Skeptics of the benefit of wearing a helmet now have less reason to doubt. A new study has reported that because of the changes to ski areas in the past decade, from open slopes to more non-traditional terrain such as gladed areas and terrain parks, skiers and snowboarders are going slowly enough that a helmet would provide significant protection. Deep-sea Tremors May Provide Early Warning System For Larger Earthquak
Predicting when large earthquakes might occur may be a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study of undersea earthquakes in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The study, reported in today's Nature, is the first to suggest that small seismic shocks or foreshocks preceding a major earthquake can be used in some cases to predict the main tremors. Experimental Anti-cancer Drug Kills Brain Tumor Stem Cells
A drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells thought to fuel tumor growth and help cancers evade drug and radiation therapy, a Johns Hopkins study shows. The drug is derived from corn lillies. New Setbacks Dog Office Open XML
Microsoft faces heavy opposition in the quest to gain approval for its document format. In Monkey Bites. Risks Of Taking Sedatives For Insomnia In Older People May Be Greater
For older people, the risks outweigh the benefits of taking sleeping pills and other sedatives, say researchers in this week's British Medical Journal.Insomnia can often affect the quality of life for older people and between 5 percent and 33 percent of older people in the UK are prescribed sleeping pills such as benzodiazepine. International Adoptees Have Fewer Behavior Problems Than Domestic Adop
Most international children who are adopted are well-adjusted and have fewer behavioral problems than children who are adopted domestically, according to an article in the May 25 issue of JAMA. Street Lit Takes a Hit: An African American Author Raps the Genre, But
This 2006 article discusses how "urban fiction, street lit, ghetto fiction, gangsta lit, whatever you call it, this gritty genre of African American writing is enormously popular, both in bookstores and libraries,"but is not popular with Nick Chiles, an education reporter and author, who believe these novels glamorize black criminals. From LibraryJournal.com. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Programs To Boost Physical Activity: Mail May Be More Effective Than O
Personalized programs that provide feedback and motivation through mail or phone counseling offer a cost-effective way to promote healthy behaviors, such as exercise. Researchers found feedback delivered via mail was equally as effective at increasing physical activity in the short-term and potentially more effective long-term than feedback delivered via phone counseling. Study: Arctic Undergoing Holistic Climate-change Response
From glaciers to caribou, rivers to roads, Arctic climate change is having a broad effect on almost every aspect of life in the North. That's the conclusion University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers and others outline in a paper to be published in the October 2005 issue of the journal "Climatic Change."
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