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Experimental Medication Kicks Depression In Hours Instead Of Weeks
Current antidepressants take weeks to work. Aiming at a different brain-cell target than the ones current medications hit, scientists kicked depression in treatment-resistant patients in hours. Sea Level On The Rise -- In Real And Virtual Worlds
The climate system, and in particular sea level, may be responding more quickly to rising carbon emissions than climate scientists have estimated with climate models. Biologists Discover Why 10 Percent Of Europeans Are Safe From HIV Infe
Biologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV. Toward Tapping The Potential Of 'Stranded' Natural Gas
Newly discovered chemical catalysts may be an answer to the century-long search for economical ways of using natural gas now burned or "flared"as waste in huge quantities, scientists in the United States and Germany report. Researchers Consider Possible Mechanistic Links Between Obesity And As
Reports have shown that nearly 75 percent of emergency room visits for asthma have been among obese individuals and studies have shown that obesity pre-dates asthma. The risk for developing asthma increases with increasing obesity among individuals. Yet little is known about how obesity influences asthma. Do Women Fare Worse With Some Heart Devices?
While ICDs -- implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- are the device of choice to manage abnormal heart rhythms, a new study led by cardiologists suggests that women with ICDs fare less well than their male counterparts. Researchers Identify Key Step In Cocaine-induced Heart Enlargement, Su
Cocaine, in concentrations commonly sold on the street, causes the abnormal buildup of primitive proteins in heart muscle -- a process that can ultimately lead to sudden death, a new study reports. IPods Top Jukeboxes, DJs
So many people can bring their iPods to a bar and share favorites with the crowd, jukeboxes are gathering dust and DJs may become superfluous. Helping Muscle Regenerate
Blocking a central signal molecule, researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, have found a way to protect muscle from degenerating after injury and to improve muscle healing in mice. The study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and suggests molecules with potential to speed up the regeneration of damaged muscle as promising drug targets for new therapies against muscle wasting. Let's Party: A Guide to Drug-free Parties for 5th-8th Graders
"This website is a resource for parents to help their fifth through eighth grade children as they begin to host and attend parties."Provides suggestions for parents for party planning, rules, invitations, curfews, and more. Includes party game and food ideas. Also available in Spanish. From the University of Illinois Extension.
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