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Celebrating Wildflowers Coloring Books
Offers coloring pages featuring plants and wild flowers from the northwestern United States and the Texas hill country. Drawings are indexed by scientific name and common name. Also includes an online gallery where children exhibit their work, information about the illustrators, a list of botanical coloring books, wildflower resources for teachers, and information about scientific names, common names, and noxious weeds. From the Plant Conservation Alliance. More Than Half The US Population Is Sensitive To One Or More Allergens
More than fifty percent of the US population tested positive to one or more allergens, according to a large national study. The new findings, based on data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), shows that 54.3% of individuals aged 6-59 years old had a positive skin test response to at least one of the 10 allergens tested. Inexpensive Bio-Inspired Materials That Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the US Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature's use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced Wednesday (June 6). Deciphering Medspeak
This resource helps you decipher the specialized language of health professionals, known as "medspeak."Includes common medical terms and prefixes and suffixes. Also provides a medical shorthand guide, a list of recommended Web sites, and tips for evaluating online health care information. From the Medical Library Association. Why Poor Kids May Make Sicker Adults
Scientists have known for years that people living in poverty have poorer health and shorter lifespans than the more affluent. Now researchers have identified several key mechanisms in 13-year-olds that may help explain how low socioeconomic status takes its toll on health. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive
This online exhibition includes high resolution scans (some with transcriptions) of Thomas Jefferson's manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence, Farm Book, Garden Book, 1783 Catalog of Books, 1789 Catalog of Books, and Architectural Drawings. From the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Reading A Face Is Tricky Business
Reading the face of a person who is trying to conceal fear or other emotions is tricky business, according to a new study of electrical activity in the brain. Though such "microexpressions"as a brief flash of fear are unlikely to be consciously noticed, they still may seep into the visual system, bubbling just beneath consciousness, and affect how you treat and judge others. Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensiv
Annotated list from October 2006 of authoritative websites on the "invisible web."The "invisible web comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines simply are not able to index."Topics include search engines, art, online books, business, consumer, finance, government, international, law, health, science, and transportation. Librarians' Internet Index is listed. From the Online Education Database (OEDb), a site that offers reviews of online schools and degree programs. New Study Shows That Being Overweight At Middle Age Can Be Harmful
Being overweight during midlife is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new study conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with AARP, the nation's leading organization for persons 50-Plus. Results of the study appear in the August 24, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Renal Transplant Recipients'Genetic Makeup Does Not Negatively Impact
Scientists report that when people with a transplanted kidney take fluvastatin, a drug against cardiovascular disease, their response to the drug is not influenced by their genetic composition. People who receive a transplanted kidney are at risk of developing potentially fatal premature cardiovascular disease. One way to prevent this from happening is by taking fluvastatin, a drug that significantly reduces myocardial infarction and cardiac death. But patients'genetic makeup has been reported to prevent similar cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as pravastatin, from working properly.
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