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New Way Of Tracking Muscle Damage From Radiation
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could become a valuable tool for predicting the risk of muscle injury during and following radiation therapy, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Colliding Galaxies Make Love, Not War
A new Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters of stars. The brightest and most compact of these are called super star clusters. UT Southwestern Lead Site For Study Of A New Multiple Sclerosis Drug
UT Southwestern Medical Center is the lead research site testing a new treatment for a rare form of multiple sclerosis. Called "primary progressive,"this type of MS affects about 15 percent of patients with the neurodegenerative disease. File Sharers Win More Protection
A Pennsylvania court orders internet service providers to give detailed notice of how alleged file sharers can respond to subpoenas from the music industry. Meanwhile, the RIAA sues another 750 people. By Katie Dean. LII Tip of the Week: Learn About Our New Site
Use the About pages on the LII website to learn about new features, find out where your favorite features went (hint: they may be in the "View Info"feature on each item), and read up on LII. Penn Researchers Study The Use Of Ultrasound For Treatment Of Cancer
For the first time, ultrasound is being used in animal models -- to treat cancer by disrupting tumor blood vessels. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine completed a study in mice in which they used ultrasound both to see a tumor's blood perfusion and then to treat it with a continuous wave of low-level ultrasound. Study Indicates Ineffectiveness Of Activating Natural Painkillers In J
Researchers at the University of Calgary set out to determine the effectiveness of endomorphin 1, with a painkilling capacity equal to or greater than morphine -- on knee joint pain. Their subjects were male rats with induced arthritis, both acute and chronic. Their findings shed light on why u-opioid therapy may not work to control long-term arthritis pain. Nutritional Detective Work In Botswana
Many Americans have a soft spot for Botswana, developed while reading the best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. But few have had a chance to do any sleuthing of their own in that African country. That changed when one researcher learned how little data existed about the health and nutrition of that country's elderly. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Chronically Sleep Deprived? You Can't Make Up For Lost Sleep
Little is known about the health consequences of chronic partial sleep loss -- losing a little bit of sleep over a period of days, months or even years. Now Northwestern University researchers have discovered that when animals are partially sleep deprived over consecutive days they do not attempt to catch up on sleep, despite an accumulating sleep deficit. Their study is the first to show that repeated partial sleep loss negatively affects an animal's ability to compensate for lost sleep.
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