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California Solutions for Global Warming
Website from the supporters of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, "California's first-in-the-nation laws to stop global warming,"and related legislation. Features background about a package of bills signed into law in September 2006 designed "to reduce California’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping pollution,"reports about global warming and clean energy solutions, links to news, and more. In English and Spanish. From Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Vascular Biologists Make A Significant Discovery In Neurobiology
Researchers investigating blood vessels have hit upon a new discovery in neurobiology that could have implications for patients experiencing peripheral nerve disorders. The research reports on the previously unknown expression and function of a particular cell adhesion molecule, junctional adhesion molecule-C (JAM-C), in peripheral nerves. Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael
"A multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado,"compiled by Juan Rael in 1940. Includes audio of alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes; and writings by Rael. Additionally, features essays (also available in Spanish) on Rael, the Nuevo Mexicanos of the Upper Rio Grande region, and Hispano Folk Theater in New Mexico. Searchable by bibliographic record and browsable by performer and audio title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Common Alternative Treatment For Liver Disease Is Found To Be Ineffect
Results of high-quality randomized clinical trials have determined that milk thistle extract, a widely used alternative medication, may not have any significant influence on the course of patients with alcoholic liver disease or hepatitis B or C liver disease. These findings are published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Doing Nature One Better: Expanding The Genetic Code In Living Mammalia
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a novel strategy to expand the natural repertoire of 20 amino acids in mammalian cells, including neurons, and successfully inserted tailor-made amino acids into proteins in these cells. In a powerful demonstration of the method's versatility, they then used unnatural amino acids to determine the operating mechanism of the "molecular gates"that regulate the movement of potassium ions in and out of nerve cells. Preventive Ovary Removal Linked To Early Death In Younger Women, Mayo
Death rates rise when women under 45 years old undergo bilateral ovariectomy -- surgical removal of both ovaries -- and do not receive proper hormone replacement therapy, according to a new Mayo Clinic study to be published in the October 1 issue of The Lancet Oncology. Mortality from all causes increased 1.7 times for women in this age category, and was particularly increased for estrogen-related cancers and diseases of the brain and cardiovascular system. How Cells Change The Pace Of Their Steps
For the first time, scientists have been able to make precise measurements of the repetitive forces and strain energies exerted by cells on the move, information with broad significance to medical research. Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark, the Quivira Co
Companion to an exhibition of "maps, books and illustrations, dated 1544 through 1802, of the west coast of North America."View annotated map images (some with audio clips) on topics such as early explorers, California as an island, secret Russian exploration in the Pacific, Captain James Cook's voyages to the north Pacific, and overland to the Pacific in the late 1700s. From the Sonoma County (California) Museum and a California winery. Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the r
Scientists provide the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates the death of a transplanted heart. Parkinson’s patients who are pathological gamblers also display abno
People with Parkinson’s Disease are more likely to display abnormal social behaviour and make poor decisions in ambiguous circumstances if they are pathological gamblers. A number of studies have already associated pathological gambling with Parkinson’s, suggesting that it is a frequent impulse control disorder associated mainly with dopamine replacement therapy. The findings of this new research suggest that this particular drug therapy can induce dysfunction in the areas of the brain that control 'affective decision making'.
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