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Wired's Top 10 Gifts We'd Love to Get From a classic Slinky toy to 007's watch, we tell you why these 10 gadgets and gizmos top the list we're e-mailing to the North Pole. As far as who's naughty and nice, well that's a different story. Innovative Medical Device Screens For Numerous Medical Problems Engineers have developed a medical diagnosis system that would allow people to be inexpensively screened for a variety of medical problems. The device will address the issue of affordable health care in China, where health care costs are major contributors to poverty. Although China's health care system is in a state of reform, lack of health insurance, especially in rural areas, prevent many Chinese people from seekingmedical care. Disease-fighting Chemicals In Apples Could Reduce The Risk Of Breast C An apple a day can help keep breast cancer away, according to a study in rats by food scientists at Cornell University. Making Delicious Snack Foods With Extra Healthful Fiber Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind. But now scientists are researching ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing what we like about our favorite snacks. Researchers will be experimenting with extrusion processing to make fiber-enriched flour taste like the kind used in most cookies and tortillas, so that manufacturers can make a more healthful snacking alternatives that consumers want to eat. WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Agains "The first-ever World Health Organization (WHO) study on domestic violence reveals that intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence in women's lives -- much more so than assault or rape by strangers or acquaintances."The full text of the 2005 report (with data and quotes) is accompanied by fact sheets with information about women's health and domestic violence in Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Samoa, and several other countries. How Stem Cells Decide To Become Either Skeletal Or Smooth Muscle Researchers have discovered that a key protein controls how stem cells 'choose'to become either skeletal muscle cells that move limbs, or smooth muscle cells that support blood vessels. The results suggest new ways to treat atherosclerosis and cancer, diseases that involve the creation of new blood vessels from stem cell reserves that would otherwise replace worn out skeletal muscle. Free Science Magazines Grab a free subscription to a wide range of science magazines, including Nature Methods, The Scientist, Small Times, Genetic Engineering News, and many more. All FREE!!! Specific Cell That Causes Eye Cancer Identified, Disproving Long-held The cell that gives rise to the eye cancer retinoblastoma has now been identified, disproving a long-standing principle of nerve growth and development. The finding suggests for the first time that it may one day be possible for scientists to induce fully developed neurons to multiply and coax the injured brain to repair itself. Breast Cancer And Hormone Therapy -- A Looking-glass Mirror? A new study raises the issue of a direct link between breast cancer incidence and use of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT). Breast cancer incidence and mammography screening rates during 1980--2006 showed similar but not synchronous periodic fluctuations. The implication that HT use equates to the risk of breast cancer is therefore too simplistic and inappropriate. Scientists Launch New Study Into Canine Arthritis Veterinary scientists at the University of Liverpool want to recruit 20 Labrador dogs to a new study into osteoarthritis of the elbow.
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