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Rehab For Fried Food Loving Couch Dwellers Northwestern University is using an economics theory to rehab people with lousy health habits. Researchers want participants to just change two unhealthy behaviors to see if the others will tag along. Sort of a buy two, get two free sale based on the Behavioral Economics Theory used by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman. Couch potatoes also get an arsenal of high-tech tools to help them make the changes. Brain Changes In Alzheimer's Disease Are More Likely To Present As Dem Researchers from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center found that plaques and tangles in the brain, the changes seen in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), are more likely to be expressed as dementia in women than in men. Improving Doctor-patient Communication Yields Significant Health Benef A simple tool can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety. The new communication tool involves a computer-generated weekly calendar with color images of the medication to be taken each day, combined with instructions written in English and in a patient's native language if the patient does not speak English. New Control System Of The Body Discovered Researchers have ameliorated inflammation of the brain in mice caused by immune cells. A receptor they discovered on T cells in the CNS plays the key role. They showed that this bradykinin receptor 1 controls the infiltration of immune cells into the CNS. When they activated B1 in mice with encephalitis, the inflammation markedly decreased. This may unveil a new target for the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Adding one single gene to yeast dramatically improves bioethanol produ With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers have achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ethanol, less acetate and elimination of the major by-product glycerol' Cell Structure Interactive animated lessons provide material and tests about prokaryote, animal, and plant cells. At the end of this lesson, you should be able to recognize the difference between these types of cells and "understand the function of the organelles in theses different cells."Also includes a "construct a cell"feature. From a college textbook publisher. Mystery of golden ratio explained The golden ratio is a geometric proportion that has been theorized to be the most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and has been the root of countless mysteries over the centuries. Now, an engineer has found it to be a compelling springboard to unify vision, thought and movement under a single law of nature's design. [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... Antidepressants Linked To Lower Child Suicide Rates UIC researchers report an inverse relationship between antidepressant prescriptions and the rates of suicide in children and adolescents, a finding that contradicts the Food and Drug Administration's "black box"warning for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medications, also known as SSRI drugs. Election Spawns New Hope for Tech The Democrats' resounding victory in the midterm elections portends changes in all spheres of American life. What will it mean for science and technology? A Wired News report.
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