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Ice Cream May Target The Brain Before Your Hips, Study Suggests
Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night's football game. M. D. Anderson Researchers Discover Key Protein In Psoriasis
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center simultaneously have resolved a controversy over the cause of psoriasis and developed the first mouse model that fully mimics the human disorder. What's more, the scientists have demonstrated they can block the signals that lead to psoriasis in their mouse model with a topical skin treatment that can prevent new outbreaks as well as treat existing psoriatic plaques. The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
This site provides information about the mission of the Kinsey Institute, and its history, publications, and research programs. It has selections from the famous "Kinsey Reports"of 1948 and 1953, including a photographic history of the project. Also includes biographical materials about Dr. Alfred Kinsey, a brief video clip of Dr. Kinsey, and a FAQ about the 2004 film "Kinsey."From the University of Indiana. Cheaper Gas Hurts Hybrid Sales
Hybrids didn't keep up with the rest of the auto industry's offerings in the weeks before the November election, but resurgent fuel prices should keep the gas-electric cars popular. In Autopia. Will Eisner.com
Official site for this comic and graphic novel writer and artist who died in January 2005. The site provides a biography; a bibliography of his graphic novels, biographical and instructional works, and works featuring the Spirit; images of an adaptation of "Oliver Twist"; and a link to information about his John Law detective character. Also includes links to related sites. The Problem With Self-help Books: The Negative Side To Positive Self-s
In times of doubt and uncertainty, many Americans turn to self-help books in search of encouragement, guidance and self-affirmation. The positive self-statements suggested in these books, such as "I am a lovable person" or "I will succeed," are designed to lift a person's low self-esteem and push them into positive action. According to a recent study in Psychological Science, however, these statements can actually have the opposite effect. Alzheimer's Disease Linked To Glaucoma
Scientists have shown for the first time that key proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease are also implicated in glaucoma, the major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Research has also shown that novel drugs being trialed for Alzheimer's disease may be used to treat glaucoma. New Tool Reveals Secrets Of Migrating Cells
Cells migrate in many, if not all, tissues, but their treks have until now been inferred from observations of chemically fixed tissue at different stages of development. A new tool, two-photon imaging, is changing all that. UC Berkeley immunologists Ellen Robey and Colleen Witt report their imaging studies of T cells in an intact, living thymus, which show immature cells wandering randomly until they receive a signal that sends them beelining away. FDA OKs Silicone Breast Implants
The feds give the green light to lifting the ban on the controversial implants. In Bodyhack. Physical Pain Aggravates Majority Of Americans, According To Poll
More than half of all Americans are limping through life these days with the aggravation of on-again, off-again pain or the utter misery of hard-to-treat chronic pain. The result is less work, crankier mood and fewer activities, combined with a wide-ranging search for pain relief. These findings come from a recent nationwide survey sponsored by Stanford University Medical Center, ABC News and USA Today.
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