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Cancer Patients Who Are Separated When Diagnosed Have Worse Survival R
Among unmarried cancer patients, those who are separated at the time of diagnosis do not live as long as widowed, divorced, and never married patients. It Takes A Village: Female Ducks Negotiate Joint Rearing Of Ducklings
Female eider ducks are well known to team up and share the work of rearing ducklings, but it now appears that they also negotiate not only how much effort each puts into the partnership, but also profit-sharing. An international group of scientists used a long-running study of the eider population in a Finnish archipelago to test predictions about how each hen seeks to maximize her benefits from the partnership without making it so unattractive that other hens withdraw their participation. Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life, Says Research
Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State University professor Jack Farmer. Of the two, he says, with today's exploration technology we can most easily look for evidence for past life, preserved as fossil "biosignatures"in old rocks. Programs To Boost Physical Activity: Mail May Be More Effective Than O
Personalized programs that provide feedback and motivation through mail or phone counseling offer a cost-effective way to promote healthy behaviors, such as exercise. Researchers found feedback delivered via mail was equally as effective at increasing physical activity in the short-term and potentially more effective long-term than feedback delivered via phone counseling. Cell's Tiny Power Source Critical For Synapse Function
Mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside all plant and animal cells, play a critical role in the health and well-being of synapses, neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Center for Learning and Memory report in the Dec. 17 issue of the journal Cell. Aging With GRACE: Improving Health Care For Older Adults
A JAMA study reports success by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers in both improving quality of care and health-related quality of life measures while reducing emergency department use for low income seniors. Hospital admissions also were reduced in the second year of the program in a group at high risk for hospital admission. Out Of Africa: Scientists Uncover History Of Honey Bee
"Every honey bee alive today had a common ancestor in Africa"is one conclusion drawn by a team of scientists that probed the origin of the species and the movements of introduced populations, including African "killer"bees in the New World. Wildlife of Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil
Fact sheet about this Australian mammal, which "cannot be mistaken for any other marsupial. Its spine-chilling screeches, black colour, and reputed bad-temper, led the early European settlers to call it The Devil."Includes a FAQ, images, video and audio clips, and information about Devil Facial Tumour Disease affecting the Tasmanian devil population. From Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. Study Finds Anticonvulsant Drug Poses Greater Birth-defect Risk Than S
Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications. In the March 22 issue of Neurology, researchers from the North American AED (Antiepileptic Drug) Pregnancy Registry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) report that women taking valproate alone had a fourfold increased risk of having a child with a major malformation, compared with the risk among women taking other anticonvulsants. Britain to Allow Car Transmitters
The Brits finally move to let people use personal FM transmitters such as the Griffin iTrip to connect their iPods to car stereos. Plus: Zune Hack: Trade Any File, Quick In Listening Post.
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