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Chesapeake Bay: Our History and Our Future
Historical information about this estuary in the eastern United States and the bay's watershed, which encompasses six states (New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia). Topics addressed include Native Americans, the colonial period, oyster wars, 20th century, economy, lighthouses, and watermen ("men and women who make a living by fishing, crabbing, and oystering"). Includes images, a bibliography, and links to related sites. From the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Spirituality, Religious Practice May Slow Progression Of Alzheimer's D
Spirituality and the practice of religion may help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach. Tuberculosis Patients Can Reduce Transmissability By Inhaling Interfer
A new study has found that patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis receiving anti-TB medications supplemented with nebulized interferon-gamma have fewer bacilli in the lungs and less inflammation, thereby reducing the transmissibility of tuberculosis in the early phase of treatment. Arthritis Drug Helps Debilitating Inflammatory Disease
Anakinra brings marked improvement in symptoms and inflammation of neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). Facts for Features Special Edition: 50th Daytona 500
Collection of statistics related to the "50th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 17 [2008, which] is being billed as the 'most anticipated event in [auto] racing history.'"Features changes in population, prices, and trends from 1959 (when NASCAR's 200-lap, 500-mile stock-car race was first run at Daytona International Speedway in Florida) to 2008, and statistics for Daytona Beach, Florida, Deltona-Daytona Beach Metro Area, auto racing, and automobiles. From the U.S. Census Bureau. ESA Astronaut Goes Underwater To Test European Robotic Arm
The WET model of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) was comprehensively inspected and tested at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow last week. The impressive robotic arm is over 11 metres in length and weighs 630 kg. Once ERA reaches the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) will be its home base. With the help of seven joints, a variety of tools and its electronics, the astronaut's aid can move insect-like around the Russian ISS segments and will be used for a variety of tasks. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. High Rates Of HIV Infection Documented Among Young Nepalese Girls Sex-
A study of girls and women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal to India and then repatriated, has found that 38 percent were HIV positive. The infection rate exceeded 60 percent among girls forced into prostitution prior to age 15 years. One in seven of the study's participants had been trafficked into sexual servitude prior to this young age. Critical Link Between Obesity And Diabetes Discovered
A new study has shown a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease. Too Much Selenium Can Increase Your Cholesterol
Taking too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10 percent, according to new research.
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