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Tips For Safe and Happy Holidays
This brochure suggests ways to prevent theft and burglaries during the holiday season, including ideas for making your home look occupied, awareness while shopping, caution when answering the door, and taking a household inventory. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the National Crime Prevention Council. Sexes Differ In Their Immune Reactions To Burnout On The Job And Depre
Recent findings show that work-related burnout can lead to inflammatory processes, which plays a key role in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory-linked illness. Now, researchers find evidence that men and women differ in their inflammatory reactions to work-related burnout and depression. Massive MicroRNA Scan Uncovers Leads To Treating Muscle Degeneration
An increasing number of genes have been linked to muscular dystrophy and related disorders that cause muscle weakness and wasting, but it's still largely unknown how these genes cause disease, and, more importantly, how to translate the discoveries into treatments. A wealth of new clues about how muscle function is regulated has been found by analyzing microRNAs -- tiny bits of code that govern gene expression. [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... MedlinePlus: Phobias
Collection of links to material about phobias, which are known as anxiety disorders in extreme cases. Topics include treatments and coping, specific conditions (such as social phobia), related issues (such as panic disorders and agoraphobia), and fears and phobias in children and teens. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Allergic Reactions To Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents Are Rare, Study
Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients (those younger than 19 years of age) are rare, according to a recent study. "When these reactions do occur, most of them are mild,"said the lead author of the study. Love At First Sight Of Your Body Fat
When we choose a partner for a relationship there may be many and complex reasons for our choice, but it has been known for many years that we tend to select people with characteristics similar to our own. For instance, tall people tend to marry other tall people, and we tend to marry within our own social class, within our own educational class, and within our own race. Scientists call this assortative mating. They have now revealed that we also choose partners with a similar body fatness to our own. Hackers Supersize Zune Hard Drive
A relatively easy hardware mod gives Microsoft's music player an enormous upgrade. In Gear Factor. Medicare "Drug Finder"Hits Snag
November 2005 article and audio file of a radio story about issues with the implementation of Medicare's "Prescription Drug Plan Finder"website, which is "supposed to help people pick their drug coverage"under Medicare's prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D), registration for which begins November 15, 2005. Includes a link to the Medicare website and a toll-free telephone number. From National Public Radio (NPR). Researchers Learn Why Immune System's Watch Dogs Howl
A class of proteins known as toll-like receptors are the guard dogs of the immune system, sniffing out bacteria or viruses then rousing the rest of the immune system for attack. Because of their ability to activate the body's defenses, toll-like receptors are a darling of drug developers. New research identifies what protein alerts toll-like receptor 9, one of the most powerful guard dogs in the pack.
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