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Low To Moderate Blood Alcohol Level Linked To Reduced Mortality Follow
Patients who have low to moderate blood alcohol levels may be less likely to die after arriving at the hospital with a traumatic brain injury than those with no alcohol in their bloodstream, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, those with the highest alcohol levels appear to have an increased risk of dying in the hospital. Selective Breeding Gets Modern
Faced with a consumer backlash, biotech is working on genetically engineered food without the genetic engineering. Good old-fashioned crossbreeding is getting a high-tech boost. By Griffin Wright. Got a Big Bankroll? Take the Plunge With Top-Shelf Tech
When money is seriously not an issue, you can't go wrong picking up any one of these pricey playthings.
 [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an Englishamateur league mat
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. [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. AIDS Vaccine Field Moves Toward Larger-scale Efficacy Trials: Voluntee
Researchers report final results from a collection of independent studies reexamining the medical criteria for including African volunteers in AIDS vaccine trials. The findings suggest that many healthy Southern and East Africans have, in the past, been excluded from participating in trials based on laboratory reference ranges that were developed for Western populations and may not be appropriate locally. Implementation of the results of the studies should improve participation of African volunteers in clinical trials for new drugs and vaccines against emerging infectious diseases currently ravaging Africa, including AIDS, TB and malaria, and enable clinicians to better monitor and define adverse events in trials. Dozens Of New Temples At Angkor Discovered With Satellite Data
Australian researchers using NASA technology to map the medieval city of Angkor have discovered at least 74 new temples. "We've mapped a huge settlement beyond the main temples at Angkor using radar imaging and other satellite data,"said one of the researchers. Droplets That Roll Uphill
Physicist have shown that liquid drops can defy gravity. Droplets of liquid on an inclined plate that is shaken up and down can travel uphill rather than sliding down. In fact, if the plate vibrates at the right rate, the droplets will always travel counter-intuitively up the incline. Umbilical Cord Clamping Should Be Delayed,Says Expert
Clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord should be delayed for three minutes after birth, particularly for preterm infants, according to a new article. For the mother, trials show that early cord clamping has no ill effects, the doctor writes. But what about the baby? [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...
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