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Gifts That Keep on Giving
The kid wants an iPod, your wife wants a digital camera and you covet an obscenely large plasma TV. Forget it. Here are some Luddite gift suggestions. Commentary by Tony Long. Hepatitis E In Europe: Are Pigs Or Pork The Problem?
Hepatitis E virus infections can be fatal in pregnant women, but until recently doctors thought the disease was confined to China, India and developing countries. Now people are also contracting the disease in Europe according to scientists. Nerve-stimulation Therapy For Patients With Treatment-resistant Depres
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is the first in the greater New York City-area to offer Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy as a long-term treatment specifically approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). VNS Therapy is approved as a long-term adjunctive (add-on) treatment for patients 18 years of age and older who are experiencing a major depressive episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate antidepressant treatments. UK Biobank Gets Go-Ahead For Massive Medical Project To Improve Preven
The multimillion pound medical project to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases that kill, disable or cause widespread misery (such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, mental illness, joint disease and other debilitating conditions) -- announced (August 22) it has received the go-ahead to roll out its program nationwide. Recruitment of half a million people in UK starts at the end of the year. Eelgrass Provides A Refuge From Predators For Some Fish Species
The meadows of eelgrass found in lagoons along the Atlantic seacoast have a long history of providing a habitat for fish and invertebrates of many species. Despite this long history, it has proven difficult to document and quantify the relationships between eelgrass cover and the abundance of fish and crabs on a larger scale. Young Coders Summer on Google
Google's Summer of Code pays hundreds of students to work on open-source projects, hooking them up with big-name mentors. But a few of the kids are feeling the heat. Joanna Glasner reports from the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon. National Quilt Register
"The National Quilt Register is a major initiative of the Pioneer Women's Hut, a museum located ... in southern NSW, Australia. ... It is our policy to collect domestic objects relating to rural families, especially the women and by gathering the stories put these objects in the context of their lives."The online exhibit of dozens of quilts is searchable, and browsable by story theme or quilt style. Picking Sides in the Console War
Look out, Xbox: Sony and Nintendo launch their new gaming consoles this weekend. Which next-gen entertainment platform is right for you? By Chris Kohler. Students Discover 11,000-Year-Old Remains Of Irish Elk
A group of history students have discovered the antler of an Irish Elk in cliffs near Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. Although the exact age of the antler has yet to be determined, the position of the remains indicates that the elk (Megaloceros giganteus) lived around 11,000 years ago. The giant deer roamed the open tundra landscape that was widespread in northern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age, as the glaciers retreated northwards. Viruses, Trojans and Remote Snooping: Hackers Release Their Own iPhone
Apple announces an iPhone software developer's kit will be released in February. But hackers already have their own sophisticated SDK for getting code on the iPhone, including viruses, Trojans and the ability to snoop on audio and video.
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