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Stroke Drug Still Meets Resistance From Doctors Wary Of Its Risks
Forty percent of ER doctors say they're unlikely to give stroke patients the only FDA-approved drug shown to improve their prognosis, even in an ideal setting,mostly because of the fear of causing brain bleeding. But the rest said that if they had neurologists and a brain scanner available to help them, they'd give the drug, called tPA. Viagra-like Drugs Can Treat Erectile Dysfunction In Men With Diabetes
Around half of all men with diabetes have at least one episode during the course of their condition when they fail to maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. Many different strategies have been used to overcome this, but a Cochrane Review of clinical trials shows that three phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors, sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra) and tadalafil (Cialis) increased diabetic men's satisfaction with their sexual life, compared to placebo. Shaping Youth, Sustaining Life: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the
This 2004 audio presentation recounts the story "of men who either worked in CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] camps in the Pacific Northwest, or who worked in camps across the nation and now call the Pacific Northwest their home."During the Great Depression, the CCC "provided over 3 million young men the opportunity to combat poverty, hunger and economic adversity"by offering conservation work in forests and parks. From Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington State. Pigment Formulated 225 Years Ago Could Be Key In Emerging Technologies
A mixture of zinc oxide and cobalt, first formulated in 1780 as a pigment called cobalt green, appears capable of allowing electrons to be manipulated magnetically at room temperature without losing its magnetism. Using Field Identification to Hire Santa Claus (Or Other Customer Serv
This article provides an explanation of the use of the field identification (FI) recruiting strategy and its applications for hiring Santa Claus and other talent for retail settings. Discusses methods for identifying customer service talent beyond the classified ad approach. From a human resources specialist. Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' On The Nanoscale
In a first-of-its-kind achievement, scientists at the University of Iowa, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University have directly imaged the magnetic interactions between two magnetic atoms less than one nanometer apart (one billionth of a meter) and embedded in a semiconductor chip. Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins shown to run an export business that pr
A protein complex mutated in human disease removes excess signaling molecules to prevent them from damaging cilia, say researchers. Floating Lovers Count Too -- In The Health Of Eagle Populations
In a paper from the November issue of the American Naturalist, Vincenzo Penteriani, Fermín Otalora, and Miguel Ferrer, researchers at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain), focus on the forgotten and invisible side of animal populations -- the floaters. Floaters are dispersed individuals who enter the reproductive population when breeding territory or a potential mate become available. Dads Break Bones Of Children More Often Than Moms
Dads break or fracture the bones of their children far more often than moms, and they tend to inflict their abusive rage on infants younger than five months old, according to a study in Child Abuse &Neglect. Huge Cloud Of High Temperature Gas Found In Orion Nebula
Right in time for the festive season, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus.
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