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Fueling fitness on the final frontier

(Michigan State University) Think keeping in shape is an uphill battle? Try staying fit in space, where living quarters are cramped and prolonged weightlessness withers muscle and bone.

Save the date: American Chemical Society National Meeting, Sept. 8-12, 2013, in Indianapolis

(American Chemical Society) The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, invites news media coverage of its 246th National Meeting & Exposition, September 8-12, 2013, in Indianapolis, Ind. It will take place at the Indiana C...

Challenges encountered in surgical management of spine trauma in morbidly obese patients

(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Physicians in Australia describe the logistic, medical, and societal challenges faced in treating spine trauma in morbidly obese patients. Based on a case series of six patients injured in high-speed motor v...

Sexual function in older adults with thoracolumbar–pelvic instrumentation

(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Surgeons investigated sexual function in 62 patients, 50 years and older, who had received extensive spinal-pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity at the University of Virginia Health Center. Based on t...

New search engine finds rare diagnoses

(Technical University of Denmark) Doctors are trained to think "common disease" when they meet patients in their practices, and as they rarely or never meet a rare disease, it often takes many years to reach the right diagnosis. A new search tool cal...

Home schooling: An option being discussed

(Elhuyar Fundazioa) Dr. Madalen Goiria of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has produced a thesis in which she analyses the juridical situation of home schooling, a social reality that lacks legal regulation in the Spanish State. By focuss...

Warning images for cigarette packs proposed by Europe do not make enough emotional impact

(University of Granada) Not only are some of the images not perceived as negative -- people actually see them as positive. So, they could have the opposite effect by motivating people to approach the stimulus, that is, tobacco.

Small but speedy: Short plants live in the evolutionary fast lane

(National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)) Biologists have known for a long time that some creatures evolve more quickly than others. Exactly why isn't well understood, particularly for plants. But it may be that height plays a role, says Rob...

Origins of human culture linked to rapid climate change

(Cardiff University) Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research. The research, published this month in Natu...

14 closely related crocodiles existed around 5 million years ago

(University of Zurich) 14 species of crocodile lived in South America around 5 million years ago, at least seven of which populated the coastal areas of the Urumaco River in Venezuela at the same time. Paleontologists from the University of Zurich ha...

EMBO announces 52 new members for 2013

(European Molecular Biology Organization) EMBO announced today that 52 outstanding researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to its membership. 43 of the researchers reside in Europe and neighboring countries and are accompanied by the elec...

21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

(Eta Florence Renewable Energies) The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition represents one of the key events in Europe and worldwide for companies and professionals operating at the top end of the biomass and bioenergy sector.

New tumor-killer shows great promise in suppressing cancers

(Nanyang Technological University) Scientists from Nanyang Technological University and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumor cells.

Insight into the dazzling impact of insulin in cells

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Australian scientists have charted the path of insulin action in cells in precise detail like never before. This provides a comprehensive blueprint for understanding what goes wrong in diabetes. The breakthrough...

Delayed transfer to the ICU increases risk of death in hospital patients

(American Thoracic Society) Delayed transfer to the intensive care unit in hospitalized patients significantly increases the risk of dying in the hospital, according to a new study from researchers in Chicago.

Antibiotic therapy appears beneficial for patients with COPD

(American Thoracic Society) Extended use of a common antibiotic may prolong the time between hospitalizations for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter study which compared th...

Asthma symptoms impair sleep quality and school performance in children

(American Thoracic Society) The negative effects of poorly controlled asthma symptoms on sleep quality and academic performance in urban schoolchildren has been confirmed in a new study.

Exercise levels may predict hospitalizations in COPD population

(American Thoracic Society) Clinical measurement of physical activity appears to be an independent predictor of whether or not patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will end up being hospitalized, according to a new study conduct...

Monoclonal antibody appears effective and safe in asthma Phase IIa trial

(American Thoracic Society) A novel approach to obstructing the runaway inflammatory response implicated in some types of asthma has shown promise in a Phase IIa clinical trial, according to US researchers.

Treatment with A1-PI slows the progression of emphysema in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

(American Thoracic Society) Treatment with an Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor, a naturally occurring protein that protects lung tissue from breakdown and protects the lung's elasticity, is effective in slowing the progression of emphysema in patients wi...

Racial disparities in the surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer

(American Thoracic Society) The surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer in US hospitals varies widely depending on the race of the patient, according to a new study.

Genetic predictors of postpartum depression uncovered by Hopkins researchers

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum depression.

'Whodunnit' of Irish potato famine solved

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century.

Dr. Laurie Glimcher receives the Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award

(Weill Cornell Medical College) Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University, is the winner of a prestigious award from a group of female scientists...

UCSB study shows where scene context happens in our brain

(University of California - Santa Barbara) In a remote fishing community in Venezuela, a lone fisherman sits on a cliff overlooking the southern Caribbean Sea. This man -- the lookout -- is responsible for directing his comrades on the water, who are...