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Songs about science XVI: return of the giant isopod - March 09, 2009. Back in 2007 – before The Great Beyond had even started its songs about science series – a strange charity compilation album was brought to our attention. …

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Merck’s mega-merger - March 09, 2009. merck sp.bmp Pharma companies Merck and Schering-Plough are to merge, with the former paying $41.1 billion to the latter’s shareholders. Rather boringly, the new company will avoid having to pay …

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Global warming now past tense - March 09, 2009. Holed up in a hotel near New York’s Times Square are hundreds of leading figures in the debate that won’t go away – climate change. Those talking at the Heartland Institute’s conference …

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer’s disease to brain damage in humans with no signs of mental impairment. Although their cognitive and neurological assessments were normal, study participants with lower levels of a substance known as amyloid beta 42 in their cerebrospinal fluid had reduced whole brain volumes, suggesting that Alzheimer’s changes might already be damaging their brains.

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A new study has found for the first time that maintenance therapy with the novel antibody, rituximab following cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone therapy improves progression-free survival in patients with stage III-IV indolent lymphoma, according to Howard S. Hochster, M.D. of NYU Langone Medical Center, lead author of a recent study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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According to a new study from the University of Montreal, the Universite Laval and the Institut national de sante publique du Quebec, extra workplace decibels increase the risks of both work-related accidents and road collisions. The findings will be reported in three journals: Occupation Environmental Medicine, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Traffic Injury Prevention.

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Pregnant women suffering from asthma run a greater risk of giving birth prematurely if they suspend their asthma treatments. According to a University of Montreal study, published in Respiratory Medicine, the probability of suffering from hypertension during pregnancy also increases for women who interrupt their asthma treatment.

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Finding molecules that block the activity of the oncogene Stat 3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription) required screening literally millions of compounds, using computers that compared the structure of the cancer-causing gene to those of the small molecules, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher in a report that appears in the current online issue of the journal PLoS ONE.

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A University of Missouri researcher is developing a device that will analyze breath or urine samples for volatile markers inside the body that indicate disease. These volatile markers, such as alkanes, acetones or nitric oxide, give doctors clues about what is happening inside the body and can be used as a diagnostic tool.

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From preventing bedsores to helping patients quit smoking, optimal nursing care depends on research.

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