February 23, 2010 | Posted by admin Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to researchers. Early treatment of depression could help reduce stress and control obesity — a major health issue.
Categories: Health & Medicine | 
Tags: depression, Elizabeth J. Susman, Jean Phillips Shibley, Lorah D. Dorn, Obesity | 
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February 10, 2010 | Posted by admin At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our galaxy.
Categories: Space & Earth | Tags: Astronomers, computational power, computer scientists, computing power, computing project, dwarf galaxies, extraterrestrial life, fastest supercomputer, interdisciplinary team, life today, milky way galaxy, netbooks, open infrastructure, personal computer, processing power, rensselaer polytechnic institute, seti home project, undergraduates, volunteer base | No Comments »
February 10, 2010 | Posted by admin A global initiative that includes key scientists from Oregon State University has successfully sequenced the genome of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon, which will serve as a model to speed research on improved varieties of wheat, oats and barley, as well as switchgrass, a crop of major interest for biofuel production.
Categories: Science & Nanotechnology | Tags: agricultural importance, critical value, genetic information, genomes, global initiative, grass plant, human nutrition, international repository, journal nature, major interest, mockler, new energy sources, oregon state university, osu researchers, plant pathology, s center, sequence data, varieties of wheat, wild grass, world nutrition | No Comments »
February 6, 2010 | Posted by admin People with severe obstructive sleep apnea have reduced concentrations of gray matter in multiple areas of the brain, new research shows.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: airway pressure, american academy of sleep medicine, areas of the brain, brain damage, brain structure, cerebral cortex, cognitive functioning, emotional problems, Gray, gray matter, korean researchers, medicine news, neurology, obstructive sleep apnea, osa patients, poor memory, progression, release feb, samsung medical center, school of medicine, severe obstructive sleep apnea, study authors, sungkyunkwan university school | No Comments »
February 6, 2010 | Posted by admin New research suggests that young children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes could benefit by using an artificial pancreas device to lower the risk of dangerously low blood sugar levels during sleep and help them control their disease.
The findings, which appear in the Feb. 5 issue of The Lancet, examined use of an artificial pancreas [...]
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: artificial pancreas, automated systems, blood sugar levels, cambridge in england, diabetes research foundation, glucose levels, hypoglycemia, insulin pumps, juvenile diabetes research, juvenile diabetes research foundation, loop devices, low blood sugar, low blood sugar levels, principal investigator, release feb, research foundation news, study participants, type 1 diabetes, university of cambridge | No Comments »
February 6, 2010 | Posted by admin Your preschool child is throwing a fit: is it just a temper tantrum, or could it be an early sign of something more serious, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder? The answer may lie in your own mental health.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: american journal of psychiatry, attention deficit hyperactivity, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd, children of bipolar parents, comparison group, defiant disorder, depressive symptoms, diso, group parents, history of bipolar disorder, mood disorders, pittsburgh pennsylvania, preschool child, psychiatric disorder, risk factor, severe mood swings, temper tantrum, western psychiatric institute, western psychiatric institute and clinic | No Comments »
February 6, 2010 | Posted by admin By Rachael Myers Lowe
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If you needed another reason to cut the cigarette habit: Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more likely to report low back pain than people who have never smoked, according to a new analysis.
After examining existing research, Finnish researchers concluded smoking is “modestly” associated with the risk of [...]
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: 12 months, adolescents, adults, cigarette habit, colleagues, conclusions, email, existing research, finnish institute of occupational health, finnish researchers, finnish team, journal of medicine, literature, low back pain, lowe, reuters health, shiri, smokers, statistical analysis | No Comments »
January 27, 2010 | Posted by admin The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, long prized as a savory meal at a summer party or seafood restaurant, is a multi-million dollar source of income for those who harvest, process and market the crustacean along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Unfortunately, the blue crab population has been declining in recent years under the [...]
Categories: Environment | Tags: blue crab, blue crabs, chemical compounds, cofc, crab population, environmental stresses, gulf coasts, hollings marine laboratory, magnetic resonance imaging, metabolic process, metabolite levels, national institute of standards and technology, national institute of standards and technology nist, nmr spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, oxygen starvation, oxygen uptake, savory meal, vibrio campbellii | No Comments »
January 27, 2010 | Posted by admin A team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is returning to Haiti this week to investigate the cause of the January 12, magnitude 7 earthquake there.
Categories: Environment | Tags: aftershock, aftershocks, assistant director, continuation, earthquake, earthquakes, geological data, geologists, geosciences, initial quake, likelihood, magnitude, national science foundation, nearby faults, port au prince, port au prince haiti, purdue university, tim killeen | No Comments »
January 27, 2010 | Posted by admin Researchers trying to restore vision damaged by disease have found promise in a tiny implant that sows seeds of new cells in the eye.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: biodegradable polymers, biomaterials, case western reserve, case western reserve university, central nervous system, electrical charges, electrical signals, electrospinning, fertile ground, harvard university, joseph f, macromolecular science, meghan smith, mouse model, progenitor cells, retinitis pigmentosa, scar tissue, university of california irvine, wnek | No Comments »
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