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Report Says Brit Kids to Spend 12 Days of Summer Vacations Staring at IPad Screens

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A new report says that kids will spend the equivalent of 12 days glued to the screens of computers, TVs or game consoles during their summer holidays. The poll, which included 2,000 British parents, found that the majority of youngsters would be using their array of high-tech gadgets rather than getting out and playing in parks. The research, commissioned by Galt Toys, also found that one in eight children now own an iPad, with youngsters having an ...

Homeless People Find Acceptance and Equality on Social Networking Sites

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Social networking websites are one of the very few places where even the homeless people find acceptance and are treated as equal, a new study by University of Dayton researchers reveals. University of Dayton sociologist and criminologist Art Jipson found out in his most recent research that the homeless, along with everyone else, are turning to social media, and that social media sites are turning into places where all people are truly equal. "People ...

Space Bugs Inspire New Blood Clot Testing Device

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Media reports indicate that patients being medicated for blood clots may soon get a simple, home-use testing kit. This could be a reality thanks to ideas of putting swarms of tiny robot bugs to work on a future space station. Fifteen years ago as a graduate student, Vladislav Djakov started building these micro-electromechanical creatures that mimic the swarms of bugs found in nature. Equipped with a power supply, limited intelligence and monitoring ...

New 'Life Event' Feature on Facebook

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Parents who are expecting a new baby can share the happy news with their friends on social networking site Facebook thanks to a new addition to the Life Event feature. Under 'Life Event' in the Timeline set-up of a Facebook profile, users can choose 'Expecting a Baby' and share their unborn child's name, expected birth date and gender. "Life Events are easy and expressive ways to mark significant moments in your life such as getting married, buying a ...

Failure of Liver Transplant in Hepatitis C Patients Could be Predicted by Presence of Molecular and Protein Markers

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Molecular and protein markers that appear soon after liver transplant in hepatitis C patients could be a sign of failure of the transplant and predict rapid onset of liver damage. Such early detection of susceptibility to hepatitis C virus-induced liver injury could lead to more personalized monitoring and treatment options after a transplant. Also, because the markers stem from an underlying pathology occurring at a very basic level, they might reveal why hepatitis ...

Hope for New Treatment After Discovery of Immune Cells That Protect Against Multiple Sclerosis

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A new study published in the journal Immunity reveals that some immune cells help protect against multiple sclerosis rather than aid in the development of the disease. These new insights change our fundamental understanding of the origins of multiple sclerosis and could lead to the development of more effective treatments for the disease. "By transfusing dendritic cells into the blood, it may be possible to reduce autoimmunity," says senior study author ...

FastStitch to Help Surgeons Avoid Accidental Puncture of Organs During Stitching

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Undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins have developed a new suturing tool that can help surgeons reduce the risk of post-operative complications due to accidental puncture of internal organs during stitching up by guiding the placement of stitches. The student inventors have described their device, called FastStitch, as a cross between a pliers and a hole-puncher. Although the device is still in the prototype stage, the FastStitch team has already received recognition ...

Tropical Species may Avoid Climate Change Extinction

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A new study published in the journal Functional Ecology reveals that the risk of extinction of cold blooded tropical species due to climate change may not be as high as previously thought. The research, carried out at the University of Zurich, was led by Dr Richard Walters, now at Reading University, alongside David Berger now at Uppsala University and Wolf Blanckenhorn, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Zurich. "Forecasting the fate of any species ...

Miscommunication Common Between Doctors and Mothers of Critically Ill Newborns

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Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center have underlined the lack of clarity in communication between doctors and mothers of critically ill newborns. The study, published August 16 in the iJournal of Perinatology/i, found that miscommunication was common, and that the most serious breakdown in communication occurred when mothers and clinicians discussed the severity of the baby's condition. Misunderstanding was common even when both the doctor and the ...

Birt Man Fitted With World's First Battery-Powered Heart Pump

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A 60-year-old man Britain has become the world's first to be fitted with battery-powered heart pump as he was too ill to survive a transplant after heart failure. Barry Wade has been allowed to leave hospital and live at home after tiny three-inch titanium heart pump -- HeartMate II -- was fitted in him, The Sun reported. The pump is charged by two portable batteries the patient carries in a shoulder bag. Heart pumps normally need power from ...

Researchers Revive MASER Technology by Demonstrating It at Room Temperature

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A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that MASER technology could receive a major boost in the near future after researchers managed to develop a solid state MASER which can operate at room temperature without making use of any magnetic field. MASER stands for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Devices based on this process (and known by the same acronym) were developed by scientists more than 50 years ago, before the first ...

Research Sheds Light on Tripping the Switches on Brain Growth to Treat Depression

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The wealth of connections in the brain are reduced in individuals with depression, brain images and postmortem studies have indicated. This results in impaired functional connections between key brain centers involved in mood regulation. Glial cells are one of the cell types that appear to be particularly reduced when analyzing post-mortem brain tissue from people who had depression. Glial cells support the growth and function of nerve cells and their connections. ...

Increased Potency of Synthetic Marijuana Could Harm Unborn Child

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Pregnant women who use marijuana are not aware about the increased potency of the drug which could prove to be harmful for their unborn child even before they are aware of the pregnancy. Writing in the journal iDrug Testing and Analysis/i, American researcher's state the argument that marijuana is a harmless drug is no longer valid due to the emergence of 'high potency' marijuana and synthetic marijuana which pose a potential real threat for pregnant women. ...

Human Urine Can Help Curb Pollution

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A Spanish researcher has said that human and animal urine can also absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and can help lower pollution. Absorbing CO2 and other greenhouse gases in cities would require millions of tonnes of some naturally occurring substance. Urine is produced in large quantities and is close to the pollution hubs of large cities. "For every molecule of urea in urine, one mole (a unit to measure the quantity of a substance) of ammonium bicarbonate ...

Political Power a Realistic Goal for Japan's Indigenous People

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Shiro Kayano, who works in Tokyo's advertising sector, was once just like the millions of salarymen who populate Japan's neon-lit cities. But a chance visit to a Canadian indigenous household two decades ago set the now 54-year-old on a different path: seeking political power for the Ainu people, a tiny ethnic minority in the nation of 127 million. Kayano's ambitious bid to win 10 out of 242 seats in the upper house for the newly created Ainu Party in ...

New National Standards of Food Safety in China by 2015

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Chinese health officials have revealed that they hope to set up national standards of food safety, which can help safeguard the general public, by 2015. At a press conference, Su Zhi said that China had now formulated more than 2,000 national, 2,900 industry and 1,200 local standards that are related to food and additives. "However, problems still exist in the present standards of food safety due to the restricted development of food industry and ability ...

UN Report Says Rising Global Urban Population Could Speed Up Rate of Global Warming

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The global urban population is expected to increase by more than 2.5 billion people over the next four decades, thereby having a major impact on the rate of global warming, according to United Nations' 2011 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. Such sharp increases in the number of urban dwellers will require considerable conversion of natural to urban landscapes, resulting in newly developing and expanding megapolitan areas. In the first study ...

Left-Handers Unhappy With IPhone 4 Design

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Apple's iPhone 4 has come under the spotlight with a number of left-handers unhappy with the design of the handset as it forces them to use their wrong hand to operate the device if they do not want to block the reception antenna. Some people were unable to call or surf the internet on the Apple iPhone 4, which had hit shops in 2010, as holding the device in the left hand could in some cases cover the phone's antenna, thereby cutting off reception. Agnes ...

Use of Tobacco Will Ruin Children's Sporting Career: Expert

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Parents who have sporting aspirations for their child should refrain from using tobacco of all types, advices former Indian shuttler U Vimal Kumar. Kumar, who hails from Kerala and is the co-founder, director and chief coach of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, said the lifestyle of parents and their mentors have a direct impact on children. "It is important that parents keep away from smoking and use of other forms of tobacco if they want their ...

Living With HIV: Former Oz Silver Medalist Gymnast is Confident He can Do So

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Finding out he was HIV positive was like 'a bomb going off' in his head, says former Australian Olympian Ji Wallace. Wallace, the only Australian to have won a silver medal in gymnastics in Sydney, said he walked around for weeks in a haze of shock and disbelief after knowing a year ago he had contracted the virus from his partner. However, Wallace said he has never looked back since that difficult couple of months he spent alone in Canada, The Age reports. ...

Religious Leaders Hope to Reignite Interest in the Practice of Wearing Turbans

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Religious leaders of the Sikh community in Punjab are conducting evening classes to help generate interest among pre-teen boys in learning the centuries-old tradition of wearing turbans. Over the next 90 minutes, the instructors unfurl long strips of cloth in vibrant hues from indigo to burgundy, and proceed to knot, pleat and finally tie them carefully around the boys' heads. The most visible symbol of Sikh pride and identity, the turban is an eight-metre ...

Flexible "Smart Gloves" can Trick Brain by Stimulating Sense of Touch

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American nanoengineers have taken a major step towards the development of "smart gloves" by creating electronic fingers which can be molded into the shape of a hand and can transmit electric signals to the brain. The team hopes to one day incorporate the devices into a smart glove that creates virtual sensations, fooling the brain into feeling everything from texture to temperature. Scientists have already developed circuits that stimulate our sense ...

Hunger Games Beats Harry Potter as Best-Selling Book Series

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Amazon.com on Friday announced that the three "Hunger Games" books has surpassed the Harry Potter series to become the best-selling book series of all time. "Since debuting in 2008, Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games have taken the world by storm, much as Harry Potter did a decade before," said Amazon.com books and Kindle editorial director Sara Nelson. The trilogy by Suzanne Collins about children forced to fight for their lives in a Roman circus-style ...

Low Hormone Levels Increase Metabolic Syndrome Risk: Study

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Low levels of a specific hormone has been found to increase the risk of metabolic disease in humans, according to a study. The study focuses on the hormone adropin, which is believed to play an important role in regulating glucose levels and fatty acid metabolism. The hormone was previously identified by Scripps Research Associate Professor Andrew Butler's laboratory during an investigation of obese and insulin-resistant mice. "The results ...

Most Facebook Users In Britain Care More For Looks Than Intelligence

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Most Britons care about looking good on their 'online profiles' on social networking sites like Facebook rather than seeming intelligent, a new study has suggested. According to a survey by Intel that researched into the social media habits of different nationalities, 56 percent of Britons care about looking as good as possible on their social media profile pages. In contrast, social media users in Middle East and the rest of Europe are far more concerned ...

People Infected With Cat Parasite More Likely to Attempt Suicide

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People who are infected with a parasite, which was thought to be harmless and found in many people, may actually can cause subtle changes in the brain that could lead to suicide attempts. New research adds to the growing work linking an infection caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite to suicide attempts. Michigan State University's Lena Brundin was one of the lead researchers on the team. About 10-20 percent of people in the United States have Toxoplasma ...

Dutch Pro-Pot Supporters Launch Campaign Against Cannabis Law

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Pro-pot supporters launched a campaign on Saturday against the Dutch cannabis law that restricts the sales of the drug to foreigners. The campaign was aimed at getting citizens to vote for pro-pot parties in elections next month. Opponents of a Dutch cannabis law that restricts sales of the drug to foreigners on Saturday launched a campaign aimed at getting citizens to vote for pro-pot parties in elections next month. Organizers said they would travel ...

Ebola Outbreak Kills Nine in DR Congo

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The outbreak of deadly Ebola virus has claimed nine lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Health Minister Felix Kabangue. The deaths were among 11 "probable or confirmed" cases detected in the town of Isiro in the north of the country, the minister was quoted as saying in a statement released by the World Health Organization. Teams of doctors from the health ministry, the WHO, aid group Doctors Without Borders and the US-based Centers ...

Fine Against China Hotel After 140 Fall Ill

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Thousands March in Fancy Dresses in Prague Gay Pride Parade

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Thousands march in Prague on Saturday in fancy dresses during the climax of Gay Pride Festival, using the occasion to condemn the sentencing of Russia's Pussy Riot punk band. With many in fancy dress, blowing whistles and waving flags, they gathered on central Wenceslas Square before setting off along Prague's main streets to the sound of music from loudspeakers mounted on vans. The parade ended without incident on an island in the Vltava river for a ...

Inconsistent Pay for Prisoners Who Participate in Research

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In Canada, prisoners are paid inconsistent after participating in various research studies. Of the provinces, territories and federal government, only two jurisdictions have written policy around the use of research incentives, according to a national study led by Dr. Flora I. Matheson, a research scientist at St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health. Other jurisdictions have unwritten practices - some departments prohibit the use of incentives, ...

Shocking Olympic Village 'sexploits' Revealed

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Olympic Games Village becomes the hotbed of sexual activity for athletes from every discipline. Olympics provide one of the few occasions in the sporting calendar where athletes of all disciplines intermingle - and with the training and competition heating up, testosterone levels are at an all-time high. According to one high profile member of Team GB, the combination is a recipe for sexual heat. Choosing to remain anonymous to protect ...