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Dutch Art Heist Costs 18 Mn Euros to Romanians

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Payment of 18 million euros was ordered for four Romanians behind a spectacular art heist in the Netherlands on Monday, with the fate of the stolen masterpieces by Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Lucien Freud still a mystery. Seven paintings that were temporarily on display at the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam were stolen in 2012 in a raid that lasted only three minutes, in what the Dutch media called "the theft of the century". A court in the Romanian capital ...

World Cup Victory Stamps of Germany Printed Before Final

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A World Cup victory postage stamp will be issued by Germany this week, five million of which were printed before the final was even held, officials said Monday. "This year I dared to hope very early on that our team would take the title," said Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. "It's wonderful that the team turned this dream into a reality. I The 60-cent stamp, marked "Germany Football World Champion 2014", will go on sale Thursday after ...

Biggest Risk Factor in Infant Deaths: Bed-Sharing

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Largest risk factor for sudden infant death is bed-sharing, particularly among very young babies, US researchers said on Monday. Sixty-nine percent of babies who died suddenly were sharing a sleeping space with another person when they died, said the report in the journal Pediatrics. The findings were based on government data regarding 8,207 sleep-related infant deaths from 24 states from 2004-2012. Researchers found that the risks were different ...

Women of Church of England Toast Right to be Bishops With Champagne

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After the Church of England voted in favour of allowing female bishops for the first time in its nearly 500-year history, women priests toasted the victory on Monday, with popping champagne corks, hugging and crying. The celebrations started in the hall at the General Synod in York, northern England, which erupted into cheers as soon as the result was announced. The church's de facto number two, Archbishop of York John Sentamu, led then delegates in ...

Targeted Drug Delivery to Alleviate Pulmonary Inflammation: Penn Researchers

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In patients who experience multiple blood transfusions, sepsis, lung surgery and acute lung trauma, pulmonary inflammation can cause shallow breathing and lungs to become brittle. This complication can leave patients on ventilators, which can further traumatize the lungs, and often results in a mortality rate of 30 to 40 percent. To date, no medication has been successful at preventing or mitigating the damage caused by lung inflammation. Now, a multidisciplinary ...

Lower Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Babies Born in Canada to Immigrant Mothers: Study

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Significantly lower rates of cerebral palsy is seen in babies born to mothers who immigrated to Ontario from other countries, than those of Canadian-born mothers, especially those from the Caribbean and East Asia, new research has found. "Predicting who is at highest risk of having a child with CP remains an international priority," said lead author Dr. Joel Ray, who notes that CP rates have not declined much over the last decade.CP is the most common motor disability ...

Raising a Child With Disabilities: Empathy, Realistic Expectations

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Higher risk for abuse and neglect from parents is seen in children with developmental disabilities than children developing at a typical rate. So far, there was little evidence of specific parental behaviors that were associated with the risk, but a SLU study finds inappropriate expectations and lack of empathy play a significant role in triggering the risk. Debra Zand, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University and the principal investigator ...

Sotheby's and EBay Unveil Tie-up on Art Auctions

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The partnership of US online giant eBay and the renowned auction house Sotheby's was announced on Monday for online sales of art and collectibles. The two firms said they would produce live auctions at Sotheby's headquarters in New York and create a special Web portal that allows for "real-time bidding from anywhere around the world." The companies will also "explore themed and time-based sales, as well as live auctions from Sotheby's other global salesrooms." ...

New Role of Cholesterol Identified

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Cholesterol activates a cellular signaling pathway that has been linked to cancer. The finding is reported in emNature Communications/em. Cells employ thousands of signaling pathways to conduct their functions. Canonical Wnt signaling is a pathway that promotes cell growth and division and is most active in embryonic cells during development. Overactivity of this signaling pathway in mature cells is thought to be a major driver in the development of cancer."Our ...

Terminator-style 'Squishy' Robots, Coming Soon

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'Terminator-style' squishy robots can soon become reality, say scientists. Scientists have developed a transforming material built from wax and foam which is capable of changing its state and can be used to form deformable surgical robots. The material, developed by Anette Hosoi, a professor of mechanical engineering and applied mathematics at MIT, and her former graduate student Nadia Cheng, alongside researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and ...

Researchers Understand Emergency Radiology Response Following Boston Marathon Bombings

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Medical imaging plays a crucial role in emergency situations, a new review conducted in response to Boston Marathon bombings has found. The new study is published online in the journal iRadiology/i. "It's important to analyze our response to events like the Boston Marathon bombing to identify opportunities for improvement in our institutional emergency operations plan," said senior author Aaron Sodickson M.D., Ph.D., emergency radiology director at Brigham and ...

Researchers Discover Disease That may Have Plagued 700-year-old Skeleton

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A genome of the bacteria Brucella melitensis has now been recovered from a 700 year-old skeleton in the ruins of an Italian village. Reporting this week in imBio/i (Regd) , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, the authors describe using a technique called shotgun metagenomics to sequence DNA from a calcified nodule in the pelvic region of a middle-aged male skeleton excavated from the settlement of Geridu in Sardinia, an island off ...

Doctors Should Get the Say About Who can Return to the Feild in Football Players With Repeated Concussions

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Considering the long term neurological effect of repeated concussions in football players, sports authorities should give doctors more power to make decisions about return to the field. Cerebral concussion is the most common form of sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the long-term effects of repeated concussions may include dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and other neurological disorders, say the journal editors. However, what ...

Lichen Sclerosus

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Lichen sclerosus is a lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory skin condition brought about by the action of lymphocytes. Lichen sclerosus is non-contagious and mostly resolves on its own.

Soluble Corn Fibre may Enhance Calcium Absorption

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Fiber and calcium intakes are below the levels recommended by experts around the globe, which could cause potential long term health implications. New research, published this month in the iBritish Journal of Nutrition/i, shows soluble corn fibre (SCF) may not simply boost fibre intake when added to foods, but can also increase the amount of beneficial bacteria present in the gut, while enhancing calcium absorption in adolescentssup5/sup. SCF is a prebiotic fibre that ...

Management of Prostate Cancer Varies Among Urologists and Oncologists

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The management of low risk prostate cancer tends to vary between radiation oncologists and urologists. Most men in the United States with low-risk prostate cancer usually receive treatment with prostatectomy or radiotherapy and thus are exposed to treatment-related complications including urinary dysfunction, rectal bleeding and impotence. Observation is an alternative approach. Previous research indicates that older men with low-risk prostate cancer who choose ...

Anti-Clotting Medications Not Needed Following Spine Surgery

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Most patients need nothing more than vigilant monitoring following a surgery and should be spared costly and risky anti-clotting medications since blood clots rarely occur, a new study has found. Because clotting risk in children is poorly understood, treatment guidelines are largely absent, leaving doctors caring for pediatric patients at a loss on whom to treat and when. The Johns Hopkins' team findings, published online July 15 in the journal iSpine/i, ...

Expert Collaboration Required for Sustainable Fish and Shellfish Farming

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Seafood is a healthier option and getting more people to eat it needs careful planning. This is to ensure that the expansion of the aquaculture sector does not pose a risk to the environment. Business leaders in the sector should not aim only for profits, but rather embrace the principles of the One Health model that sees the health of humans being interwoven with that of animals and the environment. The model brings together experts from various fields to develop ...

Acute Glaucoma is Actually an Inflammatory Disease

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Acute glaucoma in mice is actually an inflammatory disease and the high pressure in eye causes vision loss by causing an inflammatory reaction similar to that in response to bacterial infections. The study, published in this week's issue of the emProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/em, has immediate clinical relevance in treating the tens of millions of people worldwide from what is known as acute closed-angle glaucoma. "Our research ...

Diagnosing Physicians Tend to Influence Therapy Decisions for Prostate Cancer Patients

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A new research has shed light on how a urologist plays a role in diagnosing older men with lower risk of prostate cancer. The findings, published in iJAMA Internal Medicine/i, sought to examine why active surveillance, a management program for low-risk disease, which includes repeat PSAs, prostate exams and biopsies, is underused in this patient population. According to the American Cancer Society, 233,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed ...

How Speed Restricts Evolutionary Changes of the Vertebral Column Explained

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The strong conservation of trunk vertebrae, which is one of the riddles of mammal evolution, has now been explained. Researchers of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the University of Utah show that this conservation is probably due to the essential role of speed and agility in survival of fast running mammals. They measured variation in vertebrae of 774 individual mammal skeletons of both fast and slow running species. The researchers found that a combination ...

Antibiotic Resistance may be Promoted by CRISPR System

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Antibiotic resistance in Francisella novicida, a close relative of a bacterium that causes tularemia, is promoted by a system of genes that bacteria use to fend off viruses. The finding contrasts with previous observations in other bacteria that the CRISPR system hinders the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. The results are scheduled for publication in emPNAS Early Edition/em. The CRISPR system has attracted considerable attention for its potential ...

Genetic Similarities Among Friends Revealed by New Analysis

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If you consider your friends as your family, you may be on to something. A study from the University of California, San Diego, and Yale University finds that friends who are not biologically related still resemble each other genetically. Published in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, the study is coauthored by James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at UC San Diego, and Nicholas Christakis, professor of sociology, ...

Link Between Alcohol Use and Atrial Fibrillation Risk Identified

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Moderate alcohol consumption may be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation, an abnormally fast heartbeat, reveals research published in iJournal of the American College of Cardiology/i. The research did not identify a similar risk for moderate consumption of beer. Researchers in Sweden studied 79,016 adults, ages 45 to 83, who completed an extensive questionnaire about food and alcohol consumption in 1997. The researchers followed the participants for up to ...

Study Shows How Gardens Could Help Dementia Care

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Gardens in care homes could provide promising therapeutic benefits for patients suffering from dementia, says study. The research is published in the iJournal of the American Medical Directors Association/i and by critically reviewing the findings from 17 different pieces of research, has found that outdoor spaces can offer environments that promote relaxation, encourage activity and reduce residents' agitation. Conducted by a team at the University ...