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Scientists Explore Link Between Early Balding and Lou Gehrig's Disease

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Early balding may be associated with an increased risk of the rare but incurable disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, says study. The link between the two conditions may provide a new direction in investigating the poorly understood neurodegenerative condition, the researchers said. The researchers looked at more than 50,000 men ages 46 to 81, and asked them to recall the shape of their hairline ...

Portable Device for Common Kidney Tests Invented

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A portable device invented at UCLA that conducts kidney tests and transmits the information through a smartphone may cut the need for frequent office visits by people with diabetes and others with chronic kidney ailments. The smartphone-based device was developed in the research lab of Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and associate director of the California ...

Study Reveals Gender Bias Found In Autoimmune Diseases

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Females can mount more powerful immune responses than males. Despite this, the flip side of this enhanced protection against infections is a greater risk for autoimmune disorders. Shedding light on the underlying causes of the gender bias in autoimmune diseases, a study published by Cell Press August 22nd in the journal iImmunity/i reveals that certain gut microbes prevalent in males can help protect them against type 1 diabetes. The study demonstrates that ...

Researchers Are Attempting To Use Stem Cell Transplantation To Treat Brain Cancer

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Patients receiving cranial irradiation treatment for brain cancer may find the treatment life-saving. Despite this, they often suffer progressive and debilitating cognitive detriments, including spatial learning and memory deficits. The cognitive deficits are a contributing factor to the often significant adverse impacts on the surviving patients' quality of life after radiation therapy. In an effort to improve post-irradiation cognitive impairment, scientists ...

Overall Cost Has Significant Impact On Lives Of Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery

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A new study has found that the full impact of knee replacement surgery on both patients' lives and on society includes significant overall cost savings. The study was recently published in the iJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery/i (iJBJS/i). Researchers found that for the average patient undergoing knee replacement surgery, the expense of surgery is offset by indirect savings of nearly (Dollar) 40,000. This translates to an average lifetime societal benefit of (Dollar) 10,000- (Dollar) 30,000. ...

South African School Gives Hope to Pregnant Girls

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The schoolgirls chatter, compare homework and shuffle to class just like other teens but with one big difference. They all are expectant mums in South Africa's only school for pregnant girls and outcasts elsewhere. This is Pretoria Hospital School where students, some as young as 13, are given the chance to carry on learning in a country where expectant schoolgirls -- and their numbers are alarming -- are often expelled. "We offer them an ...

Researchers Explore Brain Circuit Hoping To Uncover Treatment For Anxiety Disorders

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40 million American adults in a given year are affected by anxiety disorders, which include post traumatic stress disorder, social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Currently available treatments, such as antianxiety drugs, are not always effective and have unwanted side effects. To develop better treatments, a more specific understanding of the brain circuits that produce anxiety is necessary, says Kay Tye, an assistant professor of brain and cognitive ...

Digital Schools Open in Netherlands

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Across the Netherlands, seven iPad-centric "Steve Jobs schools" opened their doors earlier this week. The elementary schools, where iPads play an important role in education and where each student gets his or her own iPad, will educate students as per the principles of the O4NT foundation. O4NT is the Dutch acronym "education for a new era", which emphasises the role of the iPad in an elementary school environment, Xinhua reported citing local media. The ...

Researchers Suggest Human Food Supply Could Be Contaminated By Toxic Nanoparticles

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The use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased over the last few years. For example, farmers have used silver nanoparticles as a pesticide because of their capability to suppress the growth of harmful organisms. However, a growing concern is that these particles could pose a potential health risk to humans and the environment. In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a reliable ...

Celebrations Afloat In Copenhagen As Little Mermaid Turns 100

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The 100th birthday of Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue was celebrated with parties for children as well as grownups, illustrating the universal appeal of Hans Christian Andersen's poignant fairytale. Perched on a rock in the water just off the star-shaped Kastellet fortress near the city's harbour, the small bronze-skinned sculpture has become a Danish icon on a par with Carlsberg, the brewery once owned by the man who financed it. Today, millions ...

Senior Citizens too can Donate Organs: Expert

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At a function in the national capital organised by Age Care India, a specialist said that contrary to popular belief, senior citizens too can donate organs. "Older people can also be good donors, as against popular belief," said A.B. Dey, head of the Department of Geriatric Medicine of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), speaking at the function. The department was created at AIIMS under the National Programme for the Health Care of ...

Tips To Improve Your Waxing Experience And A List Of Do's (and) Don'ts

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Waxing isn't fun for all. Removing body hair is painful for most women while others face rashes or marks post-waxing. Charoo Chawla Anand, director, Blliis by Ravissant spa and salon, shares tips for rash-free waxing: * Take a hot wax heater and heat the wax till it melts. * Apply talcum powder on the body part which needs to be waxed. * Use a spatula to apply warm wax on that area. * Place wax strip on it. * ...

Study Finds Link Between Personality And Fertility

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A link between men's and women's personalities and the likelihood of them having kids was found by a new study. Men with neurotic personality traits are having fewer children compared to previous generations, according to the study. The study examined the effect of personality on how likely a person is to have children, using extensive survey and birth registry data from Norway. It also found that men who are extraverted and open tend ...

Worried About Number Of Calories In Your Food? Mobile App Will Tell You Exactly How Many Calories You'd Find And How To Reduce It

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A free mobile app to help cooks calculate how many calories are in the food they prepare and find ways to reduce the calorie counts was launched by the New York health department. Restaurant chefs or home cooks can enter the ingredients and number of servings of a recipe with "CalCutter" and the app will calculate the number of calories per serving in the finished dish, Xinhua reported. CalCutter will then suggest alternative ingredients or cooking ...

Royal Baby To Be Nestled In An African-themed Nursery Reveals Prince William

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Prince William has revealed that he and wife Kate Middleton have decided on an African-themed nursery for their new son, Prince George. During an interview with CNN that will air on CNN and CNN International on September 15, the new father said that he would like to place toy elephants and rhinos around the baby's room, ABC News reported. The Duke of Cambridge asserted that he and Middleton will cover the room in lots of bushes and make him grow up ...

Find Out Why Wolves Howl

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A new study suggests that when a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships. Researchers based their study on nine wolves from two packs living at Austria's Wolf Science Center. The findings shed important light on the degree to which animal vocal production can be considered as voluntary, the researchers said. "Our results suggest the ...

Romania Opens Up Ceausescu Execution Spot To Tourists

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In the latest bid to boost "dictator tourism", the grim barracks where Romania's brutal communist despot Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed are to be opened to the public. The former military unit at Targoviste, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northwest of Bucharest, is to be turned into a museum and is due to welcome its first visitors in early September. "Many Romanians and foreigners said they wanted to see the wall against which Ceausescu ...

New York Met To Show Case 10 Operas in 1,900 Movie Theaters

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The program of live broadcasts for the 2013-2014 season have been expanded, with 10 operas to be shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of countries, announces New York's Metropolitan Opera. The season kicks off on October 5 with a new production of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and wraps up on May 10 with Rossini's "La Cenerentola." The Met will unveil four new productions including Verdi's "Falstaff" conducted by music director James Levine, who ...

Teen Driver Music Preferences Increase Distractibility: Study

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While driving, teens listening to their preferred music commit a greater number of errors and miscalculations. This is according to a new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers that will be published in the October issue of iAccident Analysis and Prevention/i. Male novice drivers in particular make more frequent and serious mistakes listening to their preferred music than their less aggressive, female counterparts, the researchers ...

US Woman Alive After 2 Weeks of Being Dead!

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A US woman, believed to be dead and buried, came up alive after two whole weeks!. Carrie Minney could have sworn that the woman in the casket was her 50-year-old daughter Sharolyn Jackson. The truth is far stranger: The woman they buried that day was not, in fact, their loved one but a lookalike. Jackson showed up at a Philadelphia hospital on Aug. 16, several weeks after she had been reported missing and 13 days after her family thought they had laid ...

Blood Cancer Drug may Stop Spread of Breast Cancer Cells

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have discovered that a drug used to treat blood cancers may also stop the spread of invasive breast cancer. Their study, published online in iBreast Cancer Research/i, found that in the lab and in animals, the drug decitabine turns on a gene coding for protein kinase D1 (PRKD1) that halts the ability of cancer cells to separate from a tumor and spread to distant organs. "Treatment with low doses of decitabine ...

Selective Cytotoxicty of Bacillus Thuringiensis Finally Revealed

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The selective cytotoxicity of iBacillus thuringiensis/i has been successfully demonstrated by Researchers at The University of Texas. The Cry toxins produced by iBacillus thuringiensis/i exert their insecticidal activity by binding with high-affinity to their cognate cadherin receptors located on the surface of epithelial cells that line the midgut of susceptible insects. In the case of iAnopheles gambiae/i, binding of the Cry4B toxin by BT-R3, in turn, ...

New Study Reveals Ethnic Differences in Young People With Soft Tissue Cancer

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Racial and ethnic difference do exist in the incidence of soft tissue sarcoma in adolescents and young adults, a new study suggests. The research, conducted at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, is published online in the iJournal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology/i: a target="_blank" href="http:online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jayao.2012.0031"http:online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jayao.2012.0031/a. The LSUHSC ...

Exercise Improves Body Composition in Kidney Disease Patients

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In patients with kidney disease, a structured exercise and lifestyle program can fitness, body composition, and heart function, and heart function. This is according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the iClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (CJASN). The findings suggest that patients with kidney disease can benefit from greater physical activity and can do so safely even though they may have other medical problems. Approximately ...

Early Treatment may Reduce Risk of Disability During Mild Strokes

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In case of moderate or mild strokes, getting ultra-fast treatment - within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms greatly reduces the risk of suffering disability. This is according to a new study reported in the American Heart Association's journal iStoke/i. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recommends getting to a hospital within three hours of the onset of stroke symptoms. According to guidelines, clot-busting drugs may ...

Aromatherapy and Sugar Solutions to Help Curb Postoperative Nausea

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Aromatherapy and intravenous administration of simple sugar solution can be effective in treating post-operative nausea and vomiting, a pair of studies reveal. "Aromatherapy is promising as an inexpensive, noninvasive treatment for postoperative nausea that can be administered and controlled by patients as needed," according to a research report by Dr Ronald Hunt of Carolinas Medical Center University, Charlotte, NC, and colleagues. The second study suggests that ...

Faulty Taste Mechanism in Diabetes Sufferers

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Biphasic Electrical Stimulation: New Hope for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

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Biphasic Electrical stimulation (BES, a procedure that doesn't involve the use of chemicals, could prevent cell apoptosis in stem-cell transplant therapy, a new study suggests. The article describing their studies will be published in the August 2013 issue of iExperimental Biology and Medicine/i. The scientists believe that their technique will be used for spinal cord injury patients in the future.Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious disease of the central nervous ...

Risk of Stroke Similar Among Both Men and Women Smokers

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For men and women, smoking cigarettes may cause similar stroke risks, but women smokers may be at greater risk for a more deadly and uncommon type of stroke. This is according to new research in the American Heart Association journal iStroke/i. When compared to non-smokers of the same gender, smoking increases the risk of having any type of stroke by 60 to 80 percent in women and men. Researchers said the finding is intriguing because ...

Scientists Transform Non-Beating Human Cells to Heart Muscle Cells

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Researchers began by injecting all candidate genes into the human fibroblasts, then systematically removed each one to see which were necessary for reprogramming and which were dispensable. In the end, the team found that injecting a cocktail of five genes-the 3-gene GMT mix plus the genes ESRRG and MESP1-were sufficient to reprogram the fibroblasts into heart-like cells. They then found that with the addition of two more genes, called MYOCD and ZFPM2, the transformation ...

Researchers Develop New Technique to Help Regenerate Heart Cells

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A new technique is being developed by researchers that might one day be used to convert cells from heart disease patients into heart muscle cells that could act as a personalized treatment. The research is published online on August 22 in the journal of the International Society of Stem Cell Research, iStem Cell Reports/i, published by Cell Press. The investigators previously reported the ability to convert scar-forming cells in the heart (called ...

Prince William and Kate Thank Their Well-Wishers on Congratulations for Their Baby's Birth

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Price William and Kate Middleton sent 'thank you' notes for their well-wishers who congratulated them on the birth of their first child-the royal baby Prince George. In a letter to all the well-wishers who included a return address, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said how touched they were that people had taken the trouble to write to them, the Mirror reported. The cards have a picture of the royal couple with their newborn son outside the Lido Wing ...

Award-Winning Play Inspired by Delhi's Gang Rape

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Yael Farber's award-winning playwrights were inspired by the protests in India following Delhi's fatal gang-rape case. "I remember feeling this extraordinary sense of envy when I looked at India... I mean -- who takes to the streets anywhere else in the world to speak for a young single woman?" the South African said in an interview with AFP. Shocked by the attack, she posted about it on Facebook. Bollywood actress Poorna Jagannathan saw the post and ...

Unrest in Egypt, Boon for Spain

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As British, German and French holidaymakers packed its beaches at a time of unrest in Egypt and Turkey, recession-hit Spain announced record tourist arrivals in July. A total 7.9 million international tourists arrived in Spain in July, up 2.9 percent from the same month last year, government figures showed. Britain, Germany and France led the tourist influx. The sharpest increases were recorded for tourists from the Nordic countries of Denmark, ...

Spider Web Inspires Scientists to Build Body Parts

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Researchers have now developed a new method to build body parts which is very similar to the way a spider spins its web. The team at University College London used a constant stream of cells mixed with a polymer to weave the new tissues. They think the technique could produce better results than other ways of building body parts for transplant. THe team of researchers tested the technique by constructing blood vessels in mice. The ...

Activation of Stress Gene Linked to Spread of Breast Cancer

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The activation of stress gene in immune system has been linked to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body, a new study claims. According to the researchers, the study suggests this gene, called ATF3, may be the crucial link between stress and cancer, including the major cause of cancer death - its spread, or metastasis. Researchers already know that ATF3 is activated, or expressed, in response to stressful conditions in all types of cells. ...

Bacteria can Stimulate Pain Sensing Nerves

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A recent research has pointed out that bacteria can stimulate the pain sensing nerves. In the case of infected wounds, we cannot just assume that the body's own immune reaction has caused the tenderness of the wound. A research on mice showed that the immune reaction cannot always be blamed for the extra tenderness of an infected wound. Experiments showed that mice with staph-infected paws reveal symptoms of pain much before immune cells arrived at the ...

Tips to Make Your Marriage Work Well and Remain Rock-solid

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Couples do have to work on their marriage and here are some important tips from a divorced man to help make the marriage strong. A newly divorced man named David Mikus has posted a public note on Facebook admitting that there were a lot of things he could have done differently to save his marriage and gave a list of "lessons" which he learnt from his divorce, the Huffington Post reported. The note which garnered over 68,000 "likes" and over 193,000 "shares" ...

Urban Water Systems in Peril

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Existing urban water systems are at the end of their design lifetimes. New, innovative solutions are needed, and these must combine technology and engineering with an understanding of social systems and institutions. The current issue of iEnvironmental Engineering Science/i, the Official Journal of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, focuses on Re-inventing Urban Water Systems. Of particular note is an insightful article that ...

Tracking Romantic Partners With Facebook

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Facebook and other popular social networking sites are used extensively by people to snoop and find information about current and former romantic partners. With the widespread popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, it is increasingly common for people to use interpersonal electronic surveillance to monitor the activities of current and former romantic partners. They can gather information on partners anonymously, view past and current photos and ...

Growing Male and Female Reproductive Cells from Opposite Gender

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Researchers from Japan suggest that it may be possible to grow male and female reproductive cells from the opposite gender in future - in other words, to create sperm from women and eggs from men. Katsuhiko Hayashi of Kyoto University in Japan has published research in which skin cells from mice were used to create primordial germ cells or PGCs. These cells, the common precursor of both male and female sex cells, were then developed into both sperm ...

Mobile Phones may Reveal Owners' Level of Happiness

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Mobile phones can be used to find out owners' sense of well-being. In a study, the researchers found that cell phones can efficiently capture information that is otherwise difficult to record, given today's on-the-go lifestyle. According to the researchers, this is important because feelings recorded "in the moment" are likely to be more accurate than feelings jotted down after the fact. To conduct the study, the team created an application ...

High-tech Markets in South Korea

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Seoul's traditional markets bustling, narrow streets of small vendors selling cheap, fresh produce -- have largely opted out of the high-tech charge to make the South Korean capital one of the most wired cities on earth. But squeezed by big-box stores and dwindling custom, these mom-and-pop operations are slowly going digital, replacing well-thumbed ledgers with tablet computers, and cash pouches with sleek smartphones that can scan credit cards. Yoo ...

Top Speed of Snails

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Snails can hit a top speed of one metre an hour, travelling the length of an average garden in a night, a new study has found. Exeter University scientists also discovered that they even move in convoy, piggy-backing on other snails' slime to save energy, the Mirror reported. They examined the habits of 450 garden snails recording their movements using LED lights, UV paints and time-lapse photography. This is the first time snails have been ...

Eating Disorder Risk High Among Teens With Big Brains

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A new research has claimed that teens having bigger brains are more prone to suffer from anorexia nervosa. According to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado's School of Medicine, the girls with anorexia nervosa had a larger insula, a part of the brain active when we taste food, and a larger orbitofrontal cortex, a part of the brain that tells a person when to stop eating. Guido Frank, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience ...

Amazing Haircut Rates in Venezuela

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Inexpensive haircuts to the elderly seems to be Ana Urdaneta's specialty. Ana Urdaneta, 64, proudly displays a poster of Venezuela's late leader Hugo Chavez in her makeshift "people's barber shop" in downtown Caracas. Although her beloved president died of cancer earlier this year, Urdaneta says his Venezuelan revolution goes on, with every snip of her scissors. Urdaneta's particular calling is providing low-cost haircuts to the elderly, ...

Kids 'Happiest at Age 7', Says Study

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A recent study finds that kids are happiest and most carefree at age seven. The study, commissioned by Vaalia probiotic yoghurt as part of a fundraising, campaign for the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, found that joy, energy and innocence reach a high between the ages of six and nine, before kids start worrying about their looks, what their pals think and how well they do at school, News.com.au reported. Dr Justin Coulson, author of the ...