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| SCI | Three Red Spots Mix It Up on Jupiter
This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images offers an unprecedented view of a planetary game of Pac-Man among three red spots clustered together in Jupiter's
atmosphere. (Embargo expired on 17-Jul-2008 at 09:00 ET.) | 17-Jul-2008
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| Using Magnetic Nanoparticles to Combat Cancer
Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies, is detailed online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
J. of the Am. Chemical Society | 16-Jul-2008
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| MED | “Snapshots” of Eyes Could Serve as Early Warning of Diabetes
A new vision screening device, already shown to give an early warning of eye disease, could give doctors and patients a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications, a new study shows. It captures images of the eye to detect metabolic stress and tissue damage that occur before the first symptoms of disease are evident. (Embargo expired on 14-Jul-2008 at 16:00 ET.)
Archives of Ophthalmology, Jul-2008 | 14-Jul-2008
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| BIZ | Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Long-Term Management Turmoil
Mergers and acquisitions destroy leadership continuity in target companies’ top management teams for at least a decade following a deal, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Business Strategy.
Journal of Business Strategy, Jul/Aug-2008 | 14-Jul-2008
11:25 ET | 01:41 |
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| MED | Obesity Is No. 1 Health Concern for Kids in 2008
A report released today by the U-M C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for kids in 2008, topping smoking and drug abuse. The poll also reveals that bullying, Internet safety and teen pregnancy rank among the nation’s top health concerns for kids. | 14-Jul-2008
08:00 ET | 07:00 |
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| MED | Researchers Locate and Image Prostate Cancer as It Spreads to the Lymph Nodes
Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes, the first place prostate cancer goes before invading other organs. (Embargo expired on 11-Jul-2008 at 13:00 ET.)
Nature Medicine, 11-Jul-2008 | 11-Jul-2008
13:00 ET | 00:09 |
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| LIF | Cost of Raising a Child with Special Needs: Where Does Your State Rank?
In a new study published in Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, found that families with similar demographics and nature of their children's special needs have different out-of-pocket health expenditures depending on the state in which they live. He notes that wealthier states tend to have a lower average extra cost for caring for a child with special needs. "At the low end, families in Massachusetts paid an average of $560 for out-of-pocket medical expenses," he says.
Pediatrics, Jul-2008 | 10-Jul-2008
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| SCI | Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths
An analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices found death rates drop significantly as people slow down and drive less. If gas remains at $4 a gallon or higher for a year or more, traffic fatalities could drop by more than 1,000 per month nationwide, according new findings by a University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher.
American Society of Health Economists | 10-Jul-2008
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| SCI | What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster has 3 Different Birthdays
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study the dimmest stars in open star cluster NGC 6791, astronomers uncovered three different age groups. Two of the populations are burned-out stars called white dwarfs. One group of these low-wattage stellar remnants appears to be 6 billion years old, another appears to be 4 billion years old. The ages are out of sync with those of the cluster's normal stars, which are 8 billion years old. (Embargo expired on 10-Jul-2008 at 09:00 ET.)
Astrophysical J., 10-May-2008
Astrophysical J. Letters, 20-May-2008 | 10-Jul-2008
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| MED | Breast Asymmetry After Cancer Treatment Affects Quality of Life
Nearly one-third of women reported pronounced asymmetry between their breasts after breast cancer surgery, and that perceived disfigurement greatly affects a woman’s quality of life after treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Embargo expired on 08-Jul-2008 at 18:00 ET.)
J. of Clinical Oncology, 10-Jul-2008 | 08-Jul-2008
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