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106.2 Million Alzheimer’s Patients by 2050: Are Scientists Trying Desperately to Avert It? »
Posted by: WikiMap 2 months ago in News
Alzheimer’s disease is the most usual form of dementia in the world. It is one of the cruelest diseases known to medical science as ...
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Bill Gates' charity foundation opens applications for US$100,000 research grants »
Posted by: rafaeldenillo 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
SINGAPORE: Research grants totalling US$100,000 are available if you have an idea that could help tackle health challenges in developing countries.
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No Health Insurance, Higher Death Risk - 45,000 U.S. Deaths Per Year May Be Linked to Lack of Health Insurance »
Posted by: ybdogsct 2 months ago in Health & Fitness
If you doubt that lack of health insurance can have deadly consequences, consider these new findings: Americans without health insurance are 40% more likely to ...
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The Physics of Pizza Tossing »
Posted by: ZagatBuzz 7 months, 1 week ago in News
How a chef tosses pizza dough reveals insight into the motors used in microactuation technology, which has applications such as microrobotics.
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Short Boom,Long Bust Of Deforestation »
Posted by: Mikunited 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The Brazilian government has long had a twin-track approach to the Amazon, which contains about 40% of the world's remaining rainforest.
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Scientists Find Way to Tap Electricity From Trees »
Posted by: JessicaLaurie 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Scientists Find Way to Tap Electricity From Trees, Scientists have known for some time that plants can conduct electricity. In fact, researchers at the Massachusetts ...
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How The Turtle Grows It's Shell »
Posted by: Mikunited 4 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Scientists reveal a spectacular insight into turtle evolution - how the unique animals get their shells.
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1.6 Terabytes of Info On A DVD Size Disc »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia have exploited the particular properties of these gold " nano-rods" by manipulating the light pointed at them.
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Pot Might Blunt Damage of Binge Drinking »
Posted by: Zurbin 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Marijuana may buffer the brain against the damages of binge drinking, a new study suggests.
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Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, used high-tech ...Read (320) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at health.msn.com
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New Cancer Treatment Breakthrough Protect Healthy Cells From Radiotherapy »
Posted by: roubenhawaii 1 week, 2 days ago in News
The treatment works on healthy cells by modifying the function of gene to make the cells immune from huge dose of radiation for treating cancer ...
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BBC NEWS | Science&Environment | West Africa faces 'megadroughts' »
Posted by: Mikunited 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
" It's disconcerting - it suggests we're vulnerable to a longer-lasting drought than we've seen in our lifetime," said Tim Shanahan from the University ...
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BBC - Earth News - Legless frogs mystery solved »
Posted by: Fi5herman 4 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Scientists resolve one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious case of the missing frogs' legs.
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Discovery offers new hope for an AIDS vaccine »
Posted by: Zurbin 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
The search for an HIV vaccine has taken a major step forward with the discovery of two new immune system fighters, as well as a ...
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NewsDaily: AIDS vaccine protects people, shocks researchers »
Posted by: y_soitenly 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent ...
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Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study
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| Reuters »Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, an increase of 50 percent in just six years ...
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