Monday, January 16, 2012

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New Indicator May Help Identify Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer
PR Newswire Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:20 AM PST
Independent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at the University of...

New-found hormone boosts body's fat-burning ability
TG Daily Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:51 AM PST
Medical researchers in Boston say they've discovered a hormone that boosts the amount of energy a body burns, raising hopes of a new treatment for obesity and diabetes. read more

Military Becomes a Major Funder of Synthetic Biology, and Scientists Are Mostly Fine With That | The Crux
Discover Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST
Erika Check Hayden is a journalist at Nature and educator in San Francisco. Her work has taken her to wild and beautiful places, but focuses most of the time on the inner terrain of the human body. You can find her online at erikacheck.com and twitter.com/Erika_Check. This piece was originally published at The Last Word on Nothing. A few [...]

Medical practice in Mobile offers new weight loss program
Mobile Press-Register Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:17 AM PST
Tired of patients asking him to prescribe diet pills, Dr. Phillip Madonia decided to create a program to help people lose weight, feel better and regain mental sharpness based, in part, on the body’s hormone response to certain foods.

You Docs: Having faith is good for your body as well as your soul
The Oregonian Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:15 AM PST
Having faith may improve your health.

Zaggora, the Lifestyle Brand Behind the Sell Out Hotpantsâ„¢ Launch Revolutionary New Products
PR Newswire Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:50 AM PST
LONDON, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2011, Zaggora launched Hotpants to the world with huge success â€" selling over 275,000 pairs within the first five months. The concept is focused on harnessing body heat which stimulates calorie burning and helps to reduce cellulite. The...

Lack of Iron in Teen Years Could Impact Brain Later in Life
Psych Central Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:27 AM PST
Researchers have found that a lack of iron during the teen years can have a negative impact on the brain years later, setting the stage for disorders such as Alzheimer’s. Paul Thompson, a neurology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, measured levels of transferrin, a protein that transports iron throughout the body and [...]

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techcentral.ie Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST
TechLife | 16 Jan 2012 : Leaving Cert students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly (pictured), both aged 17, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin have taken top honours at this year's BT Young Scientists and Technology Exhibition 2012. Their project Simulation Accuracy in the Gravitational Many-Body Problem was entered in the senior section of the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category.




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