Large And Small Stars In Harmonious Coexistence (August 15, 2006) -- The latest photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented at the 2006 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague this week, shows a star forming region in the Large ... > full story

Link Between Autism And Abnormal Blood-vessel Function And Oxidative Stress (August 15, 2006) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that children with autism showed signs of abnormal blood-vessel function and damaging levels of oxidative stress compared ... > full story

Skin Deep: Imaging Technologies May Detect Pressure Ulcers And Deep-tissue Injuries That Healthcare Workers May Miss (August 15, 2006) -- Healthcare practitioners may be able to reduce their patients' risk of these complications by supplementing their visual inspections with a low-cost, handheld imaging device that could detect both ... > full story

Study Links Asthma To Increased Risk For Sleep Apnea In Young Women (August 15, 2006) -- Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea ... > full story

Diet, Stress Management May Help Slow Spread Of Prostate Cancer (August 15, 2006) -- Statistics say that one out of six American men will develop prostate cancer and more than a third will experience a recurrence after undergoing treatment, putting them at high risk to die of the ... > full story

Vultures At Risk From Deadly Traces Of Pain Killer (August 15, 2006) -- Asian vultures are at risk of lethal kidney failure if they feed from carcasses of a cow that died up to four days after treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. Writing in the Journal ... > full story

NASA's Spitzer Digs Up Troves Of Possible Solar Systems In Orion (August 15, 2006) -- Astronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory visible to the naked eye in the sword of the famous hunter constellation. Yet, ... > full story

Researchers Discover A Unique Pattern Of Gene Activity That Can Predict Liver Cancer Spread (August 15, 2006) -- Researchers have found that a unique pattern of activity for genes in cells located in the tissue surrounding a liver tumor can accurately predict whether the cancer will spread to other parts of the ... > full story

How Nanocrystals Crumple: New Window Into Deformation Of Nanoscale Materials (August 15, 2006) -- Some nanoscale crystals can be perfect, and scientists long assumed that a crystal needs to be perfect to sustain stress at its theoretical limit. Beyond this point, dislocations in the crystal ... > full story

Unmasking Nutrition's Role In Genes And Birth Defects (August 15, 2006) -- Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at Washington University School of Medicine in ... > full story

Routine Use Of Hib Vaccine Could Lead To Virtual Elimination Of Killer Disease In Africa (August 15, 2006) -- Study provides firm evidence that Hib disease is a major problem in developing countries such as Kenya, and investment in immunization to control Hib meningitis & pneumonia, a significant killer of ... > full story

Rewiring The Mammalian Brain: Neurons Make Fickle Friends (August 15, 2006) -- A discovery by researchers at the Brain Mind Institute in France shows that the brain rewires itself following an experience. The research further shows that this process of creation, testing and ... > full story

Europe's Spacecraft To The Moon Heads Toward Final Impact (August 14, 2006) -- SMART-1, the successful first European spacecraft to the Moon, is now about to end its exploration adventure, after almost sixteen months of lunar science ... > full story

Immunosuppression Transplant Drug Shown To Inhibit Angiogenesis In Cancerous Tumors (August 14, 2006) -- Scientists have long known that the blood vessels of tumors differ markedly from normal blood vessels. Now, a research team led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has ... > full story

Current Technology For Brain Cooling Unlikely To Help Trauma Patients (August 14, 2006) -- Attempts to cool the brain to reduce injury from stroke and other head trauma may face a significant obstacle: current cooling devices can't penetrate very deeply into the brain. Scientists at ... > full story

Weight Loss Found To Reduce Cellulite In Some Overweight Women, Worsen The Condition In Others (August 14, 2006) -- Weight loss may decrease the severity of cellulite for some women -- but may worsen the condition for others, reports a study in August's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical ... > full story

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Display A Unique Pattern Of Chemical Modification To DNA (August 14, 2006) -- Scientists have found that the DNA of human embryonic stem cells is chemically modified in a characteristic, predictable pattern. This pattern distinguishes human embryonic stem cells from normal ... > full story

Elders Suffer Disproportionately During Heat Waves, Other Disasters (August 14, 2006) -- Recent natural disasters have negatively affected older people significantly more than other demographic groups, yet few steps have been taken to improve ensuing relief efforts, according to the ... > full story

A Sub-stellar Jonah: Brown Dwarf Survives Being Swallowed (August 14, 2006) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered a rather unusual system, in which two planet-size stars, of different colors, orbit each other. One is a rather hot white dwarf, weighing ... > full story

Epilepsy Drug Poses High Risk For Fetal Death And Birth Defects (August 14, 2006) -- The epilepsy drug valproate poses a higher risk for fetal death and birth defects than other commonly used epilepsy drugs, according to a study published in the August 8, 2006, issue of Neurology, ... > full story

Agriculture And Tropical Conservation: Rethinking Old Ideas (August 14, 2006) -- It's a long-held view in conservation circles that rural peasant activities are at odds with efforts to preserve biodiversity in the tropics. In fact, the opposite is often true, argue University of ... > full story

HIV's Cellular Kiss Of Death Explains Loss Of Uninfected T Cells In AIDS (August 14, 2006) -- In AIDS, CD4+ T cells are killed by direct HIV infection but researchers remain puzzled as to why uninfected CD4+ T cells also die. A new JCI study shows that an HIV surface glycoprotein expressed by ... > full story

Combating Anthrax: Researchers Look For A Better Vaccine (August 14, 2006) -- A new study published this month by a Saint Louis University vaccine researcher scrutinizes what in the future could be an alternative to the presently available anthrax ... > full story

Babies' Naps Bolster Learning (August 14, 2006) -- The life of an infant is certainly one to be envied. They get food, they get unconditional love, and of course they get a luxurious amount of sleep. Now a new study from the University of Arizona ... > full story

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