The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking veterinarians from around the world to participate in a laminitis study in 2014. Laminitis (a hoof disease in which the interlocking leaflike tissues called laminae anchoring the ...
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EPA Awards Almost Half a Million in Funding to Three Universities for Projects to Reduce Pesticide Risk Including Risks to Bees Louisiana State, Penn State and University of Vermont at the forefront of groundbreaking technology ...
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The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds. Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish ...
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A new combination of drugs might prolong life in certain older leukemia patients, a new study suggests. The research, led by German scientists, included nearly 800 older people (average age 73) who had been diagnosed with chronic ...
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Americans' concerns about stomach ulcers and other stress-related health problems rose sharply during the recent recession, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed Google search patterns from December 2008 through the end of 2011 ...
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Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today the opening of its new Unconventional and Reservoir Productivity Technology Center at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) located in Dhahran Techno-Valley. The new center enables ...
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During the Great Recession from 2008 to 2011, a greater-than-expected number of Americans searched online for stress-related symptoms, U.S. researchers say. John W. Ayers of San Diego State University, Benjamin Althouse of the Santa Fe ...
After a concussion, adolescents should rest and not return to schoolwork or tax their brains by reading or homework, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Naomi J. Brown of the Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...
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Teens who sext are linked with higher rates of engaging in sexual behavior, U.S. researchers say. Christopher D. Houck of the Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center and colleagues at Bradley/Hasbrom, the Rhode Island Hospital, and The ...
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U.S. adults without a high school diploma are living sicker, shorter lives than ever before -- especially white women, researchers say. Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health and the Robert Wood ...
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Eight million U.S. lives were saved by anti-smoking measures enacted since a pivotal surgeon general's report 50 years ago this month, researchers estimate. First author Theodore R. Holford, professor of biostatistics and member of Yale ...
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Spooky lights heralding the onset of earthquakes have been tied to divine portents or UFO sightings in the past. But the true culprit may be certain rocks that release electric charges when stressed by the Earth's seismic shifts, ...
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For people with serious mental illness who are trying to quit smoking, extending their treatment with the smoking cessation drug Chantix (varenicline) may help them avoid a relapse, according to a new study. After a standard 12-week ...
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Efforts to limit tobacco use over the past 50 years have prevented 8 million premature deaths in the United States, giving those people an average of nearly 20 additional years of life, according to a new study. The 1964 U.S. Surgeon ...
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Two drugs in combination might be better than one when it comes to helping hardcore smokers quit, at least in the short term, a new study suggests. The drugs -- varenicline (sold under the brand name Chantix) and bupropion (Wellbutrin) ...
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