Babies begin to learn about the connection between pictures and real objects by the time they are nine-months-old, according to a new study by scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of South Carolina.
The research, published today in Child Development, found…
Study finds that babies can recognize photographs of objects at nine months old
Atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition where the heartbeat speeds up or becomes irregular, is not usually life-threatening but can lead to complications such as stroke and heart failure. Even though minorities historically have more risk factors for AF, they represent a smaller number of those…
Study finds disparities in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of AF between black and white patients
British study involved more than 1,000 sufferers of chronic heart disease
Indicated injecting stem cells into heart significantly increase survival rates
Those who had the treatment less likely to be readmitted to hospital
Patients who had injection also more likely to have improved heart…
Stem cell jab is ‘five times better than drugs’ for treating people with life-threatening heart conditions
Climate change fear blamed on the switch to diesel powered vehicles
Diesel cars emit less greenhouse gasses than those with petrol engines
Expert wants all diesel cars older than five years banned from cities
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Switch to diesel cars ‘costs 7,000 lives every year’: Toxic fumes blamed for health crisis
Researchers studied a group of people with an average age of 68
All of the participants had reported prior problems with insomnia
The group were asked to drink cherry juice twice a day for two weeks
Despite the short trial, some of the elderly people reported better sleep
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Drinking cherry juice can give you an hour more sleep a day
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If you’re trying to lose weight, burning calories through exercise is key. But if you’re not burning enough, then you won’t see the scale budge. If this sounds familiar, keep reading to learn what you might be doing wrong when it comes to…
5 Workout Mistakes That Prevent Weight Loss
You don’t have to follow the three-square-meals-a-day maxim—with absolutely no snacking in between—in order to stay svelte: Women who eat whole fruit between meals may be less likely to be overweight or obese than non-snackers are, suggests a new Baylor College and Louisiana State…
The Snack That May Help You Lose Weight
29 April 2014 Last updated at 21:37 In the course of a month, Peter Hodes plans to visit Poland, Israel, Germany and South Africa. Wherever he goes – even Australia – he always makes sure to get home in 42 hours or less. The reason? He’s a volunteer stem cell…
Source:The man with 42 hours to get home
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Angela Hoppahopp@asbmb.org 713-471-4541American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Finding raises hope for new therapies for people with heart damage SAN DIEGO (April 29, 2014) Imagine filling a hole in your heart by regrowing the tissue. While that…
Source:Stem cells aid heart regeneration in salamanders
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Matthew Swaynemls29@psu.edu 814-865-9481Penn State Gimmicky contest ads and flashy free-prize messages may be an instant turnoff for mobile users, according to Penn State researchers. In a study, a tempting offer of a free prize drawing for registering on a…
Source:Mobile users may not buy into instant gratification cues
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Neha Okhandiarn.okhandiar@qmul.ac.uk 020-788-27927Queen Mary, University of London IMAGE: Where danger lurks on flowers, bees are best advised not to go it alone: a pollinator in the fangs of a crab spider. New research from Queen Mary University of…
Source:Safe(bee) in numbers
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Cornelia Zoggcornelia.zogg@empa.ch 41-587-654-599Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Environmentally friendly production method for transparent conductive films IMAGE: This shows the flexible, indium-free solar cell…
Source:In a commanding position — and now cheaper
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Deborah SmithDeborah.Smith@unsw.edu.au 61-293-857-307University of New South Wales IMAGE: UNSW chemists printed the university’s name using a novel technique they developed which involves fabricating a a pattern of ionic liquid droplets onto a…
Source:New lab-on-a-chip device overcomes miniaturization problems
There’s more to a first date than just chemistry, assuming you’re looking for more than just Mr. or Ms. Right Now. Here’s what I believe are the most important questions to ask yourself. Note: (Do not copy this list and bring it with you on the date so you have something…
Source:19 Questions To Ask Yourself After A First Date
Jalapeños may not be the first ingredient that comes to mind when you’re juicing, but at Evolution Fresh, we did some experimenting and discovered a unique and delicious new juice recipe that we’re excited to share–Kiwi Jalapeño Juice. Just like an energizing…
Source:Energizing Kiwi Juice With A Jalapeño Kick
What’s the best way for me to piss of a stressed out client? Tell them to manage his stress by getting more sleep. Or eating better. Or fitting meditation into their day. It’s a sure way to make someone want to throw a chair at me. Everyone wants to know how they can…
Source:7 Simple Steps To Lower Your Stress (No Meditation or Exercise Required)
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UNSW chemists printed the university’s name using a novel technique they developed which involves fabricating a a pattern of ionic liquid droplets onto a…
New lab-on-a-chip device overcomes miniaturization problems
There’s more to a first date than just chemistry, assuming you’re looking for more than just Mr. or Ms. Right Now. Here’s what I believe are the most important questions to ask yourself. Note: (Do not copy this list and bring it with you on the date so you have something…
19 Questions To Ask Yourself After A First Date
Jalapeños may not be the first ingredient that comes to mind when you’re juicing, but at Evolution Fresh, we did some experimenting and discovered a unique and delicious new juice recipe that we’re excited to share–Kiwi Jalapeño Juice.
Just like an energizing…
Energizing Kiwi Juice With A Jalapeño Kick
What’s the best way for me to piss of a stressed out client? Tell them to manage his stress by getting more sleep. Or eating better. Or fitting meditation into their day. It’s a sure way to make someone want to throw a chair at me.
Everyone wants to know how they can…
7 Simple Steps To Lower Your Stress (No Meditation or Exercise Required)
Researchers at the University of Louisville School of Medicine are using breath analysis to detect the presence of lung cancer. Preliminary data indicate that this promising noninvasive tool offers the sensitivity of PET scanning, and has almost twice the specificity of PET for distinguishing…
Source:U of L School of Medicine researchers use breath analysis to detect lung cancer
University of California, Riverside researchers have created a method that can classify different species of insects with up to 99 percent accuracy, a development that could help farmers protect their crops from insect damage and limit the spread of insect-borne diseases, such as malaria and…
Source:Researchers develop wireless bug sensor to help farmers protect crops from insect damage
Stem cell therapies work as a complement to standard treatments, potentially cutting the number of deaths after a year, suggests evidence from the latest Cochrane review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure. Taking stem cells from a…
Source:Review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in the oncogenesis of different tumors, as is the case in prostate cancer. In triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) a gene expression classification has described different subgroups including a luminal androgen subtype. The AR can be controlled…
Source:Phospho-kinase profile of triple negative breast cancer and androgen receptor signaling
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Starry Lee and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, in the Legislative Council today (April 30): Question: Quite a number of tourists go by coach and local residents go by…
Source:LCQ9: Ancillary transport facilities in Lei Yue Mun
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon James To and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30): Question: I have learnt that earlier on, a member of the public was injured when he slipped and fell in the…
Source:LCQ17: Management of Public Open Spaces in Private Developments
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Lam Kin-fung and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30): Question: The Chief Executive has stated in the 2014 Policy Address that the Government will explore ways to…
Source:LCQ11: Development of Lantau Island
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Michael Tien and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30): Question: The Secretary for Development said earlier that railway property development projects (projects)…
Source:LCQ7: Railway property development projects
29 April 2014 Last updated at 21:05 A court has ruled a pregnant woman who suffers from a psychotic disorder can be given a caesarean section without her consent. The woman from Sunderland, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due to under undergo the operation later. She is…
Source:Woman could have forced caesarean
30 April 2014 Last updated at 06:06 By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent Lorraine McEldowney’s son Brogan had an emergency atrial septostomy performed on him Members of NI’s…
Source:Clarity urged on child surgery cases
Chair test Participants were asked to stand up and sit back down in a straight back chair – like a dining room chair – as quickly as they could. They were timed using a stopwatch to see how many times they could go from sitting to standing upright with locked knees to sitting…
Source:The everyday tests to predict your longevity
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Matt Shipmanmatt_shipman@ncsu.edu 919-515-6386North Carolina State University A new study from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas finds that children pay close attention to issues related to money, and that parents should make an effort to…
Source:Study highlights importance of parents talking to kids about money
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Marta García Gonzalomarta.garcia@csic.es 34-915-681-476Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) The dating of some mice fossilized bones found in Ponta de Sao Lourenco suggests that house mice landed on the island before 1036 VIDEO: Four centuries…
Source:Man landing on Madeira could be 4 centuries prior to its colonization by the Portuguese
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Lindsay Brookelindsay.brooke@nottingham.ac.uk 44-011-595-15751University of Nottingham IMAGE: This is a ‘Swallow tale’ image from 3T MRI scan. Click here for more information. An image similar in shape to a Swallow’s tail…
Source:'Tell-tail' MRI image diagnosis for Parkinson's disease
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Susan Griffithsusan.griffith@case.edu 216-368-1004Case Western Reserve University A study from the Case Western Reserve University nursing school provides a profile of women with the dual responsibilities of full-time paid work and unpaid care for an elderly…
Source:CWRU researchers profile women’s employment, caregiving workloads, effort and health
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Hannah Kleinhklein@srcd.org 202-289-0320Society for Research in Child Development How do you get a preschooler to help with chores and other household tasks? A new study suggests that adults’ word choice can make a big difference. The study, by researchers…
Source:Want a young child to ‘help’ or ‘be a helper’? Choice of words matters
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Hannah Kleinhklein@srcd.org 202-289-0320Society for Research in Child Development Working memorythe ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behaviordevelops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful…
Source:Working memory differs by parents’ education; effects persist into adolescence
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday to publicly call for an end to a “negative campaign” against U.N. peacekeepers and to bring to justice those responsible for attacks there on civilians and…
Source:UN chief urges South Sudan’s Kiir help end violence, anti-UN campaign
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of General Electric said on Wednesday talks with the French government on its offer for Alstom’s energy assets had been “productive” and expressed confidence that the deal would go through despite a potential…
Source:GE says talks with France on Alstom productive, to boost jobs
Researchers at the University of Louisville School of Medicine are using breath analysis to detect the presence of lung cancer. Preliminary data indicate that this promising noninvasive tool offers the sensitivity of PET scanning, and has almost twice the specificity of PET for distinguishing…
U of L School of Medicine researchers use breath analysis to detect lung cancer
University of California, Riverside researchers have created a method that can classify different species of insects with up to 99 percent accuracy, a development that could help farmers protect their crops from insect damage and limit the spread of insect-borne diseases, such as malaria and…
Researchers develop wireless bug sensor to help farmers protect crops from insect damage
Stem cell therapies work as a complement to standard treatments, potentially cutting the number of deaths after a year, suggests evidence from the latest Cochrane review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure. Taking stem cells from a…
Review: Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in the oncogenesis of different tumors, as is the case in prostate cancer. In triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) a gene expression classification has described different subgroups including a luminal androgen subtype.
The AR can be controlled…
Phospho-kinase profile of triple negative breast cancer and androgen receptor signaling
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Starry Lee and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, in the Legislative Council today (April 30):
Question:
Quite a number of tourists go by coach and local residents go by…
LCQ9: Ancillary transport facilities in Lei Yue Mun
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon James To and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30):
Question:
I have learnt that earlier on, a member of the public was injured when he slipped and fell in the…
LCQ17: Management of Public Open Spaces in Private Developments
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Lam Kin-fung and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30):
Question:
The Chief Executive has stated in the 2014 Policy Address that the Government will explore ways to…
LCQ11: Development of Lantau Island
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Michael Tien and a written reply by the Secretary for Development, Mr Paul Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 30):
Question:
The Secretary for Development said earlier that railway property development projects (projects)…
LCQ7: Railway property development projects
30 April 2014
Last updated at 06:06
By Marie-Louise Connolly
BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent
Lorraine McEldowney’s son Brogan had an emergency atrial septostomy performed on him
Members of NI’s…
Clarity urged on child surgery cases
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Javier Alonsooic@uc3m.esCarlos III University of Madrid Works using just 50,000 Twitter accounts This news release is available in Spanish. A new method of monitoring identifies what information will be relevant on social networks up to two months in advance….
Source:A system detects global trends in social networks 2 months in advance
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Jan Dumanskijan.dumanski@igp.uu.se 46-018-471-5035Uppsala University IMAGE: This shows Jan Dumanski and Lars Forsberg. Click here for more information. It is generally well known that men have an overall shorter life expectancy compared to…
Source:Loss of Y chromosome can explain shorter life expectancy and higher cancer risk for men
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Dr. Anton Zavialovanton.zavialov@utu.fiAcademy of Finland Academy research fellows from University of Turku (Finland), Andrey and Anton Zavialov, and a team of researches from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, discovered that inherited mutations in a…
Source:Genetic disorder causing strokes and vascular inflammation in children has been discovered
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Saskia Rohmersaskia.rohmer@gmx.de 49-622-148-78414Springer New findings describe important migratory corridor for flatback sea turtle The value of Australia’s newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used…
Source:Australian marine reserves provide safe passageway for endangered species
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Peter Tarrtarr@cshl.edu 516-367-8455Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Dublin, Ireland and Cold Spring Harbor, NY In research published today in Molecular Psychiatry, a multinational team of scientists presents new evidence supporting the theory that in at least some…
Source:Research sees overlap in genes altered in schizophrenia, autism, intellectual disability
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Meera Senthilingamm.senthilingam@wellcome.ac.uk 44-207-611-7329Wellcome Trust Scientists from The University of Manchester have discovered that ‘lonely’ microbes are more likely to mutate, resulting in higher rates of antibiotic resistance. The study,…
Source:'Lonely' bacteria increase risk of antibiotic resistance
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – As General Electric tries to convince French leaders to back its offer to rescue engineering firm Alstom , it hopes that three letters will convince them of its good will: CFM. The initials mask a successful U.S.-French venture that will soon mark…
Source:GE trumpets 40-year jet engine venture to bolster Alstom bid
When I wrote my latest book, You Are the Placebo, I set out to explore the idea that it’s possible for people to heal themselves of all sorts of conditions (even those considered incurable) without drugs or surgery — through thought alone. After all, the power of belief is so strong…
Source:How To Heal Yourself By Thought Alone
Anxiety is often caused by unhealthy thought patterns, worries, and stress. However, sometimes that uncomfortable, distressful, and at times panic-inducing experience has little to do with what we’re thinking, and more to do our biochemistry or what we just ate. Sometimes, it…
Source:7 Questions To Ask Yourself The Next Time You Feel Intense Anxiety
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46-018-471-5035Uppsala University
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This shows Jan Dumanski and Lars Forsberg.
Click here for more information.
It is generally well known that men have an overall shorter life expectancy compared to…
Loss of Y chromosome can explain shorter life expectancy and higher cancer risk for men
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Contact: Dr. Anton Zavialovanton.zavialov@utu.fiAcademy of Finland
Academy research fellows from University of Turku (Finland), Andrey and Anton Zavialov, and a team of researches from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, discovered that inherited mutations in a…
Genetic disorder causing strokes and vascular inflammation in children has been discovered
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Contact: Saskia Rohmersaskia.rohmer@gmx.de
49-622-148-78414Springer
New findings describe important migratory corridor for flatback sea turtle
The value of Australia’s newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used…
Australian marine reserves provide safe passageway for endangered species
