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How and why metformin needs to interact with insulin to be effective
Hamilton, Nov. 3, 2013 About 120 million people around the world with Type 2 diabetes and two million in Canada take…
McMaster scientists unlock secrets of diabetes drug
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An international team of researchers has used pioneering electron microscopy techniques to discover an important mechanism behind the reaction of metallic nanoparticles with the environment….
York researchers discover important mechanism behind nanoparticle reactivity
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This is a drawing representing structure of properly functioning protein (left) which is optically invisible to high power laser light, and toxic amyloid (right)…
Lasers might be the cure for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In…
Nanotube-based sensors can be implanted under the skin for a year
Sun Nov 3, 2013 12:19pm EST
(Reuters) – Merck Co Inc’s experimental cancer vaccine appeared to provide broader protection against a cancer-causing virus than the company’s Gardasil shot did in clinical trials, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday.
The…
Merck experimental vaccine shows promise in cancer trial: WSJ
ObjectiveThe SNP309 polymorphism (T-G) in the promoter of MDM2 gene has been reported to be associated with enhanced MDM2 expression and tumor development. Studies investigating the association between MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism and endometrial cancer risk reported conflicting results. We…
Source:MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism contributes to endometrial cancer susceptibility: evidence from a meta-analysis
ObjectiveThe SNP309 polymorphism (T-G) in the promoter of MDM2 gene has been reported to be associated with enhanced MDM2 expression and tumor development. Studies investigating the association between MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism and endometrial cancer risk reported conflicting results.
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MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism contributes to endometrial cancer susceptibility: evidence from a meta-analysis
In a recent article called “The Trauma of Being Alive”, psychiatrist Mark Epstein described how people often feel rushed through their grief and that it is better to allow one’s self to mourn at whatever pace you need because “An undercurrent of trauma runs through ordinary life, shot…
Grief is Not Trauma
Last week, we brought you tips on how to create your own sanctuary. Today, we kick off #SanctuarySunday, which shares the very best in relaxing spaces that can help you unwind, and we’re starting with that favorite private space — the bathroom.
Many of us repair to this room in…
7 Incredibly Relaxing Bathrooms To Inspire Your #SanctuarySunday (PHOTOS)
All her life, actress Bria Roberts wanted to be a Guinness World Record holder. When her opportunity came, she had a leg up on everyone else — and it was behind her head as well.
Roberts, a Los Angeles-based actress, recently attempted to set a new world record for most skips with one leg…
Bria Roberts, Contortionist, Attempts World Record For Most Skips With Leg Behind Head (VIDEO)
This week’s Moment of Travel Zen comes to us from Erica Sackett. Her photo was taken on a trip to Kenya’s Mara Triangle.
Narrow inlets surrounded by steep, rocky cliffs, fjords are located mostly in Norway, Iceland and Greenland. The contrast between the serene waters and the…
Your Weekly Travel Zen: Fjords
The end of Daylight Saving Time is one of our favorite excuses to sleep for an extra hour — a decadent, once-a-year, Sunday morning treat.
Losing an hour when we “spring forward” in March does a number on the sleep-deprived: Car accidents and heart attacks spike, productivity…
The Amazing Powers Of Just One Extra Hour Of Sleep
By Lisa Marshall for Runner’s World
Just hours after completing a recent marathon, I raised a bittersweet toast to a race I was already eager to forget. Training for it had cost me countless pancake breakfasts with my kids, and attending it nearly emptied my bank account. But instead of…
10 Marathon Day Mistakes
November 3, 2013 7:48 AM
Just how much energy does it take to run a 26.2-mile-long race? Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of The Fast Draw found out.
Video: The Fast Draw: Marathon
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Wild shrimp hauls off the southern Atlantic coast have plunged in recent months as a parasite has made it harder for the creatures to breathe, according to state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina.
Experts…
Parasite depletes wild shrimp haul off southeast Atlantic coast
SUNDAY Nov. 3, 2013 — Ten-kilometer races have become increasingly popular in the United States over the past decade and today’s runners don’t fit the old stereotypes, a new analysis finds.
Researchers who studied data from 10 of the nation’s largest 10-km races between…
10K Races in U.S. Attract New Breed of Runners
Last week, we brought you tips on how to create your own sanctuary. Today, we kick off #SanctuarySunday, which shares the very best in relaxing spaces that can help you unwind, and we’re starting with that favorite private space — the bathroom. Many of us repair to this room in…
Source:7 Incredibly Relaxing Bathrooms To Inspire Your #SanctuarySunday (PHOTOS)
This week’s Moment of Travel Zen comes to us from Erica Sackett. Her photo was taken on a trip to Kenya’s Mara Triangle. Narrow inlets surrounded by steep, rocky cliffs, fjords are located mostly in Norway, Iceland and Greenland. The contrast between the serene waters and the…
Source:Your Weekly Travel Zen: Fjords
All her life, actress Bria Roberts wanted to be a Guinness World Record holder. When her opportunity came, she had a leg up on everyone else — and it was behind her head as well. Roberts, a Los Angeles-based actress, recently attempted to set a new world record for most skips with one leg…
Source:Bria Roberts, Contortionist, Attempts World Record For Most Skips With Leg Behind Head (VIDEO)
The end of Daylight Saving Time is one of our favorite excuses to sleep for an extra hour — a decadent, once-a-year, Sunday morning treat. Losing an hour when we “spring forward” in March does a number on the sleep-deprived: Car accidents and heart attacks spike, productivity…
Source:The Amazing Powers Of Just One Extra Hour Of Sleep
By Lisa Marshall for Runner’s World Just hours after completing a recent marathon, I raised a bittersweet toast to a race I was already eager to forget. Training for it had cost me countless pancake breakfasts with my kids, and attending it nearly emptied my bank account. But instead of…
Source:10 Marathon Day Mistakes
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Wild shrimp hauls off the southern Atlantic coast have plunged in recent months as a parasite has made it harder for the creatures to breathe, according to state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina. Experts…
Source:Parasite depletes wild shrimp haul off southeast Atlantic coast
SUNDAY Nov. 3, 2013 — Ten-kilometer races have become increasingly popular in the United States over the past decade and today’s runners don’t fit the old stereotypes, a new analysis finds. Researchers who studied data from 10 of the nation’s largest 10-km races between…
Source:10K Races in U.S. Attract New Breed of Runners
Because I work on HIV vaccine research, I often talk about vaccines and HIV vaccine design in particular. So far, there have been several phase I HIV vaccine trials, but very few have made it into phase III. One such case was the STEP trial, which was abruptly halted in 2007 after preliminary…
Source:A new viral vector raises hopes for an HIV vaccine
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts that man-made global warming likely will worsen already existing human tragedies of war, starvation, poverty, flooding, extreme weather and disease. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning…
Source:Climate Change Report Sees Violent, Sicker, Poorer Future
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts that man-made global warming likely will worsen already existing human tragedies of war, starvation, poverty, flooding, extreme weather and disease. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning…
Source:Climate Change Report Sees Violent, Sicker, Poorer Future
There are sixty-four people spaced out evenly on their yoga mats, like seven rows of perfectly aligned crayons. As I dim the lights and burn a stick of incense, the sparks of their conversations heat the room — and it’s not just physical talking. The mental chatter vibrates just as…
Source:A Stream of Consciousness on the Yoga Mat
There are sixty-four people spaced out evenly on their yoga mats, like seven rows of perfectly aligned crayons. As I dim the lights and burn a stick of incense, the sparks of their conversations heat the room — and it’s not just physical talking. The mental chatter vibrates just as…
Source:A Stream of Consciousness on the Yoga Mat
Technology is “amazing,” Bill Gates told the Financial Times in a recent interview, but it’s not going to save the world. Speaking with the Times’ Richard Waters about what it’s going to take the make the planet a better place, the Microsoft co-founder said that…
Source:Bill Gates: Prioritizing Worldwide Internet Access Over Malaria Research Is A ‘Joke’
Technology is “amazing,” Bill Gates told the Financial Times in a recent interview, but it’s not going to save the world. Speaking with the Times’ Richard Waters about what it’s going to take the make the planet a better place, the Microsoft co-founder said that…
Source:Bill Gates: Prioritizing Worldwide Internet Access Over Malaria Research Is A ‘Joke’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is expected to seek re-election in 2014, urged Cabinet ministers on Saturday to speed up major infrastructure and public services projects, amid concerns about delays with much-needed road, hospital and port…
Source:Rousseff urges Cabinet to speed up Brazil works projects before election
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is expected to seek re-election in 2014, urged Cabinet ministers on Saturday to speed up major infrastructure and public services projects, amid concerns about delays with much-needed road, hospital and port…
Source:Rousseff urges Cabinet to speed up Brazil works projects before election
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernhard Goetz, who became known as New York City’s “Subway Vigilante” in the 1980s after he shot and wounded four black teenagers he considered threatening on a subway, was arrested on Friday after he attempted to sell marijuana to an…
Source:New York City 1980s ‘Subway Vigilante’ arrested in marijuana bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernhard Goetz, who became known as New York City’s “Subway Vigilante” in the 1980s after he shot and wounded four black teenagers he considered threatening on a subway, was arrested on Friday after he attempted to sell marijuana to an…
Source:New York City 1980s ‘Subway Vigilante’ arrested in marijuana bust
I used to come home after high school and watch an adoption show.
Parents-to-be tell their story of how they tried for years to get pregnant to no avail, and now, finally, they are adopting a child.
This is the story I always hear: A couple cannot have children physically, so they adopt.
Is…
Is Adoption an Option for Women with Bipolar Disorder?
To the outsider, panic is often invisible.
You can’t see the tachycardia or palpitations. You can’t see the adrenaline, the air hunger, or the dizziness.
But just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
Popular culture (or at least this Google image search) seems to…
What Does A Panic Attack Look Like? Watch This…
A dengue epidemic sweeping Nicaragua has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy, raising the disease’s death toll there to 16 people, according to officials.
The death is the second in less than 24 hours due to dengue, health authorities reported. The disease has infected some 5,795 people…
Nicaragua’s dengue death toll rises to 16
It took nearly 15 years after voters approved medical marijuana for it to become available in Washington, D.C., but the next major change to pot laws in the U.S. capital is on the fast track.
The D.C. Council is poised to approve a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of…
DC on fast track to decriminalizing pot possession
Youth involved in sports face a “culture of resistance” when it comes to reporting possible concussions and complying with treatment plans, researchers say.
Carried out by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, the report warns that the phenomenon could endanger the…
Youth in Sports Face Peer Pressure When Reporting Concussions
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Mindfulness Training Reduces Anti-Social Behavior
When faced with stress, does the very thought of food turn your stomach, or do you instantly reach for a burger and fries or a bar of chocolate? People who seek solace in food during times of stress are usually the ones told to regulate their bad habits, but new research from Germany finds…
Comfort Eaters May Consume Less in Good Times
Our ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making us more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon than in the morning, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…
Cheating Varies by Time of Day, Study Finds
Prof Meirion Thomas, senior cancer surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital in
London, said he believed that around 5 per cent of the patients he treated
were health tourists who had come to Britain specifically for free treatment.
“One of the most awful things that happens to me is that I…
Surgeon faced investigation for refusing to treat health tourist
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts that man-made global warming likely will worsen already existing human tragedies of war, starvation, poverty, flooding, extreme weather and disease.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning…
Climate Change Report Sees Violent, Sicker, Poorer Future
