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News | Archive (14 June 2010)
Study of severe asthma using CT scans
— 16:36 GMT | HealthA new study led by University of Leicester researchers at Glenfield Hospital suggests that CT scans may be the way forward for monitoring progression of severe asthma as well as checking how it is responding to treatment…
Scientists locate oil plume extending toward Dry Tortugas
— 16:23 GMT | EnvironmentA team of dedicated South Florida researchers from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (NOAA/AOML) were determined to check on whether oil was, as predicted, being pulled into the Loop Current and carried toward the Dry Tortugas…
Green and fair economic growth with more expensive fossil fuels
— 16:20 GMT | EnvironmentWhy are the international climate negotiations moving so slowly? Because countries have so far been unable to define what global fairness really is, says Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg. Sterner and several other prominent economists including several recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics spoke at the World Bank conference on development economics in Stockholm recently…
Astrocytes affect brain's information signalling
— 16:17 GMT | HealthAstrocytes are the most common type of cell in the brain and play an important role in the function of neurones - nerve cells. New research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that they are also directly involved in the regulation of signalling between neurones…
Teen boys who attempted suicide more like to abuse partners as adults
— 16:14 GMT | HealthYoung men who attempt suicide before age 18 are much more likely as adults to be aggressive toward their girlfriends or wives, including hitting and injuring their partners, according to a new study…
Cost concerns prevent many cancer survivors from getting medical care
— 16:11 GMT | HealthA new study led by a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre researcher shows that millions of cancer survivors are forgoing needed medical care because of concerns about cost…
Study confirms favourable long-term prognosis of epilepsy
— 16:08 GMT | HealthA study conducted by researchers in The Netherlands confirmed that children with idiopathic new-onset epilepsy have a significantly higher rate of remission than those with remote symptomatic epilepsy. Results of this study are now available online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy…
Cryptic worms encountered outside Sweden
— 16:04 GMT | BiologyPolychaete worms have populated the oceans for millions of years. Today they are the focus of study on cryptic species, which shows that apparently identical animals may be entirely different species. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now found new worm species in the Kattegat and Skagerrak…
New research into the deep ocean floor yields promising results for microbiologists
— 16:01 GMT | BiologyResearch by a small group of microbiologists is revealing how marine microbes live in a mysterious area of the Earth: the realm just beneath the deep ocean floor. The ocean crust may be the largest biological reservoir on our planet…
Brain MRI in children: 'Incidental' findings yield disclosure dilemmas for doctors, patients
— 15:58 GMT | HealthPaediatricians whose patients undergo 'routine' brain MRIs need a plan to deal with findings that commonly reveal unexpected-but-benign anomalies that are unlikely to cause any problem, reports a research team led by Johns Hopkins Children's Centre investigators…
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