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Research indicates testosterone could guard against eating disorders
— 5 Mar 2008 02:31 | HealthTestosterone appears to protect people against eating disorders, providing further evidence that biological factors - and not just social influences - are linked to anorexia and bulimia,…
Case links death to environmental tobacco smoke
— 9 Feb 2008 13:48 | HealthA young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death to be reported nationally from acute asthma…
MSU researchers make new discoveries on what does and doesn't affect immune system
— 5 Feb 2008 17:10 | HealthScientists know that a number of factors can affect the body's immune system: poor diet, certain steroids, chronic stress. Now researchers at Michigan State University have discovered…
Scientists look at those in evolutionary race who do not make it out of the gate
— 25 Jan 2008 08:02 | BiologyIn the race of evolution, scientists until now have only looked at winners and losers. Now, they've come up with a way to look at the contenders who never made it out of the gate…
Plant viruses from past provide ecological clues
— 9 Oct 2007 12:30 | BiologyTaking the medical history of a grassland may seem a bit esoteric - after all, how sick can grass be? However, scientists have discovered plant viruses from as early as 1917 containing…
Nuclear physicists examine limits of the oxygen
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | PhysicsPhysicists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have made a unique measurement of an exotic oxygen nucleus, leading scientists one…
Scientists harvest answers from genome of grain fungus
— 7 Sep 2007 14:42 | EnvironmentEvil forces thrive in an unstable environment. At least, that's the picture being painted in the first waves of data being reaped from the genomesequence of the fungal plant pathogen,…
Tropical insects go the distance to inform rainforest conservation
— 9 Aug 2007 20:23 | BiologyThe long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay 'close to home' - dining only on locale-specific vegetation - is being challenged by new…