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It snows on Mars
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 (EST)
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 Phoenix Principal Investigators have discovered that not only precipitation occurs on Mars but water vapor moves from the atmosphere to ice on the ground and it does snow there - a part of the hydrological cycle on Mars.
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What causes lung cancer's spread
Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 (EST)
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 Same cellular pathway that has been shown to be involved with the spread of colorectal cancer is also responsible for lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone – the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse.
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Cutting the calories ups fertility
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (EST)
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 Even when food is abundant energy intake among animals reaches a limit, even among the ones with high nutrient demands, such as lactating females, due to active control of maternal investment in offspring in order to maintain long-term reproductive fitness.
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Lack of sleep more dangerous for women
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (EST)
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 women who sleep less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems as compared to men.
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New less invasive treatment for receding gums is painless
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (EST)
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 A new tissue regeneration application uses platelet concentrate gel applied to a collagen membrane as the graft instead of using tissue from the roof of the mouth. The graft is soaked in the patient's platelets and placed over the receding tooth root and surgically secured.
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Coping with Uterine Fibroids
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (EST)
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 Benign tumors that occur in the muscle tissues of the uterus called Fibroids affect 1 in 5 women and can be treated with drugs or surgery.
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Telecommunication can improve heart health
Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (EST)
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 A new study shows that heart patients who use e-mail and telephones to keep in touch with their physicians have a considerably lower risk of future heart attacks.
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Vitamin D deficiency alarmingly high and increasing
Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (EST)
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 Populations across the globe are suffering from the impact of low levels of vitamin D leading to potentially severe repercussions for overall health and fracture rates.
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Moderate to severe periodontitis needs evaluation for heart disease risk
Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (EST)
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 Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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First human receives his own heart stem cells to repair damaged heart
Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (EST)
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 Heart attack patient Ken Milles is the first ever human to have his own heart tissue being used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into his heart in an effort to repair and re-grow healthy muscle that had been injured by a heart attack.
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