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- New algorithm for learning languages
- Preliminary study by K-State professor finds war can be hard on relationships of military couples
- Nicotine exposure can increase motivation to respond for food weeks after the last exposure
- Hand sanitizer gel works
- Neighborhood safety concerns boost TV time, but not necessarily obesity, in preschoolers
- Teenage boys may not plan on pregnancy, but believe it might happen anyway
- Symbols can help children control impulses, get more of what they want
- Academics, industry experts launch Internet innovation symposium
- Displaced songbirds navigate in the high Arctic
- UC Davis study asseses impact of smoking in California's Korean and Chinese communities
- Grant to study work options as boomers reach retirement
- Northwest Indians continue efforts to revive languages at UW workshop
- Recent improvements in prostate cancer outcomes may be result of shift in classification
- Investors behave like ostriches in choosing bank deposits over T-bills
- Bronx Zoo bears are new Samsonite gorillas
- Curriculum targets affect children's playtime
- UCI neurobiologists uncover evidence of a 'memory code'
- Penn awarded $1.8 million to look for new mood-disorder drugs, with Wyeth research labs
- Study links obesity, urban sprawl
- International conference on death, dying and disposal
- No single gene for ageing
- Does the workplace damage your brain?
- Microtubules critical to development of mental disorders
- Study of faulty fingerprints debunks forensic science 'zero error' claim
- Researchers gain support from Merck Sharp & Dohme for novel area of diabetes research
- NIEHS awards $37 million to train emergency and hazardous waste workers
- FDA approves expanded patient profile for non-hormonal intrauterine device
- Shuttle foam, dolphin drumming, chorus singing
- Spouses in bad marriages face greater risk for serious health problems
- Prof probes impact of post 9/11 surveillance
- Study of faulty fingerprints debunks forensic science 'zero error' claim
- UC faculty members break new ground while treading gently on the Alaskan tundra
- Nation's experts to answer questions about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research, GlaxoSmithKline Inc. and University of Ottawa partner to fund the new J. David Grimes Research Chair
- New tooth enamel dating technique could help identify disaster victims
- Key neural system at risk from fetal alcohol exposure
- Treating individuals with substance-abuse disorders who have attempted suicide
- College drinking is just as bad as researchers thought, but not worse than expected
- Popular kids more likely to smoke than less popular classmates
- Breast cancer advance
- National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
- Mental declines can be reversed - report shows
- Study charts origins of fear
- Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases breast cancer risk across all ethnicities
- Delivering on digital content's full potential
- Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses
- Genomatix, AAAS ink agreement
- Study: Second-generation antidepressants
- At Johns Hopkins: Emphasis on improved care and faster access to services shortens hospital stays
- Injury prevention could save Maryland at least $700 million per year
- One in every hundred Londoners could be crack cocaine users, claim researchers
- Public patients denied effective obesity treatment
- Failure to suppress irrelevant brain activity in Alzheimer disease
- Tip sheet for Annals of Internal Medicine, Sept. 20, 2005 issue
- Scientists develop screening method for pancreatic cancer
- Largest ever Asian smoking study reveals cardiovascular health risks
- Researcher says Halloween no laughing matter for many youngsters
- Women better at hand hygiene habits, hands down
- Biologist to receive MacArthur grant for discovering species and revealing conservation needs
- Rutgers-Newark psychology researchers reveal link between body and action perception
- Scientists attempt to answer the question; who's number one?
- Heart disease patients face greater risk of PTSD
- Panic disorder appears to increase risk of coronary heart disease
- High blood pressure has stronger effect on mental function in blacks
- Leafy green vegetables may help keep brains sharp through aging
- Collaborative Cross to provide powerful resource for mouse model researchers worldwide
- Yale procedure cuts recurrence of aggressive uterine cancer
- Emmy Award for Melbourne biomedical animator
- Requirement for high-level mental processing in subliminal learning
- September 27th telebriefing on premature health
- Mapping the risks of hurricane disasters
- Poor health literacy associated with poorer physical and mental health
- Post-stroke tests not used often enough, especially in women
- Loss of body mass linked to development of Alzheimer's disease
- How can physicians assist in the investigation of bioterrorism or other biocrimes?
- World's first international real-time streaming of 4k over gigabit IP networks
- Unwed mothers are less likely to marry, study shows
- 'Cybertools' project receives $2 million NSF grant
- Research offers new approach to developing treatments for cocaine and amphetamine addiction
- 2005 NIH Director's Pioneer Award recipients announced
- EMBO honours leading Italian and Russian science communicators
- Research center for National Children's Study to be based in Queens
- Beating the aging process naturally
- Applications open: The Max Weber Postdoctoral Programme
- Researched and refined, Virginia Tech's Cliff and Rocky ready for Grand Challenge victory
- The interdisciplinary mandate: GSA's annual meeting to present new research on hot topics in aging
- Australia's medical institutes back Synchrotron
- Ossur congratulates Hugh Herr on Popular Mechanics 2005 Breakthrough Leadership Award
- Medical College of Wisconsin study shows better parent-physician communication can substantially prevent hospitalizations for childhood asthma
- Cerebellum found to be important in cognition and behavior
- Fried food and fatter kids
- Brenner Children's Hospital pediatrician says one symptom no longer a clear sign of child abuse
- Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?
- Your favourite TV programme anywhere!
- Kindergarten retention fails to help academic achievement
- Extended release stimulant effective for long-term ADHD treatment
- Kindergarten retention fails to help academic achievement
- Many pediatricians say they would not continue care for families who refuse vaccines
- Researchers shed light on anxiety and alcohol intake
- Medication appears effective in treating teen heroin addiction

