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| www.bio-medicine.org | Becky Alexander |
| Web | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 1/8/08 | Submitted: 8-Jan-2008 |
| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| In Ann Arbor Michigan a device was designed to eliminate mistakes made while mixing compounds at a hospital pharmacy was 100 percent accurate in identifying the proper formulations of seven intravenous drugs. Five potentially serious medication errors were averted over an 18-month period in a test at C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital. The tabletop device is manufactured by ValiMed and it uses a technique called enhanced photoemission spectroscopy to determine if the compounds are correct. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| That is a great invention. Drug errors account for nearly 1.5 milion injuries a year and kill at least one person a day. Add to that the costs associated with caring for people as a result of errors at around 3.5 billion a year and you have a serious problem. Unfortunatley any time humans are involved there is room for error. I dont’t know that this machine will eliminate all errors but a reduction of any amount is a positive step. | |
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| Celeste Finkler | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I am always interested in reading about topics like this. This note didnt cover enought to actually know about the topic but i would really like to read this article. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I think this is a very good thing! Children’s medicine is important and parents need the reasurrence that the children are taking the safe and proper medicine for their illness or whatever the problem might be. | |
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| Jessica Harmeling | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I believe having technology like this needs to be standard. There are many potential safeguards that are being pursued to improve medication safety.The primary safeguard for intravenous drugs compounded in hospital pharmacies today remains a visual check by the pharmacist. Using a technology like this helps prevent mistakes that can occur due to human error. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 5-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I think this device is a wonderful thing and should be used in all pharmacies. Children’s medications need to be safe and accurate. The fact that this device can make sure that all the compounds are correct in these medications is amazing. With the technology today there should be no errors in medications. These device had the ability‚ over time‚ to say millions of lives. This device is the step in the right direction in technology. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| This device sounds like an amazing thing. It really should be standardized. Visual checks are not good enough. Human error is prevalent enough to potentially cause too much damage. I think that this device should be expanded to not just child medications but all medications. | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| This is great preventive measure. I’m surprised that it took so long for someone to come up with this device concidering how many times accidents have probably happened. I’d like to know how often problems do occur and the exact problems that do occur. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| This is such a good idea. I have two nephews and I always worry about them and medicine‚ especially with all these stories on the news about overdoses with over the counter medicines. I am just glad that they are taking steps toward making our children’s lives safer. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| An innovative device like this could save lives‚ lawsuits and the professional reputations of members of the health care community. The cost of the device was not mentioned‚ though it would probably pay for itself if it offset even one lawsuit. I agree that this technolgy should be implemented universally to save lives. The amount of money saved in damages‚ may even pave the way for decreased health care costs for individuals throughout the United States and abroad. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I think the device that was created to eliminate mixing compound problems was awesome. Especailly since it is 100 percent accurate. I think more doctors offices should invest in one of these machines. | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I am always so glad to hear about hospitals moving towards a more electronic way of doing business. Not only does it save space and money but it can greatly help a doctore keep track of patient care. Finding charts and previous test results is so much easier on a computer than filing manual. Hopefully this new development will get us one step closer to a national system for patient care and treatment. I have noticed some of the Presidential candidates have even made electronic charts a part of their platform. | |
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| Shannon Mcdevitt | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I think this device is really good because medication for children should be very accurate. Also I think it should be used for all medications‚ not just for children. | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| As a parent‚ I am relieved to know that such a device exists. The health and well-being of my children is the most important thing to me‚ and inventions such as this help to reassure. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| This device seems like something that should be used at every hospital. Unfortunately human error causes a number of mistreatments. I know that the Dennis Quaid special is coming up soon‚ where is he talking publicly about how his twins were given the wrong amount of medication following their birth‚ so I wonder if that will help to raise flags publicly for a device like such to be issued to more hospitals. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| This device seems like something that should be used at every hospital. Unfortunately human error causes a number of mistreatments. I know that the Dennis Quaid special is coming up soon‚ where is he talking publicly about how his twins were given the wrong amount of medication following their birth‚ so I wonder if that will help to raise flags publicly for a device like such to be issued to more hospitals. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Device prevents potential errors in children’s medications” | |
| I think this is a good idea. I know that pharmacist and pharmacy techs are both well trained‚ but they are humans. We all know that humans make mistakes and no one is perfect. I think it is a good idea because it can help prevent accidents that could harm young children. We all want to kepp the children safe...they are our future. | |
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| Green pig‚ green pig! | Leslie Hunter |
| msnbc | Due: 1-15-o8 |
| Jan. 8‚ 2oo8 | Submitted: 9-Jan-2008 |
| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| Fluorescent green protein was injected into the embryos of pigs in Beijing‚ China. Thus‚ three fluorescent-greEn pigs were born. One of those pigs‚ being female‚ gave birth to a lot of piglets‚ and of the lot‚ two have shown signs of inheritance of the fluorescent protein. This is a great day‚ for it shows that there is a chance to breed transgenetic pigs‚ and to even someday to raise special pigs to provide organs to needing humans. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 1-Feb-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| Sorry but i do not see how the injection of fluorescent green protein into pigs can give us as humans the ability to provide needing humans with pig organs. i dont dont disagree with testing of the pigs in order to find ways to help us in the future but i can not see the connection between the injections of fluorescent green protein and growing organs for us to use. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I think what its saying is that since the green protein became part of the pigs genome maybe in the future we could put human proteins/genes into pigs and they will pass those on to their offspring making their organs even closer to ours. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology II think that doing studies is always a good thing and makes it so we are always learning new things. I am not sure I always understand or agree with the studies but its nice to see new things. The whole pig things kind of confuses me‚ but I think its neat that they are doing experiments and finding new things out everyday! | |
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| Celeste Finkler | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| Being a vegatarian‚ I’m not sure if I think that this is a good thing or not. I do know that I wouldnt want to walk around with pigs organs. But this is pretty interesting and I am going to read the article on this matter. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I think this idea is cool. Pigs are very interesting in the fact that they have the best heart valves out of all living things that have ever been studied. I worked with a girl for years that had pigs valves in her heart. It is amazing to think that something that has virtually no blood cholesterol‚ that their meat when you eat it is full of LDL’s‚ has the best valves. Interesting! | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| This experiement sounded like it was from a science fiction movie. Injecting flourecent green protein into pig embryos sounds interesting. I wonder if they were just testing to see if they could alter a pig’s genetic makeup by altering its embryo. If that is what they were testing then they discovered that it was possible because the embryos grew up and were green and the green female’s offspring were green and glowing as well. | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I do not agree with this idea. I’m sure it’s great for some scientist to see that this happens but i think that this is as far as it should go. I disagree with the use of animals for the sake of human beings. I mean I’m okay with animal testing to a certain extent but not to accually use their body parts in a human. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| This sounds pretty interesting but I really dont understand why they did this. What is it honestly going to prove by changing the color of a pig? I also dont agree that injecting pigs with color will help the likelyhood of raising pigs to provide human organs. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| The newsnote itself was not very clear on how this is beneficial to saving human lives. I read an article that explained scientists can introduce DNA that makes proteins that glow green under a special light. The green color allows them to track cell movement once the cells are transplanted into an animal model‚ making it easier for researchers to identify the cells during safety studies of potential stem cell therapies. Enabling researchers to study and potentially treat disorders ranging from Huntington’s to Diabetes. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| The flourscent green protien that was injected is very creative. I think that China would only do something like this. It shows that there’s a chance to breed transgenetic pigs. | |
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| Shannon Mcdevitt | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I don’t agree with the idea. I don’t agree that they should inject pigs with color so it can help raise pigs to provide human organs‚ I think it is wrong. Also why would someone test an animal using their body parts in a human being? | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I have to agree. I cannot see the benefits to humans of injecting pigs with green dye. Perhaps if I read the entire article I could gain more insight. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I think that the technology behind this is very interesting‚ to see which pigs picked up and carried on this flourescent gene. However‚ animal testing even for the betterment of the human race‚ does make me feel uncomfortable. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| It seems interesting that scientists would use a flourescent protien to experiment with traits. However‚ I see how this can be beneficial and the information taken from this study can help them better understand the process which animals produce and what traits get passed on. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Green pig gives birth to glowing piglets | |
| I think that this is animal cruelty. I dont think that we should test animals so that in the future humans needing organs can get them from an animal. I dont think I would ever want an organ that was from a pig no matter what they had done to it. So in the meantime...injecting other genes into animals is wrong. | |
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| Newscintist | Michele Tissot |
| newsnote | Due: 1-17-2008 |
| January 7‚2008 | Submitted: 10-Jan-2008 |
| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| This article is speaking about how a diet can change the sex of your baby. A mother’s diet in the run up to conception couldinfluence the sex of her child. This study comes from the study on mice. A study says that the altered the levels of blood sugar in female mice during conception by feeding the mice steriod called DEX‚ which inhibits the transport of glucose into the bloodstream. More studies are being done and further information will be given as time progresses. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 12-Jan-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| sorry i would have to disagree with that artical/study. i am not a scientist but i dont see how the suger intake during pregnacy can change the sex of the baby. and i also think just because it might have happened to a mouse i dont think we are any thing alike so i dont think it could happen to a human. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I’m not sure how it is possible for diet to influence the sex of a baby. I know that we continue to learn new things in science that we thought were impossible before but this seems a little odd. I wonder if maybe something other than glucose uptake was involved. I know that science is genetically engineering the births of boys or girls‚ but the diet approach seems unrealistic. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 17-Feb-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I have to agree with the two comments posted; I really do not see how sugar has any relation to the sex of your baby. I dont know if the person who wrote about the article agrees with it or not they didnt really say but who ever wrote the original article is crazy. I see no possible way that this could be possible I thought the male determined the sex anyways so why would the amount of sugar the female takes in have any effect? | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| There are other things that influence the sex of your baby besides your diet in my opinion. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology II find this study really interesting because I have a baby. But I am not sure I am sold on the fact that it is possible to have an effect on what your babies sex is just by what you eat and how you change your diet. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I disagree with this article. There have been old wive’s tales about how eating asparagus when you’re pregnant will make you have a boy but that is exactly what it is‚ an old wive’s tale. It is purly change and statistics that you’re child is boy or girl. The sex of your child is determined by the father so i don’t see how the mother’s diet would change anything. | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I don’t think this study seems very logical. I can’t believe that a diet can change the sex of a child. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| Honestly‚ I think that the sex of a baby is predetermined and nothing has an effect on what it will be. No diets‚ pills‚ or anything of that sort will help you have a boy or a girl. I just think that it is already determined from the point that it happens. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| It was interesting to me to hear that what we consume around the time of conception can possibly determine whether our baby will be male or female. It was also interesting that the stress level of the mother may effect the baby’s sex too. If a lower blood sugar level produces less females‚ does that mean we are not sugar‚ spice and everything nice? | |
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| Matthew Fessler | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I personally dont believe that the mothers diet can possibly effect the sex of a child. While the study of mice has been productive and has been capable of translating results to human beings‚ it just does not seem logical in this case. This is proven by the fact that scientists want to do more studies to gain more information through future studies as time progresses. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| This article says that the sex of your baby can be determined by how you diet.They did the study on mice. They used the drug Dex for the study. | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I have to wonder at the validity of this study. Can they even tell what the “original” sex of the baby was? How do they know it changed? It also seems unlikely to me that food of all things could change the sex of the baby. There aren’t THAT many hormones in our food‚ is there? It raises a lot of interesting questions though on what to eat during pregnancy. | |
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| Shannon Mcdevitt | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| The sex of a baby is already predetermined‚ I don’t see how a diet can change the sex. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| What an interesting claim to make.. I wonder if the article meant your diet prior to becoming pregnant.. as it doesn’t seem to make any sense if they meant that you can “change” the sex of the fetus while you are carrying the baby over the span of your pregnancy. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diet may Influence the sex of your baby | |
| I think that this seems bizarre. I dont think that what you eat can influence the sex of your baby. Eating healthy while pregnant is important but not related to the gender of the baby. I hope that people do not follow this information. I think that it would give people false hopes when it comes to finding out the gender of there baby. | |
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| Cnn.com | Natalie Bacon |
| cnn.com | Due: 1/11/2008 |
| 1/10/2008 | Submitted: 11-Jan-2008 |
| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| A rare but almost deadly tornado struck Vancouver yesterday. There were extremely high winds causing people to be blown across the street and shopping carts into cars. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| I am soo sorry to hear about this tragedy‚ but glad to hear that there were no deaths or anything. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology I Personally I find it pretty incredible that such horrible storms can cause so much damage but very few or no people are killed or hurt. I hate that people have to deal with all the distruction and clean up but I think its great that they don’t have to deal with any losses. Obvioulsy thats not always the case but I think its great but crazy when it is. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| I am terrified of tornadoes. I understand how devasting it must have been for those families. My heart goes out to them and thank goodness no one was hurt. | |
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| Shannon Mcdevitt | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| I am glad to hear that no one was hurt because tornados terrify me and I can only imagine what those families are going through trying to get their lives back in order. | |
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| R brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| i was wondering why is it rare that a tornado accured in Vancouve. that is great that there was no deaths. it so tragic when some thing like that happens let alone when freinds and family die. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| Tornado Touches Down in Vancouver | |
| Tornados are a force of nature that leaves an impression behind after it has caused damage and deaths. Fortunately‚ in this case there wasn’t any deaths to report. Can global warming be the source of tornados striking so unexpectingly? | |
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| Science Daily | Daniel Johnson |
| “Science Daily” | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 1/11/08 | Submitted: 11-Jan-2008 |
| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109100221.htmScientists have discovered that Siberian jay bird species can communicate with each other. They do this through specific alarm calls that alert other Siberian jay birds that a danger‚ the hawk‚ is nearby and may attack. This in turn will prolong the life of the Siberian jay. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 12-Jan-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| yes i would have to agree with the scientist on the study of siberian jay birds. i think that all animals of the same species can talk to one another. i think this because just by growing up around animals my whole life i have seen animals try and commuicate with each other. i think they can talk to each other. the only problem i see is we can not talk to them yet but some day i think that may change | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Jan-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| I’ve always wondered if animals could talk to each other. It’s neat how animals are able to communicate with one another and khow the difference in different calls for a specific situation. Then again‚ I assume it could automatically be instinct. Just like how the parents protect their young and not birds that are not family‚ but because of that‚ that runs the risk of family members being taken. The complexity of the communication system for the birds was mostly developed for family groups. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| I would of assumed that birds could communicate with each other. You would think that all spieces of animals could communicate with each other. I’m sure they all have their own unique ways of doing so. I guess it is nice to have some proof in it all. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| There has always been evidence that animals can communicate with each other‚ this is further proof of it. What I find exciting is the way that animals are starting to communicate with humans. I am thinking of the Gardners who taught a chimpanzee they were raising how to use sign language to communicate. Think of the possibilities! | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology II find it so neat and interesting that birds can communicate with each other and they can do it in a protective way. I think its great that they can find ways to tell each other to avoid that predators. | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| It’s nice to hear and for offically people to believe that not only mammals can communicate with one another. I’m nieve and think plants get bored and talk with their leaves. But anyways‚ these birds are very intellegent to be communicating to one another for safety precautions. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| I think that all animals talk to each other‚ in their own languages. Not any that us humans will be able to understand‚ but they talk to each other just like all of us talk. We yell out to others when we are in danger and so do they. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| This article is on how birds can communicate about behaviors of their predators.The Blue Jay is said to be very good at transferring these signals. | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| Don’t all species have some form of communication? What makes this so specia? Deer wag their tails to alert others to danger. Does it ahve to be vocal for it to count as ’communication?’ I wonder how specific the calls are. Can they alert their fellow foul of what kind of predator is coming? I would like to see the original study on this. | |
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| Shannon Mcdevitt | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| I think it’s neat that animals can communicate with one another in different situations or have different calls to protect one another. I think all animals of different species should be able to communicate with one another. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| It seems obvious that animals can communicate between one another as insects like bees do some of the similar communications like what appears to us as a “dance” to illustrate the availability of food‚ and I believe they also share concern over the hive. From personal experience I had pet ducks when I was younger‚ they definitely had a language between them. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators | |
| I am not surprised that these birds communicate. It would be stupid for the human race to think that just because we talk ‚ other animals do not make noise to communicate. Domestic dogs bark when other dogs are in their yard‚ or they growl. Many animals commmunicate with each other‚ even if they are not in the same species. | |
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| Discover | Olivia Miller |
| 1 | Due: Jan. 11‚ 2008 |
| February 2008 | Submitted: 11-Jan-2008 |
| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| Ordinary germs are bad enough‚ but when you are a member of the International Space station germs can be extremely risky. Recently an experiment was published showing that microbes can turn even more dangerous in space. Salmonella was the nasty little bacteria used in this test in space and earth. Using mice to do the test‚ the space mice had a higher mortality rate‚ and the bacteria grew a biofilm protecting them from antibiotics. Follow up test are being conducted to see the changes in microgravity. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| Hopefully all of those antibiotic resistant microbes are under careful control here on earth. I think we have developed resistance to so many antibiotics because they are over-prescibed. Not feeling well? Take a pill. Seems to be the response every time. Sometimes it is better to just let your body fight it off. But maybe there is something to be learned from the space microbes in the reverse...how can we have our cells create boundaries that are impenetrable‚ prevent diseases from beginning. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| I completely agree‚ or at least find it highly likely‚ that microbes in space are more dangerous than microbes on earth. In regard to the atmospheric differences such as chemical makeup and gravity‚ it seems common sense that microbes would be inclined to react differently (possibly manifest into stronger strains‚ etc.) So‚ I guess the question now is what antibiotics if any are resistant to the space strains? Then‚ if there aren’t any‚ then scientists need to invent antibiotics that are resistant if we are to ever further space investigations‚ such as living in space. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| First off I have to say poor mice :( That is so wierd that germs turn so much more dangerous in outer space. Maybe we have grown adapted to them since they are all around us but when we go out there‚ they aren’t so they become more dangerous. Who knows?? | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| Space germs can be very risky. Once again mice were useed during these tests. They are now doing follow up test to see changes in microgravity. | |
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| R brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| i think it is great that we as humans do expirements in order to learn and educate our selves like the study of microbes in outer space but i do not think it is fair to use other living animals during the test knowingly they will be killed(murdered). i do not know any other way to conduct the tests but i just dont agree with the way it is done now. it would be interesting to find out why the germs produce an outer layer to protect them selfs from antibiotics in outer space and not on earth. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Microbes in Outer Space | |
| This was an interesting newsnote‚ as I hadn’t really considered microbes and their behaviors outside of the earth and the realm of which we typically have studied bacteria. It doesn’t surprise me that without the effects of the earth and gravity that microbes would behave differently. | |
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| Zach Sicurella | |
| Due: 1-15-08 | |
| Submitted: 12-Jan-2008 | |
| Rational Animals | |
| According to this article animals have many different thought processes and awarenesses that they use to survive in everyday life in the environment. Self-awareness‚ the use of language‚ and the guess and check method are some of the ways animals survive. Scientists have done many experiments to test the intelligence of animals and have discovered that animals just might be smarter then they appear.‚07-15-2007 | |
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| Sandra Terry | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| Rational Animals | |
| I believe that animals are very intelligent creatures and that they do indeed talk to each other. For example‚ have you ever noticed that crows are always in pairs; one is feeding and the other one is on lookout duty? When something or someone approaches the one on lookout duty cries out to the one feeding and they both fly to safety. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Rational Animals | |
| Animals use very different processes to survive in everyday life. They yse self awareness‚ use of language‚ and the guess and check method. They say that animals are probally amrter than they look. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Rational Animals | |
| This isn’t something that surprised me‚ but I hope that once more testing is done to clarify these facts‚ that people will begin to think differently about the cruelty of animal testing. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| Rational Animals | |
| Sounds like animals are not that much different than humans. Like us they communicate with each other‚ protect their own‚ and have survival skills; this includes animals that we have as pets and those that live in the wild.What about how people communicate with their pets? Does the animal truly comprehend what their owner is saying to them? | |
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| http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML /articles/article/howdothunderstormswork-2/ | R. brandon Feldhaus |
| 0 | Due: Jan 15 |
| june 2007 | Submitted: 12-Jan-2008 |
| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| lightning is believed to be made from the friction when tiny water and ice particales in clouds generate static electricity which are called hydrometeors .as hydrometeors accures it makes all the small positively charged particals to be pushed up. they are pushed up as a result of the updrafts.since all the positively charged particles are taken to the tops of the clouds all the negative particals gather at the bottom of the cloud. and after a while of accumulating all that static electricity which seems to be in the millions of volts jump from positve charge(earth)to negative charge(cloud) | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| I think this is one of the neatest facts I learned this year. I was readng a book that had this fact in it that lightning travels from the ground up and not the sky down. I asked my friends when I first learned this and they were unaware this was how lightning worked. Lightning is a great lesson that you can’t always trust what you see. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| I agree with this and I am glad that we have thunderstorms‚ because it helps plants grow and keeps the farmers from going into a drought‚ so they have food to provide for their families and friends and local markets. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IIts neat that they can determin exactly how things from nature work. But when it comes to thunderstorms you would not find me being one of the people who would be trying to figure that out because as far away from thunderstorms I can be the better. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| I think this is very cool! I am always interested to know these kind of things! Thunderstorms help the plants and crops grow and without rain it would definately be very dry out. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| This is really neat to know! I always kind of had an idea of what happened with thunderstorms‚ but this really explained it well for me. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| how do thunderrstorms work | |
| I really learned a lot from this article. I was surprised to find out that each lightning flash is about 3 miles long. It is unfortunate that we can not harness some of that energy for use in our homes or industries. | |
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| Science Daily | Deborah Dusterhoft |
| n/a | Due: 01/15/2008 |
| 01/12/2008 | Submitted: 13-Jan-2008 |
| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| Michele Crisafulli‚ an undergraduate of the University of North Carolina‚ conducted an experiment for her thesis project on anorexia. This study shows the influence of suggesting genetics and biology are the cause anorexia‚ on the mindset healthcare providers‚ to their patients. The experiment results reveal those who were shown biological and genetic links to the mental illness‚ blamed the patients less‚ than those who were only given sociocultural explanations. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology II picked this one to comment on because it is something I have heard a lot about throughout school but I have never heard anything about it being being because of anything genetic. And still being I am not sure I believe it‚ it is still something interesting to think about. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| I did not have any idea that anorexia was genetic! I thought it was more of a personal choice. I think people with this should not be percieved in a negative way like most of them are today. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| I agree. I think that a lot of mental illnesses of parents are passed on to their children. I also think that if children were to grown up watching how their anorexic parents acted‚ they would begin to follow in their footsteps. The same goes for children that have parents with anxiety‚ they will worry just as much as their parents‚ because that is what they have learned. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| There are combined genetic‚ social and psychological components to eating disorders. Eating Disorders have one of the highest mortality rates and sufferers tend to have a lifelong struggle due to the multiple factors involved. The healthcare industry needs to be sensitive to all of the factors involved‚ not just the genetic component. These individuals have poor self esteem‚ judgment and insight. Anorexics do not recognize that they are not fat‚ they have a fear of becoming fat. Rudine Howard was on Oprah‚ she was 38 lbs at 25‚ she eventually died. She thought she was fat. This is very sad! | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| This girl conducted a experiment on anorexia. It shows the influence of genetics and biology are the cause of anorexia. I feel that people that become anorexia are very depressed and that it is bad for ones health. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| I think this article makes a lot of sense because I do think that there are some biological reasons in why people behave the way they do. I mean your genetics is a big part of who you are. I think when looking at patients dealing with anorexia that they should think about psychological reasons of why they are behaving the wasy that they are but also biological reasons. I liked this article a lot because people should try to understand all reasons of why a person behaves in a certain way. | |
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| AOL Body | Desirae Switzer |
| http://body.aol.com/conditions/breast-cancer -major-1/what-increases-your-risk | Due: January 15‚ 2008 |
| November 17‚ 2005 | Submitted: 13-Jan-2008 |
| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| Most experts agree there are several factors that increase your risk of breast cancer. There are your common factors such as personal history and family history but there are more factors that contribute. Women who have genetic mutations are more likley to have breast‚colon‚or ovarian cancer. Women who have breast changes such as atypical hyperplasia‚ductal carcinoma‚lobular carcinoma‚two or more breast biopsies‚radiation therapy‚late childbearing(after 30)‚use of hormone replacement therapy‚early menstruation‚late menopause‚eating a high-fat diet‚and drinking alcohol are all risk factors. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| Wow‚ that pretty much covers the gamete! I have a close friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer last month; she had surgery to remove her breast last Friday. She could not think of anyone in her family that had breast cancer‚ but she has 7 sisters who all went to get an updated mammogram (that is how hers was detected). I think that article is pretty much saying that if you are a woman‚ you have an increased risk (for one reason or another) of getting breast cancer. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| I definately agree with this! I have a great chance of getting cancer because of my family history of it. I am taking all the safe and knowledgeable precautions for myself so I don’t get it hopefully. Breast Cancer has become quite a big thing in the U.S. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| I agree with this article. There are several factors that can increase your risk of getting breast cancer. My Mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2005. There is no family history‚(she does not have the breast cancer gene). After her cancer was removed‚ the pathology report indicated that there was hormone receptors (synthetic hormone) which was due to her taking hormone replacement for 1 year. | |
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| Erin Hoh | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| Breast Cancer runs in my family‚ and we all try to take care of ourselves to help prevent cancers and disease from taking over our bodies. I have come to realize that some things like cancer you can not control. Everyone in my family that has had breast cancer has either died or survived even though they have taken preventive care to help minimize their chance of getting this horrible cancer. Hopefully some day soon there will be a cure for this disease. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| Breast cancer is a very spoken of topic. Family histroy and personall history are helkping factors for breast cancer. Women who have genetic mutations are more likely to have breast cancer. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| It seems as almost everything relates to a higher risk of breast cancer. I think in many cases that it is great to take precautions to try to “avoid” your chances of receiving cancer.. However‚ I think it’s also important to be aware of what all of the statistics are saying as well‚ so that you are still able to live your life. For example if a statistic says that your chances are doubled if you (fill in the blank) .. but your chances go from 1:1‚000‚000 to 2:1‚000‚000‚ then perhaps you don’t have to be as concerned. | |
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| Sandra Terry | |
| Submitted: 23-Mar-2008 | |
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| What IncreasesYour Risk | |
| I just recently had to have a mammogram‚ it was my first and I was afraid. I had heard stories that it hurt and I kept postponing it. However‚ I learned alot and it wasn’t as bad as a physical. I recomend all women having these regulary. I was very lucky mine came back normal and I am 40; I should have had my first one at least five years ago. | |
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| WCPO.com | Ashley Bockman |
| wcpo.com/guides/health/heart/story | Due: jan.15‚2008 |
| 2008 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| I agree with the fact that your health with affect the health of your heart. Pysical activity usually will have a positive affect on your heart but it also can damage it to. I also believe that good nutrition will benifit you in the long run and will over all help you live longer.I think that watching what you eat and preparation of foods in your diet is the main key to a healthy life. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| I agree with all of the statements and thoughts except for that physical activity can damage your heart. I believe the only way that is possible is if your have certain heart complications and even then I still believe that physical activity is important. I do believe however that the amount and how strenuous you work out may have a negative effect IF you have a heart complication. I very much agree about watching what you eat and your diet is the main key I believe you have to be careful what you put into your body. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| I agree that watching what you eat is a big factor in taking care of your heart. I disagree that physical activitiy will cause risks. It think getting exercise is very important in staying healthy. I guess there could be risks depending on the kind of physical activitiy you are doing. But things like bike riding and walking shouldn’t hurt. They are good types of physical activity. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| I definately agree with this! I think you should always tdo everything you can to stay healthy‚ especially eating well! It is soo hard these days‚ with all of the fast food resturants‚ and just resturants in general! You would rather have a cheeseburger‚ than a piece of fruit‚ but of course‚ in the longrun the piece of fruit is much better for you than the chesseburger ever will be. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| I agree with this article. I truly believe that it is in your best interest to eat as healthy as possible and to exercise. I feel that when you start an exercise routine‚ you should start out slow and for a short time and then gradually increase your time/speed/weight. Also‚ if you are a runner‚ you should not be out running in extreme heat/cold. People that don’t use common sense when it comes to exercising are the people that definitely will have negative effects of it... | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| This article gave many valuable tips for keeping our meals healthier and therefore keeping our hearts healthier. It is very difficult however‚ to find foods low in sodium. Even cereals‚ which claim to be heart healthy‚ often contain lots of sodium and sugars. | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Nutrition and the Heart | |
| Your health on your heart should be taken very good care of. People shoul keep physical activites in everyday life to make sur eand keep theiir hearts in good health. Watcjhing ones diet is also good for everyday life. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Erin Pennington |
| 1-3 | Due: 1/15/08 |
| N/A | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Researchers uncover new piece to the puzzle of human height | |
| A team that is a part of The National Institutes of Health has found evidence that common genetic variants have been recently linked osteoarthritis are also playing a minor role in human height. The doctor mentioned in this article as Dr. Mohlke has emphasized‚ along with her colleagues‚ that the new variants account for just a small fraction of the genetic basis of height which means that more research still needs to be done. This particular study was orginally designed to evaluate specific diseases‚ such as Diabetes‚ and the results can lead to diverse and unexpected findings. | |
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| United Press International | Graham Schwartz |
| http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/ 01/14/study_dinosaur_had_crocodile-like_skull/1823/ | Due: jan/15/07 |
| Jan 14th | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Study: Dinosaur had crocodile-like skull | |
| The news article I read was about how British Scientists using computer modeling discovered a dinosaur‚ the Baryonyx‚ had a crocodile like skull. The Baryonyx‚ similar to a crocodile‚ had big hands with claws‚ also ate fish and was rumored to live in swampy areas‚ but was rumored to look like a dinosaur and not a crocodile. Scientist also believes that the Baryonyx is approximately 125 million years old. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Dinosaur had crocodile-like skull | |
| I do believe that there were dinosaurs that roamed. I have a hard time with the 125 million years. There are biblical references made about dinosaurs. If you are interested in this type of thing check out‚ www.answersingenisis.org. A guy named Ken Ham has started a Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky that teaches about dinosaurs and how it corresponds to the Bible references of this type of beast. Very Cool! | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Study: Dinosaur had crocodile-like skull | |
| I think that this is neat. It may prove that dinosaurs did one day roam this earth. It may also prove that crocodiles are very strong animals and they were able to outlive all other species of its kind. | |
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| cnn.com | Alicia Dodson |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/14/rat.heart.ap/index.html | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 2008 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| This article is about how researchers was able to grow a heart for a rat. I thought it was very interesting how they can grow a heart. It leads to hopes that they will soon be able to grow human hearts‚ to help the many people that suffer from heart failure. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| While it is a step in science to be able to grow a live‚ beating heart‚ I don’t think that I completely agree with it. Growing body parts‚ cloning animals‚ deciding what color eyes you want your baby to have‚ etc. All of these things are very unnatural to me and I don’t really think that they should be done. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 1-Feb-2008 | |
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| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| I would have to agree with the scientist on the issue of being able to clone individual body parts for humans. i dont see anything wrong with it as long as it is not harmfull to the person recieving the body part. i hope in the future that scientist will be able to do so on a regular basis so that everyone can have a normal life if they choose to. i think by having the ability to grow human body parts we as humans can start living alot longer and healthier. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| The opportunity to grow body parts would be a terrific advance in the treatment of numerous ailments. The main problem with transplants now is the chance of rejection by the person receiving the organ. If we could clone body parts by the person needing the organ‚ rejection would be a concern of the past. They do this now to a small degree with skin for burn victims. With it being so difficult to get organ donors this would be a great solution. I am an an advocate of organ donation. You never know when someone you love will need to rely on this gift from a stranger. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| The ability to grow a heart for a rat is revolutionary. Yet‚ there are pros and cons. The pro is obvious; millions of lives can be saved by the growth of organs. Considering I know dozens of people that have died due to heart problems and as I have had heart surgeries‚ I can relate to those millions. However‚ there is the con of restraint. When does society say it’s time to stop? As in the movie The Island where growing just organs developed into growing humans who were then murdered for their organs. I don’t know when restraint comes in when lives are being saved‚ yet others are being taken. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| I think that this is a great thing to do and will be very helpful to those with heart problems! I hope that this has successful results! | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| Wow‚ what will they think of next. I’m not sure that I would want a cloned or lab grown heart. I think it is very neat how they figure out all of these ways to keep people alive‚ but I believe when its your time to go then you should go. I dont agree with using these organs for human life. | |
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| Deborah Dusterhoft | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| It is such an advance in science to be able to grow a human heart‚ but as exciting as it is I find it terrifying as well. It seems to much like “playing God". With advances like this the natural circle of life will be distrupted‚ making things very difficult in our future. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| NEAT! A beating heart for a rat‚ now let’s get to work on a heart for a human! Imagine being able to grow organs that work just as good as the ones we are born with. Imagine all the people that wouldn’t have to wait their lives away for a organ. Good Stuff! | |
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| Mike Faulkner | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| This article is about an experiment where they grew a heart for a rat. They research shows that maybe one day researchers will be able to grow human hearts to help people that need one. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| I have mixed feelings about scientifically produced organs. I know that there are many people who need new hearts‚ kidneys‚ livers.. etc. and not enough people to donate them‚ but for me personally‚ there seems to be a fine line between where we should let things just happen naturally‚ without tampering with it. | |
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| Sandra Terry | |
| Submitted: 23-Mar-2008 | |
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| Researchers grow beating heart in lab | |
| I agree with you; when is it time to stop? Are we going to go so far that people can live forever? This would cause us problems in other areas‚ such as over population‚ hunger‚ housing‚ etc... | |
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| Living World | Sarah Coon |
| 65 | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 2006 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Gay Influences Found | |
| This article was wrote about a gay influence that older brothers have on their younger siblings. Over the last decade there has been many studies that suggest that the key factor to homosexuality between biological brothers is sharing a biological mother. One study was conducted by a pshycologist Anthony Bogeart on 944 men that was published in July of 2006. The study showed that adopted brothers do not affect sexual oreintation. It also did not matter the a boy was in the same residence of his older biological brother. Bogaert estimated that one and seven gay men can attribute their homosexua | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Gay Influences Found | |
| This article was very interesting. Everyone always questions whether being gay is a choice or something you are born as. The evidence in this article seems to point to biological reasons for being gay. I wonder what effect having sisters has on being gay. | |
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| Ashley hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Gay Influences Found | |
| I think this is interesting that they have been able to linked that between brothers that share the same mother. I have never thought about that. When you think about you think it is probably more of a enviromental thing. | |
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| Biology News Net ; Source: University of Rochester Medical Center | Kyle Shepherd |
| http://biology.clc.uc.edu | Due: 1-15-08 |
| January 14‚ 2008 12:39 pm | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Researchers find new way to block destructive rush of immune cells | |
| Researchers have found a new way to block the white blood cells to move towards a wound that has/had happened during an injury. There is a new method treatment approach for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis‚ lupus and MS (multiple sclerosis). A single-celled amoeba can move to find food‚and the human cells move like they are taking part in functions like immunity. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Jan-2008 | |
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| Researchers find new way to block destructive rush of immune cells | |
| Really don’t think about global warming much until we start physically seeing consequences‚ like the pika coming close to extinction. You know that the situation can’t be all that good if we are not only having concerns about global warming‚ but that we have also seeked the endangered species act as protection for the pika. With the climate change due to the burning of fossils fuels in automobiles‚ power plants‚ and factories the pika might just become extinct if the Endangered Species Act suit doesn’t go into affect. | |
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| World Newms.com | Johnny Woods |
| N/A | Due: 1/15/08 |
| Denver Post 1/14/08 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| The article that I had just read deals with global warming. It has been documented that the pikas have elavated a 1/2 mile since the ice age. There are concerns about this because as they move higher up the mountain there are less places for them to live‚ therefore less food and shelter for them which could result in extinction. This proves the theory of global warming even greater because the pikas are naturally moving up the mountain because of the ever-rising temperatures. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Jan-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| Really dont think about global warming much until we start physically seeing consequences‚ like the pika coming close to extinction. You know that the situation cant be all that good if we are not only having concerns about global warming‚ but that we have also seeked the endangered species act as protection for the pika. With the climate change due to the burning of fossils fuels in automobiles‚ power plants‚ and factories the pika might just become extinct if the Endangered Species Act suit doesnt go into affect. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| I can completely see how this would lead to the extinction these animals. There are many changes happening in our world due to global warming and the fact is that some species will be able to adapt while others will not. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| The extinction of any animal is a horrible outcome. That global warming plays a role in this process is not a surprise. My concern is that aside from global warming which we definitely need to focus on‚ what about animals that are becoming extinct because we turn a blind eye to their slaughter? African and Asian elephants come to mind. They are killed for their ivory. Penguins‚ snow leopards‚ marine turtles‚ monarch butterflies‚ etc. The list seems to grow every year. The loss of their habitats is one of the major threats. Not as a result of global warming but as a result of humans. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| I definately agree with this‚ and I think that America needs to wake up and see how big of a problem that this really is! Our animals need places to live just like us as humans do! | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| I think global warming is proved more everyday. if it is affecting all these animals and causing extinction.Then what about us humans. Has anyone thought about what these effects are going to do to human life? I think they need to be figuring out how to prevent global warming before it gets that far. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| I think this is very sad! I think we should do all we can to protect these animals‚ before any more leave and never return. As a animal lover‚ this is a very important issue to me. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| Mountain critters dissapearence may be a global warning. | |
| Global warming in my mind is a serious implication‚ that is beginning to show some very scary signs that we are in trouble. Many animals depend on a steady climate for food and ultimate survival‚ and climate changes‚ many will have difficult adapting to the changes. | |
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| Science Daily | Shannon Mcdevitt |
| www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080114121329.htm | Due: Jan.15‚ 2008 |
| Jan 15‚ 2008 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Fruit Flies all Aglow Light the Way to Cancer Prevention | |
| Scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center have discovered that the pathway‚ long recognized in people and other animals‚ is active in fruit flies‚ too‚ opening the door to faster‚ less expensive ways to find compounds that spur our natural anti-oxidant activity. While the main apllication of the work is in boosting the body’s ability to resist cancer‚ the research could also make a difference for patients who have cancer that is resistant to current drugs. | |
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| www.buzzle.com | Michael Defillippo |
| http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/10-30-2004-61004.asp | Due: 01/15/08 |
| 10/30/2004 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Focus: Human Evolution | |
| This article is about an 18‚000 year old fossil find. The fossils indicate that about 18‚000 years ago there was a species of humans about three feet tall. These fossile findings could change what it means to be a human being. And for that matter how we evolved to what we are today. They lived in caves on the west side of Flores. Also found with these fossiles were hand made stone tools. | |
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| R brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Focus: Human Evolution | |
| the finding of this fossil and saying that 18‚000 years ago we as humans were only 3 feet tall and that over a long period of time we become alot taller in order to adapt to our enviroment to me is a statment that is incorrect. just because that one fossil from way back when was found does not mean all humans were that short. look at the world today is everyone the same size no for instants look at migits.what if 20‚000 years from now some one finds a fossil from one us our bodies now and they would happen to find a “little person” does that say that we are all 3 or 4 feet tall NO | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Focus: Human Evolution | |
| I highly doubt that the human race looked in general in the begining similar to what we look like now. We have some organs that we can live without now that we needed in the past. However‚ I am not completly sold on the fact that all humans were short. The human race now is not the same height so whose to say they have found the human skeleton that represents the majority of people back then? | |
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| Female lower back has evolved to accommodate strain of pregnancy | Jessica Moss |
| http://blackboard.uc.edu/webapps/portal/ frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/ course.pl?course_id=_13704_1 | Due: Jan. 15‚ 2008 |
| December 12‚ 2007 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Womens bodies evolving to help make it easier to bring more babies into the world | |
| Womens spines have evolved to make it easier for us to have children. Do to the fact that we walk on two feet instead of animals that walk to all fours‚ it makes it harder to carry the child because of the baby growing and having our bellies go forward which should put us off balance. But with the evolution our bodies have done over time‚ our spine has changed to make the process a little more easier to carry that child for the full time. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Womens bodies evolving to help make it easier to bring more babies into the world | |
| I do agree that it might be harder for women to control thier balance because we stand on two feet instead of four. But we have all kinds of medications to help us animals dont. I do think its neat that we could evolve as to changing our spine to make it easier. | |
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| Broken Homes Damage the Environment | Jessica Moss gen. bio. 105 002 |
| http://blackboard.uc.edu/webapps/portal/ frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/ course.pl?course_id=_13704_1 | Due: Jan. 17‚ 2008 |
| December 4‚ 2007 | Submitted: 14-Jan-2008 |
| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| Divorse doesn’t just effect the household that is being split up. It effects everyone and it’s not something you would normally think of. But now it is getting more and more frequent and is becoming more and more of a problem. The more divorses there are the more new households there are‚ which in return mean the more space being used up‚ the more energy being used up‚ and the more water being used up. The more and more divorse that happens the smaller and smaller the world gets. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
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| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| Actually‚ it is spelled divorce. and it is definately been a growing problem in the U.S. People have this big notion that you can get divorced for any reason! NOT TRUE! DONT GET MARRIED UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOULUTELY SURE IT WILL LAST THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!! Divorce is definately something that effects everyone from immediate family to friends. It is tough to go through‚ but you will make it through! | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 5-Mar-2008 | |
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| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| I think this newsnote was very interesting because who would have thought that divorce effects the environment. This makes a lot of sense because the more houses being used‚ the more energy and water being consumed. I liked this newsnote a lot. People don’t realize‚ how much is effected when a decision is made. I would have never put those two things together if I had not read this. I think that they shoud do more articles like this because it makes you think. | |
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| R brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| that is a very good point of view on the. Divorse doesnt just effect the household that is being split up. i guess no one really looks at it that way but i do agree with the statement. it does effect the use of electric and water and waste being made because if people get divorced they are more likely to have more kids with their new spouse which would add all of those factors into the world and take up more space | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| I think this is a good thing to point out. Every choice we make always effects us in more then one way. Im sure no husband and wife splitting up thought about the environment when they signed the divorce papers. Im sure if we really sat down to think about every choice we make‚ we can find a vicious circle at which the environment and possibly the ecnomy is effected. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| I think that people take marriage too lightly and people need to make sure they are serious about getting married before they do it. I guess with it being so easy to get a divorce now days that people just jump into marriage without thinking it through thoroughly. I think that in the future people need to take everything into consideration before tying the knot. | |
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| Science Daily | Katie Brooks |
| “?” | Due: 01-15-2008 |
| May 11‚ 2007 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Brains Reflect Sex Differences | |
| This article was about the differences between male and female primates‚ and how the size of their brain gives certain characteristics. Male on male competition tends to be more aggresive and can produce more male like definitions‚ such as more muscle mass and bigger teeth. The female primates were more sociable and therefore different parts of their brain were bigger than the males. | |
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| Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and other feeding startegies | Mike Faulkr |
| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/01/15/ sea_otter_study_reveals_striking_variability_in_diets _and_feeding_strategies.html | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 1/15/08 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and feeding strategies | |
| The study found that all otters have the same dietary diet prefrences. They prefered large‚ energy rich urchins mostly. Those are abundant around the San Nicolas Island which is where the study was taken. The SAnNicolas otters eat marine snails and crabs. The otters and very similar on there ways of life. The otter study was interesting. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and feeding strategies | |
| I think sea otters are cute! I have always been interested in sea otters eating habits. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and feeding strategies | |
| I thought it was very interesting that animals have very individual preferences for food when their usual food source is limited. The adaptability of animals to preserve their species never ceases to amaze me. | |
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| CNN | Kelsey Mele |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/14/ rebuilt.heart/index.html | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/17/08 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| New Hope May lie in Lab-created heart | |
| This article is about learning how to create a heart in the lab for patients with really bad heart conditions. Researchers have tried this on rats and found that it worked. Now they are waiting to see if this will work on humans. If it does work then there will be a lot more patients with heart problems that will have a lot better chance at living. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| New Hope May lie in Lab-created heart | |
| I think that this article is very interesting. I am personally a big fan of Dr.Richard Jarvik (creater of the artificial heart). Anytime that we can make strides to improve or prolong human life is great! If you think about it‚ it is pretty amazing that the world of science have even come anywhere near being able to create any organ especially the heart! | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| New Hope May lie in Lab-created heart | |
| I did hear about this exciting new development earlier this year. However‚ from what I understand we would still need donors or a longer lasting artificial heart while the new tissues grows into the organ. However‚ there is a definite advantage to having a heart made of you own flesh‚ that way your body won’t reject it preventing the patient from needing immune system repressents. Hopefully they can transer this knowledge to other organs. | |
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| CNN.com | Sarah Garman |
| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | Due: 17 January 2008 |
| 15 January 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| The Food and Drug Administration released that meat and milk from most cloned animals are safe to eat. The agency reached a decision in December 2006 that milk and meat from cloned animals was safe for human consumption. It is highly unlikely actual clones will be used in food production because a cloned cow costs $15‚000 to $20‚000 to create. Non-Supporters of using cloned animals in food production are angry that the FDA is releasing its report now because they are not researching further like Congress asked them. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| It really made me sick when I heard about the FDA saying that it was okay and safe to eat cloned animals and drink milk from cloned animals. I personally believe that anything from a cloned animal is unsafe and that cloning should have never been a viable source of producing things. I don’t believe that meat or milk from cloned animals could possibly be safe for anyone. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| I can appreciate your point of view on this but I’m not sure why you beleive that milk or meat from cloned animals is unsafe. There is no evvidence to support that meat or milk would pose a harm. In fact‚ this is why the FDA approved the process. The only differecne they found was the the meat contained more fat‚ though still well within FDA standards.This technology will not make it to market any time soon simply because it is so expensive‚ and because they are still testing the process. But the benefits to developing countries if they are able to refine the process would be immeasureable. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| Meat and milk from cloned animals!!! I personally think thats sick. How could they approve us to eat something as un-natural as a cloned animal. I think people should be woprried about what this could do. I would be affraid of disease. I dont think this is right. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| I do not agree with cloning animals for any reason! Leave the animals the way they are‚ and if the FDA continues to approve this‚ I will become a vegetarian. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| I would totally have to disagree with this article. I think that the FDA has no business approving this “cloned” beef for human consumption. I am all about a good steak‚ but if it isn’t organic grain fed beef‚ forget it. They will change their mind after something crazy like a pregnant lady eats the clonded cow has 50 lb. 4 legged boy! | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| I think that this is disgusting. I am not an advocate for cloning. I just feel like it is completely unnatural and unnecessary. I also am concerned that the FDA says products from “most” cloned animals are safe. How much research has really been done on this? | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| I think that it is silly to say that cloned animals are safe to eat from as it couldn’t have possibly been studied long term enough‚ as cloned animals only happened within the past decade. I think a long term effect should be studied prior to giving it an “okay". | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| FDA OKs meat‚ milk from most cloned animals | |
| It seems that there are pro’s and con’s concerning the cloning of animals. But there are some clones taht are used to help find cures for human diseases. If the FDA is approving the use of meat and milk from clone animals‚ why aren’t they labeling these products? | |
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| health.com | Celeste Finkler |
| http://health.com/health/article/0‚23414‚1698721‚00.html | Due: 01/15/2008 |
| december 2007 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| 5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches | |
| Headaches affect humans daily. Eyestrain‚ stress‚ and hormonal shifts are what people usually think headaches are brought on by. There are other things that could bring them on including perfumes‚ weather‚ earrings or ponytails‚ hunger‚ and even sex. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| 5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches | |
| I know hunger‚ earrings and ponytails are interesting. I was under the impression that sex was a cure for headaches. Ive heard all over the place that it releases endorphins that will help numb the headache. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches | |
| This is a very interesting article. I believe it to be true. There are a lot of things that can cause headaches that a lot of people don’t even think about. Another thing that can cause severe headaches is if your neck/spine are out of alignment. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| 5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches | |
| As a headace sufferer‚ I found this article to be very interesting and informative. I have figured out some of the things that can trigger my headache‚ but it was nice to find out ways to help prevent them instead of just treating them after the fact. | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| 5 Surprising Things That Give You Headaches | |
| I have also heard the same. I heard that saying that you have a headache is not an excuse for not wanting to have sex‚ but that having sex will actually reduce or completely relieve your headache. | |
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| Healthy Eating; A guide to the New Nutrition | Alexis Roberts |
| http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/index.aspx? puid=90C17DCF-938E-475E-9DC5-D1B4CF30B2DE | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 2006 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Combating Cancer | |
| Diet and alcohol intake have been studied to see if there is a connection to higher risk of breast cancer in women. There has been no proof that fat is a leading cause nor if having a low- fat diet can prevent breast cancer. Studies have shown that there is a connection to alcohol in breast cancer but a high intake of folic acid can reduce the chance. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Jan-2008 | |
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| Combating Cancer | |
| I think having a low-fat‚ low-calorie diet can reduce your chances of a lot of things‚ breast cancer possibly being one of them. If anything has to do with the developing of breast cancer it could definatly be estrogen levels as well as hereditary genes. Alcohol consumption probably would be a big factor if it plays that dramatic of a role in the increased percentages of developing of estrogen levels. If I were a woman susceptible to these increases I would definatly watch my diet and alcohol consumption. | |
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| Biology News Net | Kristi Hoskins |
| University of Rochest Medical Center | Due: 01/15/08 |
| January 14th‚ 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Fruit flies all aglow light the way to cancer prevention | |
| Scientists at the Universtiy of Rochester medical center have been expermenting with fruit flies to help prevent cancer. A green glow from the flies allow the scientists to know when the pathway is working. The signaling is a way that the body will defend its self agains toxic fumes. A compound called oltipraz has been tested in people as cancer prevention agent‚ this compound is used to help create more natural anti-oxidants in the body to help resist cancer and to help those who are resistant to current drugs. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Fruit flies all aglow light the way to cancer prevention | |
| I think that this is a very good thing! I hope that progress continues to happen with this and more studies get done‚ as more information becomes available! | |
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| Time in partnership with CNN | Karyn Clark |
| www.time.com/time/printout/0‚8816‚1701221‚00.html | Due: January 17‚ 2008 |
| January 7‚ 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Solving the Biofuels vs. Food Problem | |
| Corn is the only viable source of ethanol‚ but with nearly a billion starving people in the world it is difficult to justify the use of food for fuel. This new study based on growing | |
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| Science Daily | Megan Moore |
| 1 | Due: January 15‚ 2008 |
| January 14‚ 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Cell Protein Found That Literally Nips HIV In The Bud | |
| Researchers at UCLA think they have found a cure for aids. They found a protein in specialized white blood cells that stop the cycle of replication of the aids virus. They feel that they can cancel the disease by blocking viral generation. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cell Protein Found That Literally Nips HIV In The Bud | |
| Wouldn’t it be great if there really were a cure for AIDS? So many people could be affected by this new finding. Not only people in the US but people across the world. It could change the lives of millions of people. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cell Protein Found That Literally Nips HIV In The Bud | |
| This is an extremely bold statement‚ to say they may have found a cure for AIDs. That would be a huge discovery! Truly a miracle for millions of people. I think it’s really interesting that a protein found in white blood cells could stop the cycle of replication of the AIDs virus by blocking viral generation. Sounds plausible. However‚ if this research is in the process and correct‚ why isn’t there more talk and publicity about such a miracle? I’m wary of believing it. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cell Protein Found That Literally Nips HIV In The Bud | |
| I think that this is good that a cure is being found for this. It definately seems to be a growing problem in the U.S. I hope more research continues to be done on this! | |
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| Deborah Dusterhoft | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Cell Protein Found That Literally Nips HIV In The Bud | |
| If this is a true discovery it would be a miricle for millions. Not only for helping individuals but it could save the future of the African Continent. This is a little hard to believe though because it seems it would have been more widely announced. | |
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| BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 | Crystal Forman |
| 2:2 | Due: 1/15/2008 |
| 15 January 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Green Odor attenuates a cold pressor test-induced cardiovascular response in healthy adults | |
| All of us try to find ways in order to cope with our stress in our lives. Who would have thought of green odor compounds from leaves. Leaf aldehyde and leaf alcohol would have changes in blood pressure‚heart rate and the skin temperature of a fingertip. By administering a small concentration of 0.03% through the nose. Maybe‚ this will be the botox for stress relief. | |
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| BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 | Crystal Forman |
| 2:2 | Due: 1/15/2008 |
| 15 January 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Green Odor attenuates a cold pressor test-induced cardiovascular response in healthy adults | |
| All of us try to find ways in order to cope with our stress in our lives. Who would have thought of green odor compounds from leaves. Leaf aldehyde and leaf alcohol would have changes in blood pressure‚heart rate and the skin temperature of a fingertip. By administering a small concentration of 0.03% through the nose. Maybe‚ this will be the botox for stress relief. | |
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| Live Science | Kara Dunford |
| Bad Medicine Columnist | Due: Jan. 17 |
| 02 January 2007 07:37 am ET | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle | |
| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle informs the reader of the latest method the FDA is considering to approve. The FDA will soon approve meat and milk from cloned livestock. The issue is very controversial‚ but soon meat and dairy products will not be required to inform their consumers they are purchasing a product developed from a cloned animal. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 | |
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| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle | |
| I think as long as the cattle a healthy and do not pose a risk to us if we would eat it then i do not see a problem in cloning cattle just so that we can eat them. please some one tell me the reason why they dont think it should be allowed and maybe i will change my mind. but untill then i am only seeing one side to the story. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 26-Feb-2008 | |
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| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle | |
| Personally‚ I do not agree at all with cloning animals of any kind no matter for what the reason! Leave the animals alone‚ even the cattle. If the FDA chooses to clone the cattle‚ I will become a vegetarian. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle | |
| Im not against eating meat from cloned animals‚ but I do think that they should have to put it on the label that the meat is from a cloned animal. I cant see cloning cattle for food being cost efficient. It seems like it would be cheaper just do raise the animal the old fashioned way. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle | |
| Im not sure I really like the idea of constant cloning to get a result of meat. And I certainly do not like the fact that producers may not have to supply the buyers with this information. I can see the initial thought of making our food better by using better cows but after a while couldnt the cloned cows have slight mutations? That could cause a bigger issue then the problems we have now. | |
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| http://www.livescience.com/health/070102_bad_clones.html | Kara Dunford |
| live journal | Due: Jan 17 |
| Jan 2‚ 08 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| My big beef with cloned meat | |
| I forgot to add the web address to my previously submited news article. http://www.livescience.com/health/070102_bad_clones.html | |
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| CNN.com | Kelley Clements |
| www.cnn‚com/2008/HEALTH/01/14/hm.surgery.risks/index.html | Due: 1/15/08 |
| 1/14/08 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Pre-surgery questions could save you some pain | |
| Is it really dangerous to have a medical procedure done? That question is what this article is trying to answer. Some of the most serious problems reported by the American College of Surgeons include reation to anesthesia‚ severe bleeding‚ blood clots‚ pneumonia‚ infection and accidental injury during surgery. According to Dr. Cliffard Ko director of the quality division for the ACS surgery is much safer then it use to be. Doctors have become very good at assessing risk in patients before operating‚ as well as new technology that also makes surgery safer. | |
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| Erin Hoh | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| Pre-surgery questions could save you some pain | |
| I have a habit of asking to many questions. But‚ when it comes to your health and if you are going to survive you can never ask enough. These days most doctors and surgeons know all the information like the risks‚ survival rate and recovery. If you ever have any doubt in your mind‚ gut or anything don’t go through with it until you are 100% ceratin your ok with all the information you have. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Pre-surgery questions could save you some pain | |
| I believe that one should ask as many questions that come into their head before going into a surgery‚ not matter how small. This not only eases the mind but helps you become more educated on what will be performed while you are quit possibly asleep. However‚ most of the time surgery ends up life threatening cannot be prevented. For example if you are allergic to anethesia ‚ you may not know it until it is too late. | |
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| Biology News Net | Matthew Fessler |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: January 15th‚ 2008 |
| January 15th‚ 2008 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Body weight influenced by thousands of genes | |
| The researchers at the Monell center determined that there are over 6‚000 genes that play a part in an individual’s body weight. For further research‚ the scientists at Monell contacted the Jackson Laboratory Mouse Genome Database for information on body weights of knockout mice strains. Knockout mice are compared to regular mice. In the knockout mice there are over 6‚000 genes that contribute to the weight of a mouse. This research showed that there were 10 times as many genes that increase the body weight in a human being. | |
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| BioOne | April Watkins-provens |
| volume 124 issue 4 pp. 1121-1136 | Due: 01/15/08 |
| october 2007 | Submitted: 15-Jan-2008 |
| Ecology of West Nile Virus Transmission and Its Impact on Bird In The Western Hemisphere | |
| The west-nile virus was introduced into the western hemisphere in 1999 and still going strong. They believed the virus is transmitted primarily between mosquitoes and bird. The west-nile have also caused a widespread of disease in horses in North America. There will be a lot of people who will die from this disease. Human vaccines are being developed‚ but none have been approved for use. So‚ we all have to be careful. | |
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| Biology News Net | Jeff Hooks |
| biology news net | Due: 1-15-08 |
| 1-15-08 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Mitochondria send death signal to cardiac cells‚ study shows | |
| A renewed rush of blood to the heart is how doctor’s relieve pain in the chest during a cardiac arrest. Chest pain is caused from a lack of blood flow and the oxegen the blood carries‚ moreover; a blocked artery. Medicine‚ stents‚ or baloons are used to open vessels to allow fresh blood and the oxegen to get the heart to work and relieve pain. However‚ the oxegen the blood carries can damage tissue and weaken the heart due to cardiac cells dying in the process. The Ohio State University Medical Center research team through extensive testing were able to isolate and watch the suspected | |
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| CNN.com | Natalie Neville |
| www.cnn.com | Due: January 17‚ 2008 |
| January 16‚ 2008 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| State’s autism rises despite vaccine change | |
| People in California have blamed recent increases in their population of people with autism on a mercury-rich vaccine that was found in routine childhood shots. This preservative (thimerosal) has not found to be linked to autism cases and parents should know that this is not the caused from these vaccinations. Roughly 5‚000 people have claimed this as the cause of autism and the government is deciding whether they should receive federal compensation. However‚ researchers feel that the focus should now be on genetic links when exploring causes of autism. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| State’s autism rises despite vaccine change | |
| I think autism is a bigger problem than just in California. I hope research continues to be done on this to hopefully sometime soon have a safe way to treat this. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| State’s autism rises despite vaccine change | |
| As parents‚ we get our kids vaccinated to try to keep them healthy. The thought that what we are doing may actually cause them harm is devistating. I am so glad to find that there doesn’t seem to be a connection between vaccines and autism. | |
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| Aubrie Hensler | |
| Submitted: 17-Mar-2008 | |
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| State’s autism rises despite vaccine change | |
| With the number of Autistic children seemingly rising throughout the US I think it will be interesting to find out the cause‚ as it did seem as most people related it to the childhood vaccinations. | |
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| ScienceDaily | Katrina Wagner |
| katrina | Due: 1-15-08 |
| 1-11-08 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Digging Up A Serial Killers Century-old Secrets | |
| Who is Belle Gunness? The research of a graduate student‚ Andrea Simmons from the University of Indianapolis is writing a masters thesis in human biology. Belle Gunness was perhaps the worlds most prolific female serial killer in the early 20th century and is believed to have died in a house fire in 1908. Exhuming her grave for forensic evidence shockingly showed not only a womans remains‚ but that of two small children as well. A woman who was said to have killed her first two husbands‚ her children and step-children. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Digging Up A Serial Killers Century-old Secrets | |
| I thought this article was so interesting. Whatever happened to Gunness‚ and did they every identify who the adult and two children in her grave were? It sickens me to think of the lives that could have been saved if the police had done their job correctly. | |
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| NIH Word on Health | Dorothy Cook |
| “?” | Due: 1/15/08 |
| June 2002 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| Childhood obesity is now an epidemic in the United States with one in every five children being overweight. Eating too much and moving too little is causing diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes in our children whereas it used to be found only in adults. Schools are encouraging more personal fitness activities‚ such as aerobics and healthier lunch choices‚ such as salad bars and baked foods. The most important influence on a child’s health and diet is the family because children learn by watching what their parents do. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| I did a research paper last year on childhood obesity; the numbers are staggering! Yes‚ some schools are encouraging physical activity‚ but some schools are faced with making cuts and face a high demand to meet standards; therefore‚ they are cutting physical education. Some schools are even eliminating recess! I know at my sons high school‚ they have pop machines turned on during their lunch period; in fact‚ some local high schools contain a McDonalds or Starbucks. They are not exactly providing the proper images for our youth. | |
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| Erin Pennington | |
| Submitted: 26-Feb-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| I definately agree with you‚ and I think the schools should continue to offer healthy activity choices‚ and healthy food choices as well‚ because this has definately become a problem here in the U.S. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| I agree with this article to an extent. However‚ I would like to set the record straight! Just because a child isn’t overweight doesn’t mean that they are healthy. I have an 8 year old daughter that eats healthy 95% of the time. On top of that she get around 10 or more hours of advanced cardiovascular exercise a week. Can most adults say that? Can you say that? What really gets me is when I go to her school for lunch and see the crap that these parents pack their kids‚ their skinny underweight kids with diabetes for instance. Lets see‚ 4 Ho-Ho’s and two juice boxes aren’t healthy?! At a glance | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 5-Mar-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| It is shocking that twenty percent of children are diagnosed with obesity. That percentage is scary and something needs to be done. Families should be more informed about the things they can do to teach their children how to be healthy and the importance of being healthy. Type 2 diabetes is serious and our children should not have that diesease. The schools is one place to start with having more physical education and healthier lunches but I think the most important thing is parents involvement. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| I’m sorry but this is just plain stupidity on the parents part. They need to make sure that their kids are eating healthy foods and are providing them with healthy alternatives. They need to get their kids up off the couch and get them active. I think that too many people just let their kids do and eat whatever they want and its not fair to the kids growing up. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| Childhood Obesity on the Rise | |
| Your daughter is an excellent example of a healthy child. Wow! She has be beat by a long shot with eating right and getting more than the required exercise. Parents do set an example for their children. But also schools play a role in our children’s helath. They deserve healthier lunches‚ physical education‚ recess‚ and extracurricular activities that encourages more than a child moving more than their fingers playing video games and watching tv. Very interesting point‚ some people assume that if you have a skinny child they are healthy. | |
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| National Geographic | Megan Hollingsworth |
| newsnote | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/10/08 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Hundreds of Rouge Black Holes May Roam Milky Way | |
| Scientist offer up new explanations about odd xray sources coming from black holes. This type of star system is suppose to be rare. research has shown that two combining black holes rotating at different speeds or of different sizes can send objects hurtling at high velocities. | |
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| CNN. com | Christal Lane |
| cnn. com biology link | Due: Jan. 15 2008 |
| Jan 2008 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Bacteria that killed Virgina teen found in other schools | |
| What is MRSA? (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) It is a drug resistant strain of bacteria. It is said that MRSA kills more people than HIV or aids. There has been a wide spread of this bacteria threw schools in the US. Cases have been reported in Virgina‚Ohio‚Michigan‚ plus others. Just in one county over 22 schools closed their doors for a week of cleaning. Just in 2005 their were a reported 95‚000 cases. According to the Center for Disease Control 25/30 pecent of the population carries the bacteria and 58% of MRSA deaths occur in hospitals. It seems to be preventable. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Bacteria that killed Virgina teen found in other schools | |
| I have done a lot of research on MRSA and yes this bacteria if untreated can be deadly. That is a fact. Other facts that are not advertised are that this bacteria has been known for years. The issue is that due to patients going to the doctor over every sniffle and requesting antibotics and the doctor prescribing them‚ we have built up such a high tolerance that it take more and more antibotics to fight the common bacteria. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| Bacteria that killed Virgina teen found in other schools | |
| I think this article was very interesting but shocking. I had no idea that MRSA existed and how many people are being affected by it and how many lives are being taken by it. MRSA is really serious and scary. A bacteria that kills more than HIV should be considered number one priority. I am surprised that something hasn’t been done to stop it. They need ro figure out a way to stop the spread of this bacteria. People are dying because of MRSA. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Bacteria that killed Virgina teen found in other schools | |
| There were studies done on nurses that worked in hospitals. They swabed the noses of the health care workers to find that most nurses tested positive for the MRSA bacteria. Staphalococcus Aureus is the causitive agent which already live on our skin. The population at risk for contracting MRSA are the immunocompromised or of course anyone with an open wound or an exposed mucous membrane. Meticulous hand washing and standard precautions preventing the spread of pathogens is the best defense against MRSA. | |
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| CNN.com | Eli Humphries |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 01/16/healthmag.headaches/index.html | Due: 1-17-08 |
| 1-16-08 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Surprising things that give you headaches | |
| Headaches are a very inconveinent and painful thing to deal with. They can be caused by a number of things raning from weather‚ to hunger‚ to perfume. The key to avioding headaches is to avoid the things that cause them. For example‚ if strong perfume gives you a headache‚ try to avoid the strong scents even though they may smell pleasant. | |
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| Candace Hall | |
| Submitted: 8-Mar-2008 | |
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| Surprising things that give you headaches | |
| I get headaches a lot. Did you know that it can be moods such as tension or stress or even your eyesight changing and straining. There are so many different causes for so many things out there. I just wish there were ways to prevent a headache from ever happening again! | |
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| Sandra Terry | |
| Submitted: 23-Mar-2008 | |
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| Surprising things that give you headaches | |
| Stress keeps me with a headache. My doctor said that stress is the number one cause of headaches. However‚ I have noticed that the smell of certain chemicals does indeed make my head hurt. | |
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| Biology News Net | Diedra Thacker |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: 1/15/2008 |
| 1/8/2008 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa: the population emergency | |
| Over population has been a continuous concern‚ with the current population of 6.7 billion passing to an estimated 9.2 billion in 2050. Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing astonishing population growth since the twentieth century. Inhabitants increased from 100 million in 1900 to 770 million in 2005. The main concern of this exceptional‚ continuing population growth is its role as an enormous handicap to economic and social development of most of the districts countries. If the African nations want to take up the double challenge of their demographic transition and reduction of their pover | |
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| Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. | Robert Stamler |
| David Gutierrez | Due: jan 17 2007 |
| january 17th 2008 | Submitted: 16-Jan-2008 |
| http://www.newstarget.com/022509.html | |
| “Bones need vitamin D combined with calcium for best results."This article I observed stated that the risk of bone fractures can be reduced not only by vitamin alone‚ but combined with calcium. Vitamin D improves calcium absorption in the body so it would make sense to take calcium in addition to vitamin d because calcium plays a significant role in the development and repair of bones. The elderly are commonly deficient in vitamin D leading me to hope that they wil read this article to be more healthy. | |
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| N/a | Amanda King |
| n/a | Due: 11/17/08 |
| 1/16/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Does Breast Size matter | |
| Breast size doesnt have much to do with breast cancer. but scientist and dietians say the larger the breast the more strain you can put on yourself. Alot of women think that since you have large breasts that you make more milk. Thats not true. the larger your breasts are the more fat is in them. http://body.aol.com/medical-myths/does-breast-size-matter | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 17-Feb-2008 | |
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| Does Breast Size matter | |
| Yes I have never understood why females want large breasts or lets say breast that are not there original size. Have you ever noticed how big girls have large breast and small girls have small breast well that is because boobs are pretty much just fat. Have you ever talked to anyone with big boobs they wish they had smaller boobs because there back hurts it causes strain as stated above and it is difficult to find a bra to do anything and Im not to sure about the more milk you can make I think that depends on the person. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Does Breast Size matter | |
| It is ironic that in our day most woman want larger breasts. However‚ the ones who naturally have them‚ have problems with their backs. It can be compared to someone extremely overweight haveing problems with their knees when they walk. If you think of it this way‚ society has made woman want pain? | |
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| Marius Moneta | |
| Due: January 17‚ 2008 | |
| Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 | |
| National Geographic‚ Parasite Makes Ants Resemble Berries | |
| Recently‚ scientists have dicovered a new roundworm parasite in Central and South America that infects tree ants‚ turning their abdomens from black to bright red in order to trick birds into eating them. The birds eat the ants believing they are ripe red berries. After passing through the bird’s internals‚ the parasite‚ which has remained intact throught the digestive process‚ is pooped out and spread from place to place. The cycle repeats itself because these certain ants‚ Cephalotes atratus‚ feed off bird droppings‚ injesting the roundworm eggs and in turn are infected. This is the first known case of fruit mimickry by a parasite of any kind. ‚January 16‚ 2008 | |
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| Ton Rodent Found | Kari King |
| www.nationalgeographic.com | Due: 1/16/08 |
| 1/16/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Kari King newsnote | |
| In “fossil rat” was founded today in Uruguay by scientist who say that it could have wayed up to a ton and been the size of a bull. This rodent could have weighed an estimate of 2‚200 pounds based on the size of it’s 21 inch long skull. It is said to be 10 feet long nose to tail and is related to the mice‚ rat and guine pig family. Found in the tropical forest it was the only remaining animal of its species. Who knows what the future could bring for the heavy weight rodent champion‚ one of the doctors says. | |
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| www.nationalgeographic.com | Beverly Gray |
| nationalgeographic.com | Due: Jan 17‚ 2008 |
| January 16‚ 2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Did the Rise of Germs Wipe out the Dinosaurs? | |
| I found this article interesting. This seems to be a more likely explanation of how the dinosaurs dissappeared from earth over such a long time. It states that germs and parasites like malaria could have killed the dinosaurs. | |
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| R brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Did the Rise of Germs Wipe out the Dinosaurs? | |
| i agree that dinosaurs could have been wiped off the face of the planet by germs or parasites but i though that all scientist beleived that they all die because of a large chunk of rock from outer space it earth and killed them all at one time. i dont think we will ever no the real answer but i guess evey one can come up with their own prediction of what happend. not knowing an answer to a question and trying to figure it out is i think what really makes the world go around. | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| Did the Rise of Germs Wipe out the Dinosaurs? | |
| The idea of dinosaurs becoming extint because of germs or parasites seems much more plausible to me than mass extinction via a large rock‚ mentioned by another student. I have not studied dinosaurs at any length‚ but this does seem to be a reasonable idea. | |
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| http://www.foxnews.com/story/0‚2933‚323430‚00.html | Erik Coon |
| “?"! | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/17/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Scientists Claim to Have Produced Embryo Clones of Two Men | |
| This is the first time that ordinary cells from an adult human can be used to make cloned embryos mature enough to produce stem cells. But they havent actually produced the stem cells yet so the experts arent too excited yet. Being able to make stem cells from adult cloned cells would break down some walls in the stem cell field hopefully getting the research more funding.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0‚2933‚323430‚00.html | |
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| Science Daily | Cory Becknell |
| Science Daily | Due: Jan.17‚ 2008 |
| 1/17/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Calcium Supplements May Increase Heart Attacks In Older Women | |
| Calcium supplements are given to women are postmenopausal to maintain their bone health.Researchers at the University of Auckland looked into the effects of calcium supplementation on heart attack.They looked at 1‚471 healthy postmenopausal women 55 years and older.The women were randomly allocated to a daily calcium supplement or placebo.The women were seen every six months for the next five years.Heart attacks occured more in the calcium group 36 events in 31 women were the placebo‚22 events in 21 women.Hight calcium intakes might have a adverse effect on vascular health | |
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| The New York Times | Lindsey Burwell |
| The New York Times | Due: 01-17-08 |
| 01-08-08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease | |
| The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $19 million to further the goals of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases with the hope of finding a new drug for African sleeping sickness. African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) is caused by a protozoan spread by biting tsetse flies. Once affected the victims hallucinates and eventually lapse into a coma. Using the money to due research Dr. Bernard Pecoul plans to do trials with hope of finding a cure that will be easy to administer to the rural African population. | |
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| CNN.com | Heather Stephens |
| “CNN.com” | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/17/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| “FDA Declaring Cold Meds too Risky for Tots” | |
| FDA issues warning today to warn parents to avoid over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children under age 2 “because serious and potentially life-threatening side effects can occur.” Also FDA is considering whether the cold meds are suitable for older kids.FDA also warned that the drugs don’t even work in preschoolers either-anyone under age 6. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| “FDA Declaring Cold Meds too Risky for Tots” | |
| I think its funny/sad that a lot of the medicines side effects are worse than the ailment that they are treating. Especially in an age where parents will put their kid on any drug to try to solve a problem instead of looking at their diet and life style first. | |
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| cnn.com | Chelsea Bingham |
| www.cnn.com | Due: 1-17-08 |
| 1-16-08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| surprising things that give you headaches | |
| Not only can the normal things such as eyestrain‚ stress‚ and hormonal shifts give you a headache‚ but also a lot of things you wouldn’t expect. The first one listed is perfume. Strong odors may activate the nose’s nerve cells‚ which stimulate the nerve system associated with head pain. The second is the weather‚ which I found interesting. The meteorological shifts are thought to trigger chemical and electrical changes in the brain that irritate nerves. Also earrings‚ headbands‚ and ponytails can cause headaches. In this case you just need to loosen the ponytail and wear earrings out at night. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| surprising things that give you headaches | |
| I liked this article a lot and thought it was really well done because I love learning new things. I was not surprised that stress‚ perfume‚ earing‚ and/or ponytails could give you headaches because I think that it more common sense. I was very surprised though that the weather would give you headaches. I never in a million years would have thought that. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 9-Mar-2008 | |
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| surprising things that give you headaches | |
| I liked this article a lot and thought it was really well done because I love learning new things. I was not surprised that stress‚ perfume‚ earing‚ and/or ponytails could give you headaches because I think that it more common sense. I was very surprised though that the weather would give you headaches. I never in a million years would have thought that. | |
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| Science Daily | Annie Schulkers |
| 2 | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/17/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Genetic Connection Between Short Stature And Arthritis Uncovered | |
| This article features a study that confirms a direct connection between short height and osteoarthritis. Researchers are saying that shorter bones might make the joints a target for damage. This international study was also led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The way that these researchers studied this hypothesis was by analyzing the genomes of 35‚000 people or more and researching the effects of millions of genetic variants. Other factors that affect a person’s height are diet and prenatal development‚ however‚ “it is currently thought that genetic factors are | |
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| BMC Genetics | Jacob Calahan |
| 1-15-08 | Due: 1-17-08 |
| January 15‚ 2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Body Weight Influenced By Thousands Of Genes | |
| For the first time scientists have attempted to count the genes that contribute to a persons body weight. They have found that over 6‚000 genes‚ which is about 25% of the human genome‚ may determine a persons body weight. Mice were used to test the theory of obesity genes by knocking out certain strains of genes. 31 percent of mice had lower body weights than control group mice and 3 percent had higher body weights that control group mice. It is believed that similar results would appear in the human testing showing the body weight is affected by a persons genes. | |
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| www.sciencedaily.com | Joanne Cogliano |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: January 17‚ 2008 |
| December 30‚ 2007 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Adult Male Chimpanzees Don’t Stray Far From Home | |
| Adult males out on their own tend to follow in their mothers footsteps‚ they spend their days in the familiar places where they grew up. The study shows that the males continue to stay in the same area even after their mother has passed away‚ up to 20 years. The study says that by staying in familiar territory the chimpanzees have an advantage when searching for food. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 7-Mar-2008 | |
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| Adult Male Chimpanzees Don’t Stray Far From Home | |
| I feel like this article is trying to make new news out of an old story. Arn’t most male animals territorial? They learn the area so they can find food and sleep real easily and they protect their space from other males and maybe even other females. | |
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| http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/01/17/ cloned.embryos.ap/index.html | Mark Koller |
| Mark Koller | Due: 1-17-08 |
| January 17‚ 2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Scientists make cloned embryos from skin cells | |
| In California a fey Scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men. Although this is not the first time embryos have been made this is a big discovery. These embryos were made from ordinary skin cells unlike the last time. Several people think this will make life less inportant. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 | |
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| Scientists make cloned embryos from skin cells | |
| Ive always heard stories about cloning animals or people but every time I hear about it I realize how crazy that seems to me. We can make embryos out of skin cells WHAT? This way of reproducing just seems like shopping to me‚ almost as if it gives you the option to pick out your child and not just be blessed with the one god gives you. I agree with the fact that it makes life seem less important. Almost as if we do not have to keep reproducing because scientists can just clone people. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Scientists make cloned embryos from skin cells | |
| I dont think people will ever stop reproducing just because scientist can clone a person. Also as far as choosing your child‚ it may actually benefit some people. If both parents are at risk for some disease‚ or they both have it‚ and they dont want to pass the disease or the risk on to their child maybe they could prevent that. | |
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| Gomestic | Jessica Harmeling |
| jh | Due: 01/17/08 |
| jessica harmeling | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water | |
| The misconception that many bottled water companies are projecting is that their water comes from pure springs of distant mountains‚ but do they really? Many experts claim that bottled water companies actually use the same type of sources that your tap water comes from and youre paying for it! 1.5 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water every year and they wind up in landfills which only add to the earths pollution. And what about the harmful release of toxic-chemicals into the air during the making of these plastic bottles and their disposal? Your best‚ safest and cheapest way to ens | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water | |
| I have often wondered about this very thing. It does seem a worthy thing to research‚ especially when you consider the amount of plastic used in the bottling of water. Why not a washable‚ re-usable water bottle and a home filtration system. It seems that this option would not only be more economical‚ but would also reduce harmful effects on the environment of all of the plastic water bottles likely not being recycled. | |
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| CNN (Nature Medicine) | Lora Dunford |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/14/ rebuilt.heart/index.html | Due: 1-17-2008 |
| 1-14-2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| New hope may lie in lab-created heart | |
| In this article a dead rat’s heart was removed and stripped of its contents‚ leaving basically a shell. Then heart cells from another heart were injected and a new heart was formed. In humans there is hope that our own cells could be used to create a new healthy heart when one is needed. Testing is now starting on pigs because their hearts are more similar to ours. | |
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| Science Daily | Jamie Arnold |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080102222947.htm | Due: January 17‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 7 2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Just 4 Months Of Hormone Therapy Can Delay Prostate Cancer Growth By Up To 8 Years | |
| As reported by researchers‚ hormonal therapy with standard external beam radiation therapy can slow cancer growth by as much as eight years. This therapy can also increase survival in older men with potentially aggresive prostate cancer. Hormonal therapy is called androgen deprivation therapy which lowers the levels of cancer-fueling testosterone in the blood. | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Just 4 Months Of Hormone Therapy Can Delay Prostate Cancer Growth By Up To 8 Years | |
| This article is probably giving a lot of hope to men suffering from prostate cancer. While there are risks associated with this hormone therapy‚ they seem to be outweighed by the benefits. Giving a man with cancer an 8 year reprieve from bone metastases probably seems like a lifetime. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Nicole Mcvay |
| “ The Associated Press and The Enquirer “ | Due: 1/17/2008 |
| 1/17/2008 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Man files lawsuit over “popcorn lung” | |
| A Denver man has filed charges against Kroger claiming he is a victom of “popcorn lung". Popcorn lung is a condition caused by inhalation of diacetyl while popcorn is being microwaved. Diacetyl is used in microwave popcorn. It is what gives the popcorn its buttery taste. It is said to cause severe lung disease and or respiratory illnesses. | |
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| New York Times | Elizabeth Dalton |
| 1 | Due: 1/17/08 |
| 1/12/08 | Submitted: 17-Jan-2008 |
| Food From Cloned Animals Seems Safe‚ a Panel Finds | |
| The European Commission asked the European Food Safety Agency to do some research and give them their thoughts on the products of cloned animals. The European Food Safety Agency did just that on Friday by releasing their draft report stating that It is very unlikely that any difference exists in terms of food safety between food products originating from clones and their progeny compared with those derived from conventionally bred animals. The Food Safety Agency also said that the cloned animals do tend to have more diseases than naturally bred animals but will not affect humans because those | |
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| http://www.cbsnews.com | Becky Alexander |
| Oct 2006 | Due: 01/24/08 |
| 10/27/06 | Submitted: 19-Jan-2008 |
| Safety of Medicated Heart Stents Debated | |
| For Millions of Americans‚ medicated heart stents have been effective treatment for clogged arteries that can cause serious heart disease. Angioplasty is performed by inserting a catheter into the femoral artery in the leg which leads directly to the heart.If there is an obstruction (blockage) a balloon on the end of the catheter then pushesthe artery open. In order to keep the artery open‚ a stent (wire mesh) is placed. In the past‚ these have been know to form scar tissue (restenosis). Now there is medicated stents to avoid this scarring. With these stents there have been some cases | |
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| http://www.cbsnews.com | Becky Alexander |
| Health | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 04/18/07 | Submitted: 19-Jan-2008 |
| “Studies Show Gardasil And Cervarix Give Long-Term Protection” | |
| Two vaccines for preventing cervical cancer‚ one that is already available and another that is undergoing FDA review‚ offer nearly 100% protection for five years following administration. Although males carry this HPV virus‚ certain states such as Texas mandate that if you have a daughter‚ she has to receive it. In the year 2007 alone there will be around 11‚000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed with around 3‚600 deaths. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Studies Show Gardasil And Cervarix Give Long-Term Protection” | |
| Though I am all for anything that can help prevent disease‚ I have a problem with the government mandating that you have to use it. Aside from the cost involved‚ Texas did not offer to pay for vaccines‚ there is the fact this drug’s long term affects are really unknown. This drug is brought marketed by the same people who made Vioxx‚ which was pulled from the market because of increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Parents are responsible for the health of their children‚ not the government. And if a parent determines they don’t want their child to take this they should not be forced to. | |
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| National Geographic | Bryan Crockett |
| 0 | Due: 1-17-08 |
| January 10‚ 2008 | Submitted: 21-Jan-2008 |
| Hundreds of “Rogue” Black Holes May Roam Milky Way | |
| Newly merged black holes might be so jarred by the experience that they go “rogue‚” barreling through space on unexpected paths.In fact‚ hundreds of these rogue black holes could exist in the Milky Way galaxy alone‚ according to a new study. The research is just one of several new findings on black holes presented at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin‚ Texas. Astronomers have long known about rogue black holes. They’re nothing to be afraid of. It’s just one of the interesting mysteries of the universe. | |
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| www.sciencedaily.com | Kristin Koehnke |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: jan 22 |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| combating cancer | |
| For many years scientist have been thouroughly studying connections between our every day diets and breast cancers. cutting fats from diets was recommended as one of the best ays to prevent breast cancer as well as teo other cancers. it was suggested that we lower our calorie intake to 30 percent a day. studies later showed that women with lower colorie diets didn’t make a difference and vegitables and fruit didn’t prevent breast cancer‚ just helped stop it from reoccuring. alcohol has shown that by one drink a day we increase our risks by 9 percent and two drinks a day will increase it by 20- | |
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| www.sciencedaily.com | Kristin Koehnke |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: jan 22 |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| combating cancer | |
| Zebra finches were part of a research study that showed three different categories of birds. There were laid back‚ normal and stressed. Surprisingly the stressed birds took more risks and were bolder in new surroundings.Every animal including human beings respond to stress. Two things that can cause stress are change in environment and a predator. A hormone is then produced which cause s stress. For birds this hormone is known as corticosterone. The birds were bred to have three different levels of corticosterone levels. The laid back birds obviously had less stress levels‚ with the normal bir | |
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| cnn.com | Christian Conrad |
| Christian Conrad | Due: Jan 17‚ 2008 |
| 01-17-2008 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| Reading‚ Writing‚ Pressing; Middle-schoolers Get Strong | |
| Christian ConradBiology Tue/Thur 9:30-10:45January 22‚ 2008News NotesReading‚ Writing‚ PressingMiddle-Schoolers Get StrongCnn.comIn Atlanta‚ Georgia a middle school is introducing new classes to its curriculum and its not your typical English‚ History and Algebra classes. The new classes are an introduction into strength training. A lifetime lesson on health and fitness is this schools new approach on broadening the education for its students. In a society where students are skipping breakfast and going home after school and hitting the snack closet and possibly eating at the local fast food c | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Reading‚ Writing‚ Pressing; Middle-schoolers Get Strong | |
| I think that physical education is important but it saddens me that a lot of the reconcilability of raising healthy kids is now falling onto the school system instead of the parents. I see this happening all over‚ schools arent allowed to sell soda‚ and students have to buy healthy lunches. I see the importance of eating healthy and living a healthy life style but this is not the schools responsibility. My high school had to remove its soda vending machines; the soda companies paid the school to have the soda machines there. This just seems sort of fascist to me and it is also taking money aw | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Reading‚ Writing‚ Pressing; Middle-schoolers Get Strong | |
| I’m highly worried about these middle school students. I beleive schools should do something to prevent unhealthy students but gym class and health edducation should be enough if they are taught properly. Heavy lifting and weight training at such a young age could ruin their bodies in the long run and not just help it currently. | |
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| Science Daily | Jessica Moss |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080118125835.htm | Due: January 24‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 20‚ 2008 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| Does Your Pet Seem Almost Human? It May Be A Clever Response To Loneliness | |
| When your pet is more than just a pet! When your pet goes from being a pet to being a friend. Some people treat their pets so much like people they almost act like people‚ or seem to. But the issue is not the pets. Some eople are lonely and have a lack of other human contact so‚ having a dog for instance would make them feel a little less lonely. They start treating the pet like a person and talking to them like a person. Its lik a substatute for a person. Loneliness is not the only thing that causes pets to be treated as humans but its def. one reason. | |
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| Alison Young | |
| Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 | |
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| Does Your Pet Seem Almost Human? It May Be A Clever Response To Loneliness | |
| I definitely agree that pets can seem almost human. I have two dogs and a cat and I talk to them like I would to a human being. I don’t do it out of loneliness but because I always figured they were smart enough to understand anyway. I figure it is just like kids‚ if you talk and treat children like they are incapable of anything more than rudimentary thought then that is what they become. Now‚ I certainly don’t expect my dogs to talk back to me. Besides I might not want to know what they really think anyway!! | |
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| Dorothy Cook | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Does Your Pet Seem Almost Human? It May Be A Clever Response To Loneliness | |
| I found this article to be very interesting. I know that many people treat their animals like humans‚ but I did not realize how much this probably has to do with lonliness. I was surprised to find out that fear didn’t cause the same reaction. | |
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| Science Daily | Jessica Moss (gen bio ii) |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080121084718.htm | Due: Feb. 7‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 22‚ 2008 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| How Ultrafine Particles In Air Pollution May Cause Heart Disease | |
| They are finding out now that not only fatty foods and smoking may cause heart problems. Pollution such as car pollution may also cause heart problems. The pollution could possibly cause build up in the arteries which in return could cause a heart attack or a stroke. The pollution may also take away from our good collesterole that we get and that also may lead to our heart problems. | |
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| Science Daily | Jessica Moss (gen bio ii) |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080120160654.htm | Due: Feb. 21‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 21‚ 2008 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| Genes Linked To Lupus In Women Identified | |
| Lupus is a disease that affects one to two million Americans. Systematic lupus affects many different parts of the body. It affects the joints‚ heart‚ kidneys‚ lungs‚ blood‚ and brain. They have found that the disease affects more women than men. It affects thirty one out of one hundred thousand people‚ and it affects nine times more frequently in women than it does in men. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 29-Feb-2008 | |
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| Genes Linked To Lupus In Women Identified | |
| I am happy to hear that they have identified the potential genes that are linked to Lupus. Lupus along with many other autoimmune diseases usually are inherited genes. I think that this is great when they can identify what they are to help with treatment for these unfortunate individuals who are plagued with this disease... | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| Genes Linked To Lupus In Women Identified | |
| I am thirlled to hear that they have identified the gene linked to lupus. This gives me hope that they will also be able to isolate genes linked to other autoimmune disorders‚ such as multiple sclerosis some day. | |
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| southbeachdiet | Alexis Roberts |
| http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/ 101/nutrition-basics/filling-up-on-fiber.aspx | Due: 1/24/08 |
| 2007 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| Filling Up On Fiber | |
| Americans are not consuming as much fiber as is really needed in their diet. There are two different types of fiber; in which can reduce high cholesterol and prevent the feeling of hunger. Beans‚ oats‚ vegetables and some fruits contain fiber. | |
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| Science Daily | Jessica Moss |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080121164118.htm | Due: Feb. 12‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 22‚ 2008 | Submitted: 22-Jan-2008 |
| Saline Nasal Wash Helps Improve Children’s Cold Symptoms | |
| When Children have a common cold‚ if they use a seawater saline nasal wash it may help with that particular cold‚ and possibly help with preventing them in the future. Upper respitory infections are very common for children. But using seawater seems to be a very good solution for the issue. They did a study on this and on the children and after the study they found that most of the children who used this solution were less stuffy after the test was run. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Saline Nasal Wash Helps Improve Children’s Cold Symptoms | |
| I think this would be a great solution to head colds but small children wouldnt be able to go through it. I do think that if it was to work that is would be a great substitute to antibiotics and other treatment that would go hand and hand with a cold. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Erin Pennington |
| 2 | Due: 1/24/08 |
| N/A | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Einstein researchers: Do national dietary guidelines do more harm than good? | |
| Our nation is currently midway to the drafting of the 2010 guidelines for this‚ so researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University reaise questions about the benefits of federal dietary guidelines‚ and urge that guideline writers guided by explicit standards of evidence to ensure the public good. (www.biologynews.net) These guidelines according to the article‚ became known in the 1970’s to have a negative impact. The article concludes with us expecting just as much for the dietary guidelines as we do from our pharmaceutical companies before they bring a new drug into t | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Einstein researchers: Do national dietary guidelines do more harm than good? | |
| Ive heard about this‚ the government has lobbyist from the dairy market that pressure/bribe them into making dairy a bigger part of our diet than it needs to be. Every school kid in America drinks milk at lunch but that milk has a lot of fat and cholesterol in it. Why not just give them water instead? Big dairy‚ thats why. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Einstein researchers: Do national dietary guidelines do more harm than good? | |
| This is really disturbing. i found it interesting because so much of our clss project was concerned with these guidelines. I’m not sure I understand from this newsnote why the guidelines became known in the 70’s to have a negative impact. Why and how could they be negative? I thought they were helpful and don’t know how it could be otherwise. | |
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| International Herald Tribune:Health & Science | Kyle Shepherd |
| http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/23/ healthscience/23diabetes.php | Due: January 24‚ 2008 |
| Published: January 23‚ 2008 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Diabetes study favors surgery to treat obese | |
| In this article there was a study done on 60 obese people who had Type 2 Diabetes. Out of the 60 people 73% had surgery and when complete all signs of their diabetes went away. In this surgery they say it worked much better‚ because people who had it lost much more weight than the medically treated group did. Type 2 diabetes is mainly brought on by obesity‚ and people can often lose the chances of getting the disease‚ or even get rid of it in a whole. You can lose about 10% of you body weight in order for this to happen. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Diabetes study favors surgery to treat obese | |
| I know that diabetes is a major problem in this country and that it is largely due to obesity. I think that surgery is a drastic choice. Howver‚ if this article is correct‚ I think that perhaps surgery is a good choice for these people. I’m glad that there is an alternative form of treatment for these people. | |
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| National Geographic | Dorothy Cook |
| Stephen S. Hall | Due: 1/24/08 |
| July 2007 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Last Hours of the Iceman | |
| In 1991 hikers discovered the mummified corpse of an Iceman in the Otztal Alps on Italy’s border. This is the oldest intact member of the human family. Scientists who have used new‚ more sophisticated tools to determine his death‚ now believe he was murdered. During a routine x-ray of the body scientists discovered that his subclavian artery was cut by a stone arrowhead‚ causing him to bleed out within a few minutes. Some speculation has been made as to whether or not the murderer knew him or whether he was simply ambushed by strangers. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 | |
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| Last Hours of the Iceman | |
| Anytime you hear about a murder it’s tragic. Why would it be any different 5‚000 years ago. I think it’s intresting how well preserved the body was. It’s also amazing at the technology that has grown over the years to determine where someone has grown up based on istopes in the bone and teeth. Due to technology scientists also determined from one fingernail that he was not in good health. It sucks that the article didn’t mention the significant disease from which he suffered. The cause of his death was not that of his illness‚ but murder. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Last Hours of the Iceman | |
| I think it is great that they can determine all these factors about a 5‚000 year old iceman. they can see what he ate and determine how he was killed. It is also hard to find out that he was murdered knowing that there is no way to punish the person or people who done it. I do think it great that they can do xrays and tests to see about his life. | |
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| USA Weekend | Erin Hoh |
| HealthSmart by:Dr. Tedd Mitchell | Due: 1-26-2008 |
| January 18-20‚ 2008 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Cervival Cancer | |
| Cervical Cancer a type of tumor that occurs in a portion of a women’s uterus. A new vaccination that is now commercially available‚ is designed to reduce a women’s chance of becoming infected with the Human papillomavirus‚ which is a known cause of cervical cancer. A PAP test is also a known thing to help decrease the chance of cervical cancer. This test is becoming more popular throughout the U.S.A. and a reduction in the number of deaths due to this cancer have been reported.I know as a woman myself life get hectic and busy‚ but this simple test can help keep yourself healthy and strong. | |
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| Erin Hoh | |
| Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 | |
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| Divorse doesn’t just effect the house the individual family is living in | |
| First off divorce is spelled like this. I do agree with everything in the newsnote‚ even though there is not information. Everyone is effected by divorce‚ the most important thing is to give extra support to the kids involved if there are any. | |
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| AOL News | Shannon Mcdevitt |
| none | Due: Jan 24‚ 2008 |
| 1-23-08 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Officials Fail to Stop Bird Flu in Eastern India‚ Disease Spreading to New Areas | |
| The bird flu was confirmed in two more districts of Eastern India as officials blamed a holiday‚ the bad weather and a lack of trained personnel for their faliure to contain the country’s worst outbreak of the disease. The disease has now spread to nine of West Bengal State’s 19 districts‚ killing hundred’s of thousand’s of birds since it was first reported last week. No human cases have been reported. | |
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| WSWS: News & Analysis: World Economy | Mike Faulkner |
| lk sdcvmsdvmdfo | Due: 1-24-08 |
| January 17‚ 2003 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Worsening Problems for Global Economy | |
| The artcle stated that he thinks that “The world economy is in trouble". They stated that trade is slowing and that factories are producing more than they can sell‚ and that deflation is starting to affectseveral regions. It said that if the Us economy were to be strong and healthy that they couldnt because they get 1/3 of it’s supplies acrossed the world. Mike Faulkner | |
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| Scientific American | Deborah Dusterhoft |
| http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=new- diet-drug-in-battle-of-the-bulge | Due: January 24‚2008 |
| January 8‚2008 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| New Diet Drug in Battle of the Bulge | |
| Steven Heymsfield of Merck Research Laboratories‚ conducted a 12 week study on a new drug they have developed called taranabant. Just out of phase 2‚ this flab fighting appetite suppressant blocks the cannabinoid receptors in the brains reward circuitry. Using low doses‚ the results have been very positive with up to 27% fewer calories consumed‚ but with higher doses the results are expectedly negative. They will continue testing for 6 months to a year‚ varying doses and working on the side effects. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| New Diet Drug in Battle of the Bulge | |
| This is interesting. A new diet drug is certainly what every girl dreams of! It’s a little concerning that higher doses of the drug are negative‚ though. Negative in what way? Is it harmful? If they do approve the drug I’m all for it. I could use 27% less calories consumed! | |
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| Discover Magazine | Sarah Coon |
| “?"! | Due: 1/15/2008 |
| 2006 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| 65 Gay Influences | |
| Over the last decade there have been many studies conducted concerning a connection between male homosexuality and having and older brother. Now the studies show that sharing a biological mother is a key factor. Anthony Bogaert‚ psychologist at Brock University in Ontario‚ was determined to clarify the relative importance of biology and enviroment in determining sexual orientation. He conducted a study on 944 men and found that adopted brothers do not affect sexual orientation. Nor does it matter if the a boy lives with his older biological brother. Bogaert estimates that one in seven gay men | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| 65 Gay Influences | |
| I think that this article is a bit ridiculous. A connection between male homosexuality and having and older brother? Give me a break. If you looked hard enough for anything‚ I’m sure you could find a connection. I just don’t believe this connection is valid. I’d have to see proof that made sense to me to believe it | |
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| Ciagrettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes | Michael Defillippo |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: Jan. 24 2008 |
| Jan 23 2008 | Submitted: 23-Jan-2008 |
| Ciagrettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes | |
| Scientists have discovered that the toxins in cigarettes wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the ageing process. With this gene gone we not only lose years of our lives but it leave the lungs open to harmful diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Ciagrettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes | |
| I think it is neat all the test they do to figure this stuff out. These are things we dont usually think about. Now that I have read the article I agree with it. I do think that people who smoke tend to age more rapidly. If you look at smokers they all have these face wrinkles. So I think there could be some truth to this article. | |
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| Science Daily | Kristi Hoskins |
| Science Daily News | Due: 01/24/2008 |
| January 23‚ 2008 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Gene Therapy Technique: Water Droplets Produce By Electrospray Render Cells Permeable To External DNA | |
| Today‚ genetically engineered products have become indispensable‚ scientists have modified bacteria to procduce human insulin. Reseachers have several methods of transferring DNA into a cell‚ but in most cases it is with the use of electrical current or UV lasers‚ but both have a disadvantage‚ they can be costly and can seriously damage the cell. A team lead by Takafumi Sakai has developed a way to bombard the cells with tiny electrically charged without damanging the cell‚ after about a min and droplets have past the membrane the holes have closed up | |
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| Science Daily | Christal Lane |
| science daily.com | Due: 1/24/08 |
| 1/23/08 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Captive Carnivors not up to wild living | |
| It’s said that only one in three captive animals survive in the wild when introduced. Most of tese animals are born in captivity. In studies reviewed‚ out of 45 cases involving 17 different speices‚ only 30% released survive. More than half of the animal deaths are caused by humans. Such things as shootings and car accidents. Deaths also involve starvation and disease.They are trying hard to better prepare these animals for the wild. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Captive Carnivors not up to wild living | |
| I am not sure that it is fair to these animals. They are taken out of the wild. Then they get all these tests done on them. They have been out of the wild for so long. How can they expect them to survive in the wild if they have never been there. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Captive Carnivors not up to wild living | |
| This test is about animals that were born in captivity‚ not taken from the wild although their parents might have been. It seems to me that these animals have in some way stopped being wild animals. They lack the immune system‚ and hunting skills that are needed to live in the wild‚ they are well on their way to becoming domesticated. | |
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| HHMI Bulletin | R. brandon Feldhaus |
| Vol 20 # 4 | Due: 1/24/07 |
| http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/nov2007/perspectives/body.html | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Body Heal Thyself | |
| Tissue engineering is often called regeneration medicine. biologists‚ chemists‚ and materials scientists are joining together to marshal the body’s developmental and repair mechanisms to heal wounds‚ rebuild damaged tissues‚ and replace essential cells. In a labortory they are all trying to produce a boimimetic gel also called hydrogels in order to imitate aspects of the extracellular matrix. If they do suceed they will be able to produce new cartilage. For example a skier could donate a bit of his own cartilage from his shoulder in order to rebuild old or damaged cartilage in their knee | |
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| sciencenews.com | Johnny Woods |
| N/A | Due: 1/24/08 |
| 1/24/08 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Brazil amazon deforastation soars | |
| The article discusses the lost of the forest in the amazon which in the last 5 months it has lost 1‚250 square miles were lost.They say that the loss is unpresidented for the time that time of year. | |
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| CNN.com | Ruben West |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 01/09/hormone.therapy.ap/index.html | Due: Jan. 27‚ 2008 |
| Jan. 09‚ 2008 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| FDA Cracks Down on Custom Hormones | |
| Some time ago‚ doctors believed that prescription estrogen therapy was very risky for patients. These hormones were used mostly by women going through menopause. In 2003 it was concluded that hormone replacement pills should only be consumed in very small doses for a short period of time only after consulting a doctor. Since this decision‚ there have been many companies that have popped up on the Internet selling custom hormone mixes. The FDA has now begun to crack down on these online pharmacies saying that they are making false claims. | |
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| life science | Celeste Finkler |
| lifescience.com | Due: 01/24/2008 |
| January 15‚ 2008 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Why Stress Is Deadly | |
| Stress is a big factor in everyday life and takes a tremendous toll on your body. Hormones from stress raises your heart rate and increases the glucose in your blood which takes a lot from your energy‚ growth‚ and immune system. Heart disease‚ posttraumatic stress and depression have all been linked with stress. | |
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| R. brandon Feldhaus | |
| Submitted: 1-Feb-2008 | |
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| Why Stress Is Deadly | |
| i agree that stress does take alot of energy out of you. i agree because i can tell a big difference from when i am in school or on break. if i am in the middle of a quarter of school i dont get as much sleep even thou i am more tired. i dont know why that is but i wish i could figure it out. well i guess i can sleep better while on break from school because i dont have as much to think about. and i also agree with if you are really stressed out your bodies immune system cant keep up and there for you will get sick more often. | |
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| Christal Lane | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Why Stress Is Deadly | |
| I would have to agree with this article. Stress is a major factor to peoples health. I think more than just diease are problems with this. What about risk factors of suicide. There are a lot of problems that can arise because of stress. | |
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| science daily | Katie Brooks |
| “?” | Due: Janurary 23‚ 2008 |
| “?” | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| World’s Best Microscope can produce images less than diameter of single hydrogen atom | |
| Scientists have found that TEAM 0.5 can produce images of half a ten-billionith of a meter. TEAM stands for Transmission Electronic Aberration-corrected Microscope). This study was led by the Berkley Lab at the Univeristy of Illinois. This microscope uses images just recently discovered‚ including ultra stable electronics. | |
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| sciencedaily.com | Megan Moore |
| 1 | Due: January 24‚ 2008 |
| January 17‚ 2008 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| How Allergic Reactions are Triggered | |
| A group of calcium ion channels play a crucial role in triggering inflammatory responses. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have solved a longstanding molecular mystery regarding the onset of asthma and allergy symptoms‚ and have also provided a fundamental discovery regarding the functioning of mast cells. | |
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| Discover Magazine | Sarah Coon |
| http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jan/biology/ | Due: 01/24/08 |
| 2006 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| New Mouse Organ Found | |
| Researchers stumbled across a new mouse organ. In April 2006 an immunologist at the University of Ulm in Germany‚ Hans-Reimer Rodewald‚ reported that mice have two thymus organs. This is very suprising that they have over looked this in the past. To see if the newly discovered organ was functional they transplanted one of the extra thymus organ into a thymus free animal. When they injected these animals with a protein from the hepatitist B vaccine‚ the animals prduced an immune response. Biologist are checking to see if they have overlooked asecond human organ to. | |
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| Biology News Net | Matthew Fessler |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: January 24th‚ 2008 |
| January 23rd‚ 2008 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Cigarettes leave deadly path by purging protect genes | |
| A University of Rochester scientist discovered that toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that protects the body from the effects of premature aging. The loss of the gene also leaves the lungs open to destructive inflammation and diseases such as lung cancer. Scientists are working on identifying the Sirtuin genes role in pulmonary diseases so that they can work to restore it. Scientists have begun testing resveratrol‚ which is extracted from red grape skins to develop a treatment to target the Sirtuin gene and reverse lung damage. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 | |
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| Cigarettes leave deadly path by purging protect genes | |
| Like with any other toxic substance that you consume there are bound to be side effects. On top of the consequences of smoking that most people are already aware of‚ now theres a new one that speciffically attacks a gene that is responsible for premature ageing. Scientists are at the demand of there own research to try and develop some sort of treatment for a gene that makes the effects of smoking worse. I personally am not a smoker‚ but a lot of my family is so I hope that one day their research comes to a successful outcome. | |
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| http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ 2008-01/vt-buc012308.php | Graham Schwartz |
| http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ 2008-01/vt-buc012308.php | Due: 1-24-08 |
| 1-24-08 | Submitted: 24-Jan-2008 |
| Biologists use computers to study bacterial cell division | |
| John Tyson‚ University Distinguished Professor of Biology at Virginia Tech and his team of biologists now are conducting new research in cell division b/c of better technology in terms of experiments. this technlogy is basically new computers that has better data collecting skills then most computer. and this is has a lage amount of productivity instore for the biologists. | |
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| USA Weekend | Erin Hoh |
| 1 in 5 get UTI’s | Due: 1-26-2008 |
| January 18-20‚ 2008 | Submitted: 25-Jan-2008 |
| Preventing Urinary infections | |
| 1 in 5 women will experience a UTI during her life. They are the second most bodily infection accounting for the 8.3 million doctor visits each year.men can get them too‚ for reasons that no one understand yet. If you do the following your risk of getting a UTI will reduce to 95%. Drink lots of water‚ urinate offen and completely‚ wipe front to back‚avoid hanging around in a wet bathing suit. You can also drink cranberry juice‚there is a caution to Coumadin users. UTI’s are very painful and taking care of yourself will minimize you chance of getting one. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 | |
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| Preventing Urinary infections | |
| Drinking cranberry juice does help. I have had a UTI when I was younger and it was so uncomfortable and now every time I feel as if I might get one I drink cranberry juice and it really does work‚ the feeling goes away. I did not know that men could get one though. I agree with all of the suggestions to prevent one though. You can also get one from not wearing cotton underwear. If your underwear is too tight or not the right material you increase your chances. | |
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| Elusive Pancreatic Stem Cells Found in Mice | Zach Sicurella |
| Stem Cells | Due: 1-24-08 |
| Jan. 25 | Submitted: 25-Jan-2008 |
| Stem Cells | |
| This explains about stem cells with the ability to generate new insulin producing beta cells. Scientists have found this in adult mice and in a gene called Neurogenin3. They did this by tieing off a duct that drains digestive enzymes from the pancreas. Now they just have to find a way to see if the same thing is true in humans so they can find a way to stop diabetes. | |
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| Cosmopolitan | Olivia Miller |
| 244‚NO2 | Due: 1-25-08 |
| February 2008 | Submitted: 25-Jan-2008 |
| Don’t Bug Me! | |
| People all across the country are contracting a treacherous infection that is resistant to antibiotics. The bug is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA)‚ and is set off by common staph bacteria that 30% of the population carries. It starts in your nose or opening in the skin forming an infectious pimple like sore. This can occur anywhere on the body. In most cases it resolves its self‚ but if it enters the blood stream it can become deadly. Although any one can get it men are at higher risk along with people who stay in dorms‚ military‚ and people who are in constant contact with others | |
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| Popular Science | Jennifer Weiler |
| Vol. (No. 272): pp.: 35 | Due: January 27‚ 2008 |
| January‚ 2008 | Submitted: 25-Jan-2008 |
| A Big Leap for Antibiotics | |
| Clinical trials will begin in April for a medicine that mimics molecules in frog skin that kill harmful bacteria. Antibiotics work by crippling key proteins inside bacteria; however‚ the bug will often outsmart the drug by modifying receptor sites on the proteins. A study by the CDC found that a lethal strain of drug-resistant staph caused nearly 19‚000 deaths in 2005 in the US. This new (frog-skin inspired) medicine will poke thousands of tiny holes in the bacteriums membrane which would kill the microbe. In order for the bacteria to try to re-attack‚ it would have to totally restruct. | |
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| WashingtonPost.com | Melissa Bodner |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ article/2008/01/24/AR2008012401435.html | Due: 1/26/08 |
| January 24‚ 2008 | Submitted: 25-Jan-2008 |
| Stem Cells Finally Found in Pancreas | |
| An international team of researchers has discovered stem cells in the pancreas of mice. It was previously believed that the pancreas did not contain its own stem cells because they could not be located. Two weeks after preventing the pancreas of the mice from draining digestive enzymes‚ the number of beta cells had doubled‚ and insulin production had increased. Clinical advances for humans are far away. However‚ confirmation of these stem cells could lead to groundbreaking new therapies for Diabetes‚ a condition in which the beta cells of the pancreas are unable to produce insulin. | |
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| The Washington Post | Keysha Ogletree |
| www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/ 2008/01/24/ar2008012402936.html?referrer=emailarticlepg | Due: January 27‚ 2008 |
| January 24‚ 2008 | Submitted: 26-Jan-2008 |
| Australian girl changes blood group‚ immune system | |
| When an Australian girls was 9 years old‚ she under went transplant surgery to receive a liver. Now she’s 15 years old with a new blood type and immune system. There isn’t a medical explanation for her blood type changing from O negative to O positive. Doctors believe her “new liver’s blood stem cells invaded her body’s bone marrow and took over her entire immune system". There is no need for her to take anti-rejection drugs with is typically the treatment that recipients receive after under going organ transplants due to the recipient’s immune system attacking the transplanted tissu | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 7-Mar-2008 | |
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| Australian girl changes blood group‚ immune system | |
| A nine year old girl getting a liver transplant‚ that is scary enough. It is amazing that her body didn’t reject the blood once it started turning to another type. This is a very interesting case. It sounds like this little girl needs to be happy that she’s alive. | |
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| Newsday | Kara Breitinger |
| 0.00 | Due: 1-26-08 |
| 1-25-08 | Submitted: 26-Jan-2008 |
| Doctors Report Transplant Breakthrough | |
| Pantients who require organ transplants‚ currently have to take anti-rejection pills for the rest of their lives so their new organs are not rejected by their own immune system. In order to only have to take the anti-rejection pills for a couple months ‚ a new study with five kidney transplants show that bone marrow plays an important role. The participants of the study had to take pills prior to their surgery to weaken their own immune system. After the transplant was completed‚ they received bone marrow from the person who had donated the organ. 4 out of 5 participants had great success. | |
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| Curren Biology | Peter Francus |
| 17(23)991-992 | Due: Jan 24th‚ 2008 |
| 2007 | Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 |
| Nocturnal Bees | |
| This article is about nocturnal bees. Most people think that bees only hunt for food during the day (diurnal)‚ but researchers have found that certain bees leave their hives at sunset and search for food. Their eyes are larger than diurnal bees. The researchers hypothesize that certain bees become nocturnal is either to avoid parasitism and predation or because there is reduced competition for the nectar. In the forested habitats where nocturnal bees are found there are many flowers that only open at night or that produce nectar both day and night. Some bees are crepuscular which means th | |
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| Science Daily | Desirae Switzer |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: January 24‚ 2008 |
| January 14‚ 2008 | Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 |
| Unusual Fish-eating Dinosaur Had Crocodile-like Skull | |
| An unusual dinosaur was shown to have a skull that looked liked and functioned like a crocodile. It also had two huge claws which some say was used to pull fish from the water. In the stomach doctors found fish scales‚ teeth‚ and a dinosaur bone. Researchers wanted to determine if this animal was more like a dinosaur or crocodile. They found that the eating style was most similar to the fish-eating gharial and since it’s diet consisted mainly of fish this must have been the case for this fish-eating dinosaur. This animal was found in Surrey‚UK in 1983 and is 125 million years old. | |
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| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Katrina Wagner |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: 1-24-08 |
| 1-27-08 | Submitted: 27-Jan-2008 |
| Anthrax cellar entry point uncovered | |
| A study conducted by microbiologists at the University of Alabama at Bringham‚(UBA)discovered that Anthrax enters the cell through something called MAC-1‚ a receptor that sits on the surface of certain cells.The study reveals the biological paradigm that makes the anthrax spore clever enough to target the MAC-1 receptor‚ and use this entry point to boost its lethality. In humans the disease is rare and very dangerous. There are three forms of anthrax:skin‚ inhalation‚ ‚ and through swollen pores. Skin is the most common and can be treated with antibiotics and Inhalation is the more serious. | |
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| Smash! | Leslie Hunter |
| msnbc | Due: Jan. 24th |
| January 28th | Submitted: 28-Jan-2008 |
| Smash! The search for sparticles | |
| “Scientists don’t know exactly what to expect from the LHC‚ but they anticipate its energetic collisions will create exotic particles that physicists have so far only dreamed of. Many researchers are hoping to see supersymmetric particles‚ called sparticles for short."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22882324/ | |
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| Science Daily | Carrie Fee |
| Science Daily | Due: 1/28/08 |
| January 7‚ 2008 | Submitted: 28-Jan-2008 |
| Enhancing Healting through Guided Imagery | |
| It has been noted that Aristotle and Hippocrates believed in imgaging to heal the human body. In recent research these thoughts were proven true. According to the January issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter‚ “guided imagery is helping patients use the full range of the body’s healing capacity.” Guided imagery isnt just listning‚ you have to learn at the same time. Listning to a voice ‚ relaxing‚ breathing‚ and imagining all at the same time. All of the above sends messages to the brain control system. These messages are then passed to all the different systems of the body. The systems | |
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| Live Science | Crystal Forman |
| 1 | Due: 1/24/08 |
| 1/24/08 | Submitted: 29-Jan-2008 |
| Scientific Group Releases New Statement on Climate Change | |
| The topic of global warming interests me. I want to learn more about it so I know what causes it and what to do prevent it. According to this article humans are to blame for global warming due to us burning fossil fuels. This article goes with the Mountain Critter Disappearance. Earth is our planet we need to take care of it in order to keep living here. | |
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| Biology News Net. | Jeffrey Hooks |
| Jan 31 2008 | Due: January 24 |
| January 31 2008 | Submitted: 2-Feb-2008 |
| Iowa State Researcher Studies how Enzymes break down Cellulose | |
| A picture of enzymes breaking down a sugar chain caught my eye in this story. Enzymes are proteins produced by living organisms that accelerate chemical reactions. They break down starch and protein molecules into little pieces to be absorbed by the instestines. They are a big part of breaking down cellulose into simple sugars and producing ethanol. The enzymes are called cellulases and are produced by fungi and bacteria. Hopefully the success of producing a monster enzyme to help create fuel will do away with the high prices of engery and gas. | |
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| Biology News Net. | Jeffrey Hooks |
| Jan 31 2008 | Due: January 24 |
| January 31 2008 | Submitted: 2-Feb-2008 |
| Iowa State Researcher Studies how Enzymes break down Cellulose | |
| A picture of enzymes breaking down a sugar chain caught my eye in this story. Enzymes are proteins produced by living organisms that accelerate chemical reactions. They break down starch and protein molecules into little pieces to be absorbed by the instestines. They are a big part of breaking down cellulose into simple sugars and producing ethanol. The enzymes are called cellulases and are produced by fungi and bacteria. Hopefully the success of producing a monster enzyme to help create fuel will do away with the high prices of engery and gas. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Iowa State Researcher Studies how Enzymes break down Cellulose | |
| I found this pretty interesting. I’m familiar with the proteins called enzymes and their functions because of learning about it in biology class. So‚ that I understand. But what I didn’t understand from the Newsnote was how producing a monster enzyme would help to create fuel.?? That would be wonderful‚ though. I’d like to hear more about it. | |
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| Science Daily | Jeff Hooks |
| i dont know | Due: Feburary 12 2008 |
| January 19 2008 | Submitted: 2-Feb-2008 |
| Virtual Biopsy Cuts Out Need For Diagnostic Surgery | |
| A small device has been developed to help diagnose cervical and skin cancers. This technique is called bioimpedance spectroscopy. In short it can be used on biological tissue to determine healty‚ cancerous‚ or dead cells. This can be run ove the skin or internally. By running currents through the surface it can detect the boundries of a lesion and notice changes in the lesion. The patient does not have to be put out and this device has the potential to be just as accurate and the data is immediate. I am sure the more expensive machine makers will try to find flaws in this device. | |
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| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/02/05/ mane_event_recombination_in_lion_feline _immunodeficiency_virus.html | Eli Humphries |
| None | Due: 2-7-08 |
| February 5‚ 2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Novel small molecule therapy shows benefit for anemic patients via hydration of red blood cells | |
| A new small cell called senicapoc has revealed a way to help anemia patients. The cell therapy by way of senicapoc helps increase hemoglobin and hydrate red blood cells. This will especially help patients with sickle cell anemia because of the therapy’s effects. This therapy will help millions throughout the world once fully implimented. | |
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| Biology News | Matthew Fessler |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: February 12th‚ 2008 |
| February 5th | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| How is that whale listening? | |
| Researchers from San Diego State University and the University of California have been using computer models to mimic the effects of underwater noise on an unusual whale species and have discovered a new pathway for sound entering the head and ears. Due to advances in Finite Element Modeling‚ Computer tomography scanning‚ and computer processing it is now possible to simulate the environment and anatomy of a Cuviers beaked whale when a sonar signal is sent out or received by the whale. This research will allow scientists to understand how marine organisms make noise. | |
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| Biology News Net | Natalie Neville |
| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/01/30/ blueeyed_humans_have_a_single_common_ancestor.html | Due: February 7‚ 2008 |
| January 20‚ 2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Blue eyed humans have a single‚ common ancestor | |
| Newly conducted research shows that people with blue eyes have a single common ancestor. They believe that originally everyone had brown eyes but a genetic mutation took place between 6-10‚000 years ago. They believe this is the reason for all blue-eyed people having that eye color.The mutation of brown eyes... as Professor Eiberg says‚ “it simply shows that nature is constantly shuffling the human genome‚ creating a genetic cocktail of human chromosomes and trying out different changes as it does so.” | |
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| CNN | Kara Dunford |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/02/05/ pregnancy.memory/index.html | Due: 2-7-08 |
| From Saeed AhmedCNN | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Pregnancy does cause memory loss‚ study says | |
| A recent study analyzing pregnant women concluded that carrying a child leads to memory loss. The memory loss is nothing extreme or life altering‚ just simple forgetful moments. Researchers believe the memory loss is related to the stress and worries of the womens life changing from welcoming a child into their routine. | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 | |
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| Pregnancy does cause memory loss‚ study says | |
| Having been pregnant 4 times‚ I know that I certainly experienced some forgetful moments. It is interesting to hear that there is actually a reason for this. It is one of those things that I always thought was an old wives tale and you only noticed the forgetfulness because you were looking for it! | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Pregnancy does cause memory loss‚ study says | |
| This article apparently analyzed pregnant women to find that pregnancy leads to memory loss. Kara says that the researchers are relating the memory loss to stress. That makes sense‚I suppose. Especially after looking at a comment made on this same article where another lady agrees because of first-hand experience.So‚ok‚I believe it. But my question is‚ if the memory loss is related to stress‚ then how does it relate to pregnancy at all? Wouldn’t it be instead‚ Memory Loss Due to Stress.?How did they research this theory? | |
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| CNN.com | Sarah Garman |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 02/05/pregnancy.memory/index.html | Due: Feb. 21‚ 2008 |
| Feb. 5‚ 2008 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Pregnancy does cause memory loss‚ study says | |
| A recent study by two Australian researchers has found that pregnant women experience a slight loss of memory and in many cases‚ the forgetfulness continues after birth. The memory loss is subtle. You’re probably more preoccupied with the upcoming birth and your whole life is going to be changing‚ the researcher said. You’re going to have more difficult sleeping. And other studies have shown that sleep deficiency definitely disrupts cognitive performance. There’s no reason to think it won’t do so during pregnancy. | |
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| Matthew Fessler | |
| Submitted: 10-Mar-2008 | |
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| Pregnancy does cause memory loss‚ study says | |
| I found this article to be very interesting because of the fact that pregnancy can cause memory loss beyond the carrying of the child. According to Dr. Julie Henry one of the authors of the study The memory loss is subtle and usually involves unfamiliar or demanding tasks. The memory tasks that become most challenging for pregnant women are memory tasks‚ or those that would require multitasking. I also found it interesting that a pregnant woman is likely to forget a new phone number but would be able to recall a number she had dialed many times. | |
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| Science Daily | Alicia Dodson |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/ 2007/12/071226225516.htm | Due: 2/7/08 |
| 1/1/2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Fight Against Hay Fever And Other Allergies Helped By New Immune System Discovery | |
| This article is about scientists that found that allergies when a gene‚ FOXP3 is blocked it can lead to weakness in the immunity system. People who have allerigies this can be a danger to them. They hope to help people suffering from allergies with this new information found. | |
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| ScienceDaily | Lindsey Burwell |
| ScienceDaily | Due: 02-06-08 |
| 02-06-08 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Chronic Pain Harms The Brain | |
| In a new study done by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have found a clue that links long-term pain suffers with other pain-related symptoms.A healthy brain’s regions are set at equilibrium and people with chronic pain show that their cortex of the brain is always functioning.The constant firing of neurons in the brain could cause permanent damage and new approaches to teach patients to control their pain could prevent brain dysfunction. | |
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| MSNBC.Com | Karyn Clark |
| www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23033131/ wid/11915773?GT1=10914 | Due: 2/7/2008 |
| February 6‚ 2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Moms Passed AIDS Virus by Pre-Chewing Food | |
| HIV virus has been shown to pass through pre-chewing food for infants which is done in mostly poor‚ developing countries where dental hygiene is also a problem. The HIV virus is passed through the blood and not saliva‚ but it has been reported 3 times in the US between 1993-2004 because of mothers with bleeding gums. This practice is seen mostly in countries that do not have access to baby food. The 3 cases in the USA showed that the children were at the teething stages or had inflammed gums. The caregivers were recent immigrants from outside the US where this practice is normal. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Moms Passed AIDS Virus by Pre-Chewing Food | |
| This is so disturbing and sad! I thought it was strange that any mom would pre-chew her baby’s food‚ until I read that it is seen mostly in countries without access to baby food. That just makes it even more sad. I think immigrants should be made aware of this so that it doesn’t happen to any more people.I wish that other countries could be made aware of this as well. | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Moms Passed AIDS Virus by Pre-Chewing Food | |
| If only those poor mothers and fathers had access to baby food they toddlers might have been saved. It just goes to show that poverty really is the root of most of the world’s problems. Interestingly‚ I read that some doctors still do not want to discourage parents from prechewing food because it could prevent the children from getting proper food because their parents are afraid of getting them sick. Only three cases have been reported so far. | |
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| www.nationalgeographic.com | Kari King |
| Kari News Not | Due: 2/7/07 |
| Feb. 6‚ 2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Oldest Oil Paintings Found In Caves | |
| Found in Afganistans Bahimiam caves were mural and two giant buddahs. The murals were used with a binder that helps the paints attach to rock surfaces. The murals were created with oil paint. This discovering becomes the oldest remenence of uses of oil paint at least 100 years prior to the Europeans usage. The parts of the giant buddah dated back between the fifth and ninth centruy A.D. The statue was destroyed by the Taliban as a dirrect insult towards the Islams. | |
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| Amazon Rain Forest Destruction Quickens | Kelley kelley clements |
| www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm? c_id=2&objectid=10487854 | Due: 1/7/2008 |
| January 21 2008 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Amazon rain foredt destruction quickens | |
| Deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated‚ in recent months and is likely to increase this year for the first time in four year. About 20% of man made cardon dioxide emissions makes conservation of the Amazon crucial to limiting risis in globle temperatures. Whats really scary is that in the last four months about 6000sq km of the forest had been cut down. If all of it is cut down. it could be a very bad thing for the earth and life on earth as we know it. | |
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| National Geographic | Marius Moneta |
| http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ news/2008/02/080204-sea-lions.html | Due: 2/7/08 |
| 2/4/08 | Submitted: 6-Feb-2008 |
| Dozens of Sea Lions Found Massacred in Galapagos | |
| The article I looked at describes the massacre of some 35 Galapagos sea lions whose carcasses were found in late January by fisherman on a remote beach on the island of Pinta. This is a disturbing find which mirrors another similar incident in 2001. The find is made more alarming by the fact that the sea lions were killed and their bodies left to rot unlike the usual scenario where they are slaughtered and cut up for various body parts which are used for local Asian medicinal practices. This newest act seems to have no motive and scientists are now calling for stricter control on the Galapago | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Dozens of Sea Lions Found Massacred in Galapagos | |
| This is a very disturbing article. Sea Lions are some of the most beautiful creatures in the Sea. This type of cruelty should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Senseless slaughter of any animal should not be tolerated. I am disgusted to learn of such disrespect to one of God’s creatures. | |
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| Erin Losey | |
| Submitted: 13-Mar-2008 | |
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| Dozens of Sea Lions Found Massacred in Galapagos | |
| This truly does make me terribly sad. Why on earth anyone would needlessly kill any animal is beyond me. Using the meat for food is one thing‚ but this just seems so senseless. I wonder what stricture security for the animals they wil come up with? Hopefully it will work and involve the people who truly love these animals and takes their cause to heart. We have to balance human needs with nature’s needs. | |
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| CNN.com | Sarah Garman |
| Study: Vacuuming clots more help in major heart attacks | Due: 7 February 2008 |
| 6 February 2008 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Study: Vacuuming clots more help in major heart attacks | |
| New research shows that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of simply pushing it aside to restore blood flow. The newest and largest study shows that sucking out the clot before implanting a stent has big benefits‚ and could lead to wider use of this method.The heart attack was stopped in its tracks in 57 percent of the vacuum group and 44 percent of those getting regular care. | |
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| National Geographic | Megan Hollingsworth |
| newsnote | Due: 2/7/08 |
| 2/5/08 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Humans Triggering “Global Soil Change” | |
| Earth soils already show a reduced capacity to support biodiversity. 50% of soil is subject to direct management by humans‚ but soil change is also occuring because of contaminants and changes in the climate. Scientists are call this the time of Anthropocene. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Humans Triggering “Global Soil Change” | |
| I understand where this study has a direct point to understanding what we do to our soil. We our in control of what we put in the ground including pesticides and other toxic wastes. It is scary to think that after we add these chemicals into the soil that it is never the same again. I agree that there should be more research done to prevent and improve what we have already done to the soil that our children play in or that we use to produce food. | |
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| www.cbsnews.com | Beverly Gray |
| www.cbsnews.com | Due: 02/07/2008 |
| 02/07/2008 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Grow Your Own Replacement Parts | |
| A look into the field of regenerative medicine. They have made 18 different types of tissues so far. I think this could be a medical breakthrough that could save thousands of lives. I worry about the ethical issues as well. Is this cloning? They are making new tissue and organs from your own cells‚ so I think it is a form of cloning. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 2-Mar-2008 | |
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| Grow Your Own Replacement Parts | |
| Growing our own body parts? I agree and think this could be a medical breakthrough and save lives. But at the same time I do not think that anything this is made is a lab dish could be better than what God had original given us. If this really does work I think it would be ethical to help people who absolutely could not live without doing some type of regeneration but I do not agree with doing it just because or doing it just say that we can. | |
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| CNN | Kelsey Mele |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 02/06/heart.vacuum.ap/index.html | Due: 1-6-08 |
| 1-6-08 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Vacuuming clots | |
| This article is really neat because it talks about how people believe that if doctors start vacuuming clots out instead of just pushing them aside to restore it may allow for fewer people to suffer from major heart attacks or just heart problems in general. | |
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| Asprin” resistance” and rick of cardiovascular morbisity systematic review and meta-analysis | April Provens |
| bmj.39430.529549.1 | Due: 01/24/2007 |
| jan‚2008 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Aspirin “resistance” and risk of cardiovascular morbidity systematic review and meta-analysis | |
| This article was about so many people using apirin everyday and cauing long trem affect. Many people are having stroke‚ and vascular related deaths in patients with cardiovascular disease. We have to be careful not to over do it‚ but there is some people who are abuseing it. | |
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| Science Daily | Joanne Cogliano |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: February 7‚ 2008 |
| May 16‚ 2005 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Botox Stops Severe Drooling In Children With Neurologic Conditions | |
| Doctors injected botox into the salivary glands of drooling children with neurological impairments such as cerebral palsy. Injections were given to 7 children multiple times at different dosage levels. Parents reported that 70% of the procedures were successful. Botox is the only non-invasive treatment of severe drooling at this time. Surgery is the only other means of treating this condition‚ and that isn’t always successful. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Botox Stops Severe Drooling In Children With Neurologic Conditions | |
| When we think of Botox we think of women using it to stay young and beautiful. I like that this modern miracle drug can be used to help young children prevent over active salivary glands. This shows that there is other uses for things that are developed in the medical field and hopefully using this idea we will once find the cure for cancer. As of now using the Botox to stop drooling in children instead of the use of surgery is great. It is a less stressful and painful thing for a child. | |
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| medical college of wisconsin | April Provens |
| healthlink | Due: 02/12/2008 |
| 01-14-2003 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| With diabetes‚ It’s the complication that kill you | |
| About 30 million people have type 2 diabetes. They put themselve at rick for hear disease‚ stroke‚ kidney failure‚ blindness‚ amputation or never damage. It is estimate twice amount of people have it‚ but only half get treated. American is up for seriour health problem‚ unless we get a handle on it. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| With diabetes‚ It’s the complication that kill you | |
| To some people this can be a touchy subject. I couldn’t imagine being Hyperglycemia or Hypoglycemia. I can’t remember to take a vitamine in the morning let alone to give myself shots of insulin. Actually your body is your clock. More than half of the american population has type 2 diabetes. I know that obestiy is a major factor‚ but fast food makes it to easy as one of the leading contributing factors and I think if it weren’t so easy to stuff our faces with triglycerides then that might help offset one of the risks of getting diabetes. | |
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| Kyle Shepherd | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| With diabetes‚ It’s the complication that kill you | |
| Yes‚ I definately agree with this. My dad has Type 2 diabetes‚ so I am very aware of the complications‚ and about everything that goes along with diabetes in general. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| With diabetes‚ It’s the complication that kill you | |
| Diabetes is the new health issue for the United States. Understanding your health is important for many people to do. Going to get your yearly checkup from your physician could prevent the development of diabetes. Also‚ eating well and exercising could help your chances of getting this stressful health condition. Although you don’t have to use insulin there is still a reason to be concerned about watching your health. You don’t ever what to have to be concerned about your health. Thats why step should be taken to prevent you from becoming unhealthy. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| With diabetes‚ It’s the complication that kill you | |
| Yes‚ diabetes is a serious health issue that affects many people. Some people do not realize that they have diabetes‚ while others do not get the necessary treatment. I wish that there was a cure for diabetes because the cost of medication and the supplies (needles‚ testing machines and it’s requirements) are expensive especially if you do not have health insurance. There are people who do not realize the seriousness of the complications that do result from not having there diabetes under control. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Jacob Calahan |
| 1 | Due: February 7‚ 2008 |
| February 7‚ 2008 12:27 PM | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Researchers discover new battleground for viruses and immune cells | |
| Scientists have added an important dimension of knowledge to studying how the immune system operates during viral infections. They found in mice lymph nodes that immune cells confront viruses just inside the lymph nodes and not deep inside of it‚ which was what they previously thought. T-cells were painted with a fluorescent marker and the mice were infected with the smallpox virus. The then used a multiphoton microscope to look at where the T cells fought the virus which was just the surface of the lymph nodes. This knowledge can help scientist invent better vaccines for people. | |
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| 2/7/08 | Megan Smith |
| cnn.com | Due: 2/7/08 |
| 2/6/08 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Atypical Heart Attack Signs | |
| I viewed the article on cnn.com. The article explained that though chest pains‚ pressure within the abdomen‚ and discomfort are more common heart attack symptoms; nausea‚ vomitting‚ coughing‚ weakness‚ and fatigue are also symptoms of cardiac issues. Though these symptoms are flu like‚ they are most definitley hazzardous and should be closely monitored. The article also said that in studies‚ women were more likely to encounter these atypical symptoms due to their smaller blood vessels. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 4-Mar-2008 | |
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| Atypical Heart Attack Signs | |
| A good male friend of mine experienced those ’A-typical’ symptoms. He went to the doctor and was told that it was likely indigestion. He then ignored some of the symptoms when they occurred a few days later. After about two hours‚ the pain was so bad that he told his roommate to call 911. He was dead from a heart attack before the ambulance arrived. He was 31 years old. I guess my point is that even A-typical symptoms are sometimes unrecognizable to doctors; you know your body better than anyone‚ especially when you are just not feeling ’right’. | |
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| Science Daily | Lora Dunford |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/ 2008/02/080205121745.htm | Due: 2-7-2008 |
| 2-6-2008 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| Obesity May Be Wired In THe Brain‚ Rat Study Suggest | |
| This study suggest that abnormalities in the brain were found in parts that are critical for appetite control. Which makes the brain less responsive to the leptin which is the hunger suppressing hormone. This was noticed in the rats as early as their first week of life‚ which further proves obesity may be hard-wired in us. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Obesity May Be Wired In THe Brain‚ Rat Study Suggest | |
| Obesity is a big issue for the population of the United States. Our nations youth is extremely overweight and have out of control eating habits. The research is important to understand the reason why it is so hard to eat healthy and stay away from fat foods. I am big in nutrition so I have hard time with understanding why it is so difficult to stay away from fast food. Understanding this research shows that it can be something that we develop in our brains instead of being just plain lazy. | |
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| biology news | Chelsea Bingham |
| www.biologynews.net | Due: 2-7-07 |
| 2-8-07 | Submitted: 7-Feb-2008 |
| research suggests why scratching is so relieving | |
| A new research study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is uncovering new clues about why scratching may be so relieving and why it’s sometimes hard to stop. the study involves 13 healthy participants who underwent testing with functional MRI while being scratched on the lower leg for 30 seconds and then again 30 seconds later for 5 minutes. the study suggests that itch may be inhibited by scratching. the study also found that scratching activates part of the brain related to pain and compulsive behavior. | |
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| C.N.N | Elizabeth Dalton |
| D | Due: 02/07/08 |
| 02/01/08 | Submitted: 8-Feb-2008 |
| Beware the bowl: Double dipping spreads bacteria | |
| Microbiologists undergraduate students at Clemson University researched the effects of double dipping. They were inspired by a certain Seinfeld episode. They used several sample dips and the results were shocking. It showed that every three to six double dips released 10‚000 bacteria to the sample dip. Professor Paul L. Dawson said I like to say it’s like kissing everybody at the party -- if you’re double dipping‚ you’re putting some of your bacteria in that dip‚". | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 | |
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| Beware the bowl: Double dipping spreads bacteria | |
| That article shouldn’t surprise me (because it does make sense); however‚ it doesn’t make it any less grotesque! That is one reason why I try to stay away from buffets and salad bars. I used to work at a restaurant with a salad bar and would catch many children walking up to it and putting the utensils in their mouths or sticking their fingers in the food‚ etc. I can only imagine how often it happened and no one noticed! Yuck! | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Beware the bowl: Double dipping spreads bacteria | |
| Double dipping is something that many don’t pay attention to. When your at a party or even at home it is not considered when your eating chips to not double dip. Research showing how much bacteria is past from a simple act of eating is scary. I am now going to consider that everytime I am eating chip dip. I do not what to pass my germs onto others‚ especially since this time is the peak of flu season. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Beware the bowl: Double dipping spreads bacteria | |
| I am not surprised that double dipping causes so much bacteria intake. Bacteria can be found in so many places‚ but mostly living organisms. Im not sure‚ but I would guess that everyone has slightly differnt form or mutaion of bacteria in their mouth and to double dip is certainly sharing your version with others. | |
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| NDRC | Mark Koller |
| Mark Koller | Due: 2-7-08 |
| 11-27-05 | Submitted: 9-Feb-2008 |
| Global Warming Puts the Arctic on Thin Ice | |
| Average temperatures in the Arctic region are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. As a whole the polar ice caps are shrinking. The Melting of the glaciers and land-based ice sheets contribute to rising of the oceans. | |
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| ScienceDaily | Candace Hall |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/ 02/080204094505.htm | Due: January 25‚ 2008 |
| February 9‚ 2008 | Submitted: 9-Feb-2008 |
| Irregular Exercise Pattern May Add Pounds | |
| A study conducted by Paul Williams explains that the key to staying fit and in shape is working out all year long‚ instead of only in the summer or spring. The article also goes along to explain that it is very important to never give up on exercising‚ no matter what. In order to live a healthy life‚ exercise is important and that is why you need to stay motivated and work out all year long‚ instead of just after eating that Christmas dinner‚ for swimsuit season‚ or for those pesky New Years resolutions. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 2-Mar-2008 | |
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| Irregular Exercise Pattern May Add Pounds | |
| I definitely have to agree with this article. Being an athlete my self and going from a three sport seasons a year in high school to a two season sport year in college I definitely notice that it is not only harder to get into shape after taking time off but that I gain a little bit of weight and my body just never seems to get back into that shape I use to be in when I was constantly working out year round. | |
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| Ashley Hunley | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Irregular Exercise Pattern May Add Pounds | |
| This would explain why people gain weight over the holidays. Besides the fact that people eat and bake a lot more during that time‚ it is too cold to go outside and exercise and so people choose not to exercise at all until spring when it gets warmer outside. This makes sense now. | |
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| ScienceDaily | Candace Hall |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/ 080204140115.htm | Due: February 15‚ 2008 |
| February 8‚ 2008 | Submitted: 9-Feb-2008 |
| Video Games Activate Reward Regions Of Brain In Men More Than Women | |
| Why is it that men are more addicted to video games than women? Yes‚ women play video games‚ but do not seem as addicted as men can be. The answer is now clear after a study conducted by Allan Reiss at Stanford University. The study shows that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play which explains why men just can not put down the controller. Reiss also pointed out that most of the computer games that are really popular with males are territory- and aggression-type games. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Video Games Activate Reward Regions Of Brain In Men More Than Women | |
| I was unaware about the brain’s reward feelings that videogames release. But I am aware that most videogames are marketed toward men and not women. My girlfriend often gets angry over the breast size of the women in videogames. I never complain about it. : ) | |
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| ScienceDaily | Candace Hall |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 02/080206203103.htm | Due: March 7‚ 2008 |
| February 9‚ 2008 | Submitted: 9-Feb-2008 |
| Teenage Fathers Are More Likely To Have Babies Affected By Birth Problems Than Fathers Over 40 | |
| A new study finds that teenagers that become fathers have a higher risk of having babies born with birth problems. Such problems include low birth weight‚ near time of delivery or even death in their newborns. The study also concluded that fathers aged from 40 and above do not have the high risk like the teenage fathers do. The results did not depend on the age of the mother and other maternal factors that may have an impact on newborns‚ everything was based solely on the age of the fathers‚ not their lifestyles. | |
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| newsnote 2 | Amanda King |
| N/a | Due: Feb 7‚ 2008 |
| n/a | Submitted: 10-Feb-2008 |
| when nuts arent healthy | |
| anyone know that when something happends to your body that you have some kind of food alergy. Well many people have discovered that they have a nut allergy These people may expirence swelling of the mouth‚ throat‚ facial areas etcalso there inside of the body may be swelling and some cases it can cause you to bleed internaly. Now people will understand more about food allergies. | |
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| National Geographic | Dorothy Cook |
| ?Peter Miller | Due: 2/12/08 |
| july 2007 | Submitted: 10-Feb-2008 |
| Swarm Theory | |
| In this article scientists explain how swarms of insects are able to demonstrate complex behaviors as a group that they are unable to do as individuals. They say that the key is that swarms have no one in charge telling the others what to do‚ but rather depend on countless interactions between the individual insects. The article then goes on to explore how we can use knowledge of how swarms work to our advantage as humans. | |
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| Biology News Net | Jessica Harmeling |
| jh | Due: 02/07/08 |
| 02/11/08 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain | |
| Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience‚ which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychologists at Purdue Universitys Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon‚ the same as table sugar)‚ rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories‚ | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain | |
| What is supposed to help you lose weight can actually make you gain it. A study that was conducted on rats shows that artificial sweetners is the cause of it. It doesn’t come to any surprise to me that the body became confused when trying to comsume artificial sweetners‚ which isn’t followed by alot of calories. Thus‚ the body can’t do what it is supposed to do because the lack of calories. | |
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| http://www.lhc.ac.uk/index.html | Deborah Dusterhoft |
| Current | Due: 02-12-2008 |
| 02-11-08 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| The Large Haldron Collider | |
| The Large Hadron Collider is a multi-nation project based out of Geneva Switzerland. The LHC is a particle accelerator which allows us to infiltrate deeper into matter than we ever have before. The LHC will reproduce on a microscale the same conditions that existed a billionth of a second after the big bang that created the earth and our universe. | |
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| Biology News | Erin Pennington |
| 2 | Due: 02/12/08 |
| N/A | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| Madagascar’s tortoises are crawling toward extinction‚ groups say | |
| For the tortoises and turtles of Madagascar‚ these animals will continue to crawl steadily towards extinction‚ unless major conservation measure are enacted‚ which is according to a recent assessment by the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups. Their habitat is continuing to shrink because of illegal hunting. The participants of the workshop that are participating to protect these animals have concluded that illegal trade continues to be the largest single threat for several of critically endangered species. | |
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| National Geographic-- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/ 02/080211-penguins-warming.html | Kyle Shepherd |
| biology.clc.uc.edu | Due: 2-12-08 |
| February 11‚ 2008 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| King Penguins Declining Due to Global Warming | |
| The King Penguins near the cost of Antartic are on the path to extinction. The population of the big birds on Possession Island in the Indian Ocean’s Crozet Archipelago are declining as the sea temperatures warm and the birds are forced to travel longer distances to find food. King Penguins are at the top of the food chain‚so they are particularly vulnerable to environmental changes.The warming temperatures also force the fish to swim into cool waters farther away from the island‚ causing the penguins to travel greater distances to hunt. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| King Penguins Declining Due to Global Warming | |
| I don’t know much about global warming‚ but what I do know is that it’s a serious matter‚ one that will effect our children and their children. People aren’t paying attention to the signs of the earth‚ the atmosphere‚ and mother nature. The waters are getting to warm for the fish and is causing them to swim further to colder waters. Because of that the Penguins swim farther to to catch food. I have to agree with the ecologist‚ William Frasier in the article with saying that we have forgotten about the animals that live in the Artic and that they are just as vunerable. | |
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| Science Daily | Rob Stamler |
| 0001529 | Due: feb 7th 2008 |
| jan 30‚ 2008 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When A Human Was Born By Looking Into The Eyes Of The Dead | |
| Transparent eye proteins called crystallins have allowed researchers to determine when a human was born. Crystallins are made up of Carbon-14 which enable scientists to analyze using the radiocarbon dating method. Forensic scientists could use this method to identify bodies among the other conseqences of this research. | |
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| biologynews.net | Michael Defillippo |
| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/molecular _cell_biology/index.html | Due: February 12‚ 2008 |
| February 10‚ 2008 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| How red blood cells nuke their nuclei | |
| Unlike the rest of the cells in your body‚ your red blood cells lack nuclei.Losing the nucleus allows the cell to carry more oxygen. Scientists have struggled to understand the mechanism by which maturing red blood cells eject their nuclei.It was known that as a mammalian red blood cell nears maturity‚ a ring of actin filaments contracts and pinches off a segment of the cell that contains the nucleus‚ a type of cell division. | |
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| science daily | Christal Lane |
| science daily | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 2/11/08 | Submitted: 11-Feb-2008 |
| Tattooing Improves Response To DNA Vaccine | |
| According to the article a tattoo has potential medical value. They state that tattooing gives a stronger humoral response and cellular response. Doses of tattooing produce 16 times higher antibody levels than intramusular injections. They say tattooing can prime the immune system. It also covers a bigger amount of the skin‚ so more dna vaccine can enter more cells. The effects would accont for stronger immune responses. They are more likely to use this method for vaccinating cattle‚ than humans. | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Tattooing Improves Response To DNA Vaccine | |
| I found this very interesting. There are many things that we eat and do to our bodies that can potentially harm or help us. Most look at tattoos as chances to get STDs or mutliple other infections. However ‚ this article states that yes those chances of negative results may be out there but in fact tattoos may improve your body and the way it functions. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Desirae Switzer |
| n/a | Due: Feb. 12‚ 2008 |
| 2/11/2008 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| “Artifical Sweeteners Linked to Weight Gain” | |
| Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The use of saccharin changes the body’s ability to regualte intake. Data indicates that consuming a food sweetened with no-calorie saccharin can lead to greater body-weight gain and adiposity that would consuming the same food sweetened with a higher-calorie sugar. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| “Artifical Sweeteners Linked to Weight Gain” | |
| What is supposed to help you lose weight can actually make you gain it. A study that was conducted on rats shows that artificial sweetners is the cause of it. It doesnt come to any surprise to me that the body became confused when trying to comsume artificial sweetners‚ which isnt followed by alot of calories. Thus‚ the body cant do what it is supposed to do because the lack of calories. | |
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| Science Daily | Katie Brooks |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectous Diseases | Due: Feb‚ 12‚ 2008 |
| Feb. 12‚ 2008 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| New Cell Receptor for HIV Idenitified | |
| This article was about how a new cell was idenitifed for people with HIV‚ this cell opens up a new avenue to trying to find a cure for HIV. | |
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| USA Weekend | Erin Hoh |
| Page 13 | Due: 1-12-2008 |
| 2-10-2008 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Heartburn | |
| Reseachers are now saying that some chest pain and chronic cough can be caused by heartburn or GERD(gastroesopageal reflux disease). Researchers in Boston have found that 16% of their Er cases had cheat pain related to GERD and not heart problems. South Carolina researchers have found that some of their patients didn’t feel acid heartburn‚ but the flow still triggered them to cough. All patients should never assume anything and get checked by their physician to make sure they do not get misdiagnosed. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 7-Mar-2008 | |
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| Heartburn | |
| This article is disturbing. it is saying that some people can be experiencing problems such as acid reflux and are not feeling the symptoms of it. this means that they may go longer before having it checked out by a docter so health problems could go undetected longer. This article makes me want to go get myself checked out to make sure that i am definatly in good health. | |
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| Sandra Terry | |
| Submitted: 23-Mar-2008 | |
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| Heartburn | |
| This worries me that people reading this article will think that chest pain is just heartburn and let it go untreated. Chest pain is a serious condition and should be checked out by a doctor regardless of the cause. This could mean life and death. Also‚ young adults can have heart attacks and should always take chest pain seriously. | |
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| Erin Hoh | |
| Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 | |
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| People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology‚ Genetics Explained | |
| I believe that a person who has been raised around someone or even reaised by someone with anorexia has a great chance of become anorexic. I do not believe that a person biological make up has anything to do with it. I think most anorexic people hang out with others that have the same problems or have the low self essteem about them selves from people maybe making jokes about their weight. All people with anorexia can seek help and overcome the disease as long as they have a lot of support from the people around them also. | |
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| worldnews.com | Johnny Woods |
| is’nt | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 2/12/08 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| global warming puts king penguins in danger | |
| the article talks about the impact of global warming to the king penguins. the imoact that it would have as the world temp goes up the ice that they habitat will start to melt and that would result in lost lives. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| global warming puts king penguins in danger | |
| I dont know much about global warming‚ but what I do know is that its a serious matter‚ one that will effect our children and their children. People arent paying attention to the signs of the earth‚ the atmosphere‚ and mother nature. The waters are getting to warm for the fish and is causing them to swim further to colder waters. Because of that the Penguins swim farther to to catch food. I have to agree with the ecologist‚ William Frasier in the article with saying that we have forgotten about the animals that live in the Artic and that they are just as vunerable. | |
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| New mums need sleep to shed their baby | R. brandon Feldhaus |
| ebiologynews.com | Due: Feb 12 |
| feb 12 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| new mums need sleep to shed their baby fat | |
| Studies show that mothers that have five hours or less per day when their babies are about 6 months old have a 3 time higher risk for substantial weigh retention. Other studies have shown that persistent sleep deprivation can cause hormonal changes that may stimulate a higher appetite. | |
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| Erik Coon | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| new mums need sleep to shed their baby fat | |
| Lose weight by sleeping?! Im sure this is a weight loss program that every new mother can stick to. Although it doesnt make since to me it no use agreeing with science. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 7-Mar-2008 | |
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| new mums need sleep to shed their baby fat | |
| New moms are the least likely people to get enough sleep. I’m sure that if they could they’d sleep more. We underestimate the power of sleep but i have no doubt that it affects weight loss. | |
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| Science daily | Andrew Stephan |
| “ | Due: 2/12/08 |
| feb 12‚ 2008 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Oldest Australian Crayfish Fossils Provide Missing Evolutionary Link | |
| Crayfish fossils found in in Austrailia help scientists to fill in a missing evolutionary link. Crayfish can’t survive in saltwater but exist all over the world so they must have existed when the continents were all connected. Also they were around during the last global warming about 115 million years ago‚ so we might be able to find out more about global warming going on now by studying their behavior. | |
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| Bioloby News Net | Kristi Hoskins |
| Biology News Nnet | Due: 02/12/08 |
| February 11‚2008 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Gene Therapy Protocol at UCSD activates Immune System in Patients with Leukemia | |
| A team at Moores cancer Center at Univeristy of California‚ San Diego reports taht patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who were treated wtih a gene therapy protocal began makeing antibodies that reacted against their own leukemia cells. They inserted this gene protocol into six patients with CLL‚ and several patients started making antibodies that reacted against their own leukemia cells. The patients were shown to make antibodies reactive with ta leukemia associated antigen called ROR1‚ which is a protein that can stimulate the boyds immune system to produce antibodies. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Katrina Wagner |
| biologynews | Due: 2-12-08 |
| 2-12-08 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Ancient Leaves Point to Climate Change Effect on Insects | |
| Insects will feast and leafy plants will suffer if temp warms and atmospheric carbon dioxide increases. During the Paleocane-Eocane Thermal Maximum (PETM) nearly 55.8 million years ago which was considered an abrupt global warming event linked to a temp. Increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This event is comparable in size and rate to the current climate changes brought on by human activity. | |
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| Science Daily | Crystal Forman |
| 1 | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 2/08/08 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct‚ Or Have they Been Around Far Longer | |
| This article asks a good question‚ Have birds always been around? New research suggest that birds originated more then 100 million years ago not 60. This article also talks about how fossil records as well as genetic data have their weaknesses and how both of these methods were used to determine when birds first originated. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct‚ Or Have they Been Around Far Longer | |
| I thought this article was very interesting. That is a good information to found out‚ how long have birds really been around. If they have been around for a 100 million years‚ the question is why have they survived as long as they have? Could it be Darwin’s theory at work‚ that the strongest will survive. It is interesting to think about | |
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| Sceine Daily | Megan Moore |
| 1 | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 2/12/08 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Some Cases Of Autism May Be Traced To The Immune System Of Mothers During Pregnancy | |
| Research has found that antibodies in the blood of mothers of children with autism bind to fetal brain cells‚ Interrupting healthy brain development. The reaction was most common in mothers of children with the regressive form of autism. The possibility that the transfer of maternal antibodies during pregnancy is a risk factor for autism and‚ perhaps that a prenatal test and treatment could prevent the disorder for some children. | |
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| http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=2685 | Graham Schwartz |
| http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=2685 | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 7/26/07 | Submitted: 12-Feb-2008 |
| Extreme sports push hearts | |
| the article i read was about the study of how a person can ’over exercise’ thier bodies to the point where they’re hearts get “worn out". Cardiologist Euan Ashley of Stanford University School of Medicine in California studied the ’adventure race’ that takes place in europe. He concluded that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)‚ which makes a hormone that cuases blood vessles to narrow‚ and by lowering the ACE boosts the bodies stamina. | |
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| Soldiers’ Concussion Symptoms tied to Stress | Alexis Roberts |
| www.MSNBC.com | Due: 2/ 12/08 |
| Jan 30‚ 2008 | Submitted: 13-Feb-2008 |
| Soldiers | |
| Soldiers are under lots of stress. Post- traumatic problems and/ or physical problems do occur. Doctors have difficulties determining if some problems are stress related or from physical problems. | |
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| Earliest bats had no radar | Alexis Roberts |
| News note | Due: 2/ 12/08 |
| Feb 13‚ 2008 | Submitted: 13-Feb-2008 |
| bats | |
| Fossils were found from the earliest bats. Remains show that bats have not always been able to fly or to hear from echolocation. Bats from 25.5 million years ago were different than bats today. | |
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| Nano wires built from DNA | Alexis Roberts |
| http://dscdiscovery.com | Due: 2/ 12/08 |
| Feb 5‚ 2008 | Submitted: 13-Feb-2008 |
| DNA | |
| Scientist have come up with an easy way to build nanowires with DNA. nanowire could be used for medical devices and other technological things. They can be made in different legnths in room temperature with using an x-ray to locate them. | |
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| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/02/13/yale_test _detects_early_stage_ovarian_cancer_with_99 _percent_accuracy.html | Melissa Bodner |
| Health & Medicine | Due: Feb. 16‚ 2008 |
| Feb. 13‚ 2008 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| Yale Test Detects Early Stage Ovarian Cancer With 99 Percent Accuracy | |
| Yale University has recently developed a new test for ovarian cancer which can detect early stages with 99% accuracy. Epithelial ovarian cancer has the highest death rate of gynecological related cancers‚ being 3 times more deadly than breast cancer. Previous tests could only detect 15-20% of tumors. The new test uses 6 protein biomarkers to look for proteins developed by the body in response to tumors‚ as well as proteins produced by the tumors themselves. Researchers hope that this test will dramatically reduce the death rate by becoming part of routine gynecological testing for women. | |
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| Science daily | Michele Tissot |
| newsnote | Due: 2-7 |
| “?"! | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| one drink of red wine or alcohol is relaxing to cirulation but two drinks are stressful | |
| This particular article is stating that red wine or a glass of alcohol is soothing and relaxing to your circulation but two could be stressful to your body. Researchers conducted a real time study of thirteem valunteers to determine whether a red wine with a verified high polphenol content differs from alcohol in its effects on specific markers associated with a greater risk of high blood pressure diseases. The findings found that a slight benefical effect of one drink was good but two or more was seem to turn the systems that stress the circulation. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 17-Feb-2008 | |
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| one drink of red wine or alcohol is relaxing to cirulation but two drinks are stressful | |
| I have to agree with the article. Ive always heard that one drink a day is healthy but never really understood why. But i have tried it and it does seem to help with a lot of things like stress and pressure and makes you feel just more loose about things but going beyond one drink just alters the person completely. Since alcohol thins the blood i can see how it would help with circulation. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| one drink of red wine or alcohol is relaxing to cirulation but two drinks are stressful | |
| It is so hard to determine these days what is bad and what is good. It seems like every day another study comes out that contradicts the one before it‚ leaving the typical person extremely confused. Should you have one glass or two? Is wine good or bad? I think that it will continue to be an ongoing struggle to understand all of the studies and what is best for you. | |
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| The Washington Post | Ashley Dumford |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ article/2008/02/11/AR2008021101069.html | Due: 15 February 2008 |
| 11 February 2008 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| Sugar Substitutes May Contribute to Weight Gain | |
| Recently‚ researchers at Purdue University found that saccharin changes the appetites of rats. Basically‚ rats who consume saccharin actually gain more weight and eat more food than rats who consume sugar. Researchers believe that the sweetener affects an automatic process‚ signaling to the body when sweeteners are consumed that calories are coming in the form of sugar. So‚ when the body does not receive those calories‚ the digestive system slows‚ and the next time that a sweet taste is consumed‚ the metabolism does not react to burn the calories‚ reducing neither weight nor appetite. | |
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| Katrina Wagner | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| Sugar Substitutes May Contribute to Weight Gain | |
| What is supposed to help you lose weight can actually make you gain it. A study that was conducted on rats shows that artificial sweetner is the cause of it. It doesn’t come to any suprise to me that the body became confused when trying to consume an artificial sweetners‚ which isn’t followed by alot of calories. Thus‚ the body can’t do what it’s supposed to do because the lack of calories. | |
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| Reuters | Ashley Dumford |
| http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/ idUSDEL3907720080213 | Due: 15 February 2008 |
| 13 February 2008 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| Smoking kills nearly a million Indians a year | |
| In India‚ a new study on smoking was conducted. Smoking traditional‚ leaf-wrapped cigarettes‚ Indian smokers start later and smoke less than Western smokers. However‚ almost 1 million Indians die a year due to smoking; yet‚ those arent cancer deaths. That is‚ the traditional cigarettes damage the lungs and stir dormant tuberculosis infections‚ which lead to death. Among the 120 million smokers in India‚ greater than half are illiterate and a mere 2 percent quit. Consequently‚ Indian health authorities are posting pictures of diseases to encourage Indians to quit smoking. | |
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| Medical News Today | Alison Young |
| “?” | Due: End of Week 3 |
| 01 Feb. 2008 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| Why Is Scratching So Relieving? | |
| A study at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has yielded some interesting result as to why scratching an itch brings relief. Using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) which highlights parts of the brain used during activities‚ they scratched the test subjects on the lower leg for 30 seconds. They found that the anterior cingulate cortex‚ an area associated with aversion to unpleasant sensory experiences‚ and the posterior cingulate cortex‚ which is associated with memory became much less active than when the subjects were scratched. The use of the results this study wi | |
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| Medical News Today | Alison Young |
| “?” | Due: Week 6 |
| 19 Oct 2007 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| SMURFs May Be Responsible For Aching Knees | |
| No‚ not the little blue guys of cartoon fame! Researchers are investigating why people who suffer knee injuries are more likely to have osteoarthritis in later years. It appears that an enzyme which controls the response of cells to growth factors may be a major cause of osteoarthritis. The enzymes called Smad Ubiquitination Regulatory Factors‚” or‚ smurfs‚ might be responsible. Smurf2‚ a type of the enzyme seems to determine whether cartilage turns into bone‚ which is not the reaction you want for knee cartilage. It appears to lead to the deterioration of the smooth cartilage surface. Re | |
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| National Geographic | Jennifer Weiler |
| Vol. 212:pp.30 | Due: 2/17/08 |
| November 2007 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| Most Poluted Places | |
| A nonprofit environmental group annually reports on the top thirty most polluted places in the world. They consider pollutants such as air pollution‚ heavy metals‚ industrial chemicals‚ and radioactive waste. The group’s goal is to gain media coverage in hopes to unite government‚ industry‚ and citizens to clean up. “When you live in a cocktail of heavy metals or chemicals‚ your body struggles every day to survive‚” says Richard Fuller‚ head of the Blacksmith Institute. Mexico City was the only place in North America that made the list. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Most Poluted Places | |
| It’s amazing to see where some of the most polluted places are. I recently watched a television program about Hawaii‚ and it stated that soon‚ one of Hawaii’s beaches would be voted the dirtiest beach. It was completely covered in debris including mostly plastic products. They went on to explain how all of the plastic we throw away effects the wildlife‚ especially the birds who eat anything that floats on top of the water. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Most Poluted Places | |
| I find it sad that a nonprofit environmental group is forced to take the responsibility of conducting this report; it should be governments responsibility‚ and I think that one day governments will have to realize this. Perhaps they will realize when that cocktail of pollutants‚ which probably contain greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ completely destroys the atmosphere‚ retaining all of the infrared radiation and consequently contributing to global warming. As global warming continues its downward spiral‚ there will be no denying that it will be a struggle to survive. | |
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| New England Journal of Medicine | Alison Young |
| 358:676-688 | Due: End of Week 9 |
| Feb. 14‚ 2008 | Submitted: 14-Feb-2008 |
| “B-Cell Depletion with Rituximab in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.” | |
| Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where immune system cells of different types attack the body. It typically targets myelin which is the protective sheath around nerve fibers. This causes lesions in the spinal cord and brain which interrupt electrical impulses in the body. Current therapy for this condition typically targets the bodys T-cells as it is thought they are responsible for the myelin destruction. New research using the drug rituximab‚ which targets the B-cells‚ is showing dramatic results when tested on patients with the most common form of Multiple Sclerosis. It is a majo | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| “B-Cell Depletion with Rituximab in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.” | |
| I am encouraged to learn of any new strides or advancements in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. My mother is affected by this disease and hers is the relapsing-remitting type. Any break throughs in this disease are personally of interest to me‚ because I am so intimately affected by this condition. I am not sure what type of medication that she uses but I will be delighted to share this information with her. | |
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| Doctors soon able to feel organs via screen | Zach Sicurella |
| Doctors able to feel organs via screen | Due: 2-11-08 |
| 2-15-08 | Submitted: 15-Feb-2008 |
| Doctors able to feel organs | |
| This article explains how doctors soon may be able to feel for organs via a screen. They are going to use this to look at the organs before surgery and to diagnose the problems that they think are going on. Scientists have something sort of like it already where the keyboard is replaced by a three deminsional mouse like figure called haptics. They have not put a date on when they expect it but they are hoping for it to be soon. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 | |
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| Doctors able to feel organs | |
| I think it is amazing how much technology has aided/enhanced medicine. This technique would help a doctor with a diagnosis and be less abrasive for a patient. Now we just need health insurance companies to keep up with advancing technology‚ but thats a whole other topic! | |
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| Time | Chelsea Honigford |
| 1 | Due: end of week 6 |
| feb 12 2008 | Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 |
| Return of the plague | |
| In the 14th century the plague killed almost a third of Europe’s population and now scientist say it is re-emerging. Not that it will wipe out hundreds and millions of people as it did before but little at at time is is re-emerging. There has been cases in India‚ Zambia‚ Mozambique‚ Algeria and parts of China. More than ninety percent of the cases today are in Africa though. The diseases is spread from animal to humans typically through ticks or flees that come off of infested animals. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Return of the plague | |
| Having recently read An Inconvenient Truth‚ the proliferation of diseases such as the plague is contributed to global warming. That is‚ warmer temperatures promote ideal environments for mosquitoes‚ ticks‚ flees‚ etc. to breed in and live in. As these pests populations grow‚ the diseases that they transmit like the plague‚ West Nile virus‚ SARS‚ and malaria quickly spread. Now‚ as Africa is already a target for such diseases and as temperatures continue to increase‚ it is no wonder that it has ninety percent of the plague cases. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Return of the plague | |
| The return of the plague is very serious issue for any nation. An illness that can affect many people at once should be taken with the highest form of concern. This article shows that there is data that increasing worries of plague are backed up by developing data. There should be further research done to prevent the development of the plague. | |
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| Nature | Kara Breitinger |
| n/a | Due: 2.16.2008 |
| 2.14.2008 | Submitted: 16-Feb-2008 |
| Enzyme Structure Reveals New Drug Targets for Cancer and Other Diseases | |
| Scientists funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) have done studies focused on a portein called p300/CBP‚ that when mutated- the DNA can develope cancer in the colon‚ breasts‚ pancreas‚ and prostate. There is a current inhibitor that does not work in the human body. So scientists have combined an X-ray crystallography with detailed enzymology to better understand p300/CPB. Philip Cole‚ M.D. and Ronen Marmorstein‚ PhD. believe with new ways to look at p300/CPB they can find an inhibitor that works on human cells‚ which could be the future anticancer drug. | |
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| http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0‚8599‚ 1710248‚00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics | Keysha Ogletree |
| Time Magazine | Due: 2-17-08 |
| 2-5-2008 | Submitted: 17-Feb-2008 |
| Stressed Mons‚ Schixophrenic Kids | |
| According to Sora Song‚ “a new research is suggesting that severe emotional stress during the first few months of pregnancy may impair the neurodevelopment of the unborn child. This may increase the chance of the child having schizophrenia. The death or illness in the mothers immediate family is the caused of the severe emotional stress. The data collected states that a woman who experienced the death of an immediately family member in the first three months of pregnancy had a 67% increase risk of a child developing schizophrenia. On the other hand if this kind of stress was experience p | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Stressed Mons‚ Schixophrenic Kids | |
| Pregnant women are always warned that what they eat can affect the baby‚ which makes sense as the food consumed by the mother nurtures the development of the baby‚ but the fact that how pregnant women feel can affect the baby is incredible. Perhaps the most incredible aspect of this is that it produces schizophrenia. I am assuming that the neurodevelopment of the baby occurs in the first three months‚ which is why the baby would develop a mental disease‚ but why schizophrenia? Why not any other mental diseases? | |
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| Kara Breitinger | |
| Submitted: 18-Mar-2008 | |
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| Stressed Mons‚ Schixophrenic Kids | |
| I would be interested in knowing all of the studies done to see in what months pregnant woman who are stressed can cause what problems to their babies. I am not a mother yet but you always here stories about what the mother eats‚ how they sleep‚ what their stress level is like‚ will effect their child. Its amazing how those things do not effect us as adults but severly effect babies. | |
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| The Oil Depletion Protocol | Mike Faulkner |
| mike | Due: 2/12/08 |
| 305 | Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 |
| Oil‚ Chemicals‚ and Plastic | |
| Chemicals and plastics are not thought about when people think of products made from oil. There are three types of petrochemicals: ethylene‚ propylene‚ and butadiene. These are the building blocks of modern society. Items made from oil include computer chips‚ ink cartridges‚ telephones‚ clothing‚ tents‚ shoes‚ rubbing alcohol‚ crayons‚ toilet seats‚ and even garden hoses. Also there are milk jugs‚ ballpoint pens and pesticides. | |
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| Ruben West | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| Oil‚ Chemicals‚ and Plastic | |
| I never realized that so many things were made from oil. It just makes me think how much harder it is going to be to break our dependence on oil‚ which is so important to do in order to assure the best possible environment for the future. | |
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| Associated Press | Aubrie Hensler |
| Online Publication | Due: February‚ 2008 |
| February 6‚ 2008 | Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 |
| “Removing Clot Aids Heart Attack Recovery” | |
| Typically for heart attack treatment‚ if a clot is found in a blood vessel of the heart‚ a stent ( which is a tiny metal mesh spring ) is inserted to hold the artery open for blood flow. But now‚ research has been done to support clearing out the artery with a mini-vacuum of sorts‚ instead of just inserting only a stent‚ leads to an increase in survival rate of the patient. The Dutch study was performed on over 1‚000 heart patients needing an angioplasty‚ during 2005-2006. | |
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| Jeff Hooks | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| “Removing Clot Aids Heart Attack Recovery” | |
| This type of innovative research is a tremendous advancement in therapeutic treatment for heart patients. Though‚ it still sounds invasive it does not appear to require a long term alteration to the vessel. My understanding of stent placement is that the procedure was only effective for a limited amount of time and plaque could accumulate around the stent. This sounds like an improved intervention‚ with less likelihood of stroke complications associated with the former procedure. I will inform my Father about this as he has survived a heart attack in 2006. | |
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| BBC News | Ruben West |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7251666.stm | Due: 02-16-08 |
| 02-18-08 | Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 |
| ’Frog From Hell’ Fossil Unearthed | |
| In Madagascar‚ a 70 million-year-old fossil has been unearthed by scientists. They said that it would have weighed nine pounds and been the size of a beach ball. They say that the fossil is very different from any frogs currently living near the island. | |
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| Annie Schulkers | |
| Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 | |
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| ’Frog From Hell’ Fossil Unearthed | |
| This seems awfully farfetched.Seventy million years old? That is extremely old. However‚ stranger things have happened. The fossil would obviously be different from any frogs currently living near Madagascar‚ but how different? Just in size? I wonder what this research uncovered pertaining to evolutionary adaptation of frogs? | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| ’Frog From Hell’ Fossil Unearthed | |
| I do not really find this Frog from Hell that hard or strange to believe. True‚ seventy million years is an incredible time span‚ but being fossilized‚ there are truly not many things that could destroy or alter the remains of the frog. Also‚ it is not that hard to believe that the fossilized frog is very different from the Madagascan frogs today because the species has obviously had to adapt to the changing environment through the seventy million years‚ and‚ consequently‚ the species has evolved into todays Madagascan frogs. Still‚ it is insane to fathom a nine pound beach ball frog! | |
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| Science Daily | Lindsey Burwell |
| ScienceDaily.com | Due: 02-19-08 |
| 02-19-08 | Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 |
| Spread Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Explained | |
| MIT researchers have uncovered how the flu virus spread and killed 5o people in 1918.The team presented that the 1918 influenza strain developed two mutations in a surface molecule called hemagglutinin. This which allowed it to bind tightly to receptors in the human upper respiratory tract. The infection spread due to the fact that avian flu viruses must gain the ability to bind to the umbrella-shaped alpha 2-6 receptor.Each strain of the virus is different� in 1918� the one that developed binded directly to that receptor and spread from there. | |
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| Society for Neuroscience | Annie Schulkers |
| www.sciencedaily.com | Due: 2/7/08 |
| 2/18/08 | Submitted: 19-Feb-2008 |
| Very Young Found To Process Fear Memories In Unique Way | |
| This article discusses how young brains process fearful memories differently than mature brains. Studies concentrated on the amygdala‚ using anesthesia to inactivate it and isolate its role. Experiments done on rats determined that in young brains‚ the amygdala extinguishes fearful memories‚ but mechanisms besides the amygdala develop later. | |
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| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 02/20/cancer.deaths.ap/index.html | Kara Dunford |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/ 02/20/cancer.deaths.ap/index.html | Due: 2-21-08 |
| 2-21-08 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Cancer deaths up in 2005; rate still falling | |
| Cancer rates are declining slightly since 2005. The rate of humans with cancer have been dropping about 1% per year. The widespread indorcement of cancer screenings many have a roll in this downfall. | |
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| http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/02/ 19/evolutionary_history_of_sars_supports_bats_ as_virus_source.html | Eli Humphries |
| none | Due: 2-21-08 |
| February 19‚ 2008 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Evolutionary history of SARS supports bats as virus source | |
| The SARS virus that humans caught use to be thought to have been contracted from the Civet Cat in Southern China. After that theory was put to rest‚ an investigation of the bats in a part of China have shown to have a very similar SARS strand as humans. This strand does not completely match‚ but is the closest one researchers have found. The link between the animal and human SARS viruses though has not yet been found. | |
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| discovery.com | Mark Koller |
| Mark Koller | Due: 2-21-08 |
| April 12‚ 2007 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Ancient T. Rex Genes Decoded | |
| Researchers have decoded genetic material from a 68 million-year-old T-rex‚ which was thought to be compleatly inpossible. With these new findings it is starting to be thought that dinosaurs are related to modern day birds. While studing the T-rex bone soft tissue was also discovered. it is said that these discoveries are going to change the way paleontologists go about collecting specimens. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Ancient T. Rex Genes Decoded | |
| It is remarkable that genetic material can survive 68 million years! Yet‚ it is even more remarkable that the genetic material of the t-Rex is similar to that of modern day birds. In the article about the frog‚ it is easy to understand that it evolved in size‚ etc.. It is not so easy‚ however‚ to understand how a t-Rex evolved into a bird or even has the same relations‚ but evidence is evidence. Also‚ I wonder if soft tissue was discovered or if the genetic material was discovered in the soft tissue? Either way‚ it is exciting‚ and it will hopefully lead paleontologists to new discoveries. | |
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| Science Daily | Alicia Dodson |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 01/080122102342.htm | Due: 02/21/08 |
| 01/23/08 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Cigarette Smoke May Enhance HPV And Increase Risk Of Cervical Cancer | |
| In this article it shows that only cigarette smoke causes lung cancer‚ but it also increase the risks on cervical cancer in women. In the study researchers detected a major carcinogen in cigarette smoke‚ in the cervical mucus and tested its interaction with HPV. The carcinogen in the HPV life cycle can eventaully enhance viral persistence‚ host tissue carcinogenesis‚ and permissiveness for cancer progression. | |
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| Science Daily | Lora Dunford |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 02/080215121214.htm | Due: 2-21-2008 |
| 2-20-2008 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Identical Twins Not As Identical As Believed | |
| Identical twins are not as identical as we thought. In this study the identical twins were found to have difference in the copy number variations in their DNA. This explains how one twin might be diagnosed with a disease such as Parkinsons and the other will never develop the illness. | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 25-Feb-2008 | |
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| Identical Twins Not As Identical As Believed | |
| I have younger twin sisters and after living with them for 18 years I believe that is study is true. I do not think Identical twins are completely identical. I do not know much about the genetic makeup of them. But as far as everything else I do know. My sisters are sometimes the best of friends and then sometimes can be the complete opposite. As they have gotten older they have become completely different almost as if they are not identical after all. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Identical Twins Not As Identical As Believed | |
| Although twins look the same on the outside this study shows that can be very different on the inside. I like how this research shows differences in DNA. Our DNA has our building blocks of life and it is interesting to think that identical twins can have differences in their DNA but yet still be the same. I think that further research should be completed to find out other differences in DNA. I wonder if other siblings would match one of the identical twins? There are so many questions unanswered about our DNA. | |
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| MSNBC.com | Nicole Mcvay |
| “ msnbc.com” | Due: 02/07/2008 |
| 02/20/2008 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| Salty snacks equal soda-guzzling‚ heavier kids | |
| A British study published in the Ameican Heart Association journal states that salty foods lead to soda drinking‚ which leads to obesity in kids. The study shows that 80 percent of sodium comes from manufactured food. When these kids eat such salty foods it makes them thirsty and most kids will turn to soda to quinch their thirst. Parents need to cut back on the salt for their kids and the kids in return will cut back on the pounds. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Salty snacks equal soda-guzzling‚ heavier kids | |
| This is a great study‚ but it seems a bit obvious. Kids today seem to eat nothing but manufactured food: chips‚ candy‚ and cookies. Gone are the days of fruits and vegetables! Consequently‚ instead of the nutrients and natural sodium found in fruits and vegetables‚ kids are consuming processed junk that has no nutritional value and tons of added sodium. The sodium of these foods obviously produces thirst‚ and with the wealth of pop‚ juices‚ and punches on the market‚ kids are obviously going to reach for these instead of water or milk. So‚ more junk food and junk drinks equates to more weight! | |
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| MSN News | Karyn Clark |
| http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23259981 | Due: 2/21/2009 |
| February 20‚ 2009 | Submitted: 20-Feb-2008 |
| 2 more studies lik Bayer heart drug to deaths | |
| There is an anti-bleeding drug used during surgery called “Transylol". According to doctors patiients were more likely to die given this anit-bleeding drug. Bayer stopped selling the medication because other patients had died. Bayer had two earlier studies done on the medication but did not represent them. They have issued a statement that both new poducts are flawed. The drug showed to have clotting powers which reduced transfusions‚ but 6.4 patients who took the drug died within 30 day a rate 2.5 times high than those using another medication for the same thing. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| 2 more studies lik Bayer heart drug to deaths | |
| Is it enough for Bayer to just issue statements that the products are flawed? What about the people who died? Doctors are suppose to be saving lives not helping to end them. It is scary; going into surgery not knowing what drugs the doctors are giving you until it’s too late. | |
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| www.sciencedaily.com | Beverly Gray |
| 2-21-2008 | Due: 02-21-08 |
| 2-21-2008 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Vision Loss Treatment For Age Related Macular Degeneration Looks Hopeful | |
| The blinding condition in seniors called presbyopia or macular degenartion effects millions of people. This prevents evacuation of oxidized lipids in the eye. From this research it can improve the lives of millions of seniors. | |
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| Science Daily | Annie Schulkers |
| sciencedaily.com | Due: 2/21/08 |
| 2/20/08 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Laser Light Can Detect Potential Diseases Via Breath Samples | |
| Resaerch scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado have found that by using a laser light to blast one’s breath‚ they can detect molecules that indicate diseases‚ such as cancer and asthma. This technique is still in the process of being perfected‚ but in the future may let doctors screen for diseases just from breath samples. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 23-Feb-2008 | |
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| Laser Light Can Detect Potential Diseases Via Breath Samples | |
| I actually saw a news clip on a local news channel about this procedure! I find this type of technology amazing! I can wrap my brain around how a breath sample can detect forms of asthma‚ but cannot phantom how this test can detect certain cancers. I also wonder what type of cancers this test will be able to detect? It will be interesting when more information comes out. | |
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| New York Times | Elizabeth Dalton |
| 1 | Due: 02/21/2008 |
| 02/19/2008 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Good Question: Do Cellphones Affect Fertility? | |
| A study was done last month that showed that cell phone use in males does affect men’s fertility. In a fertility clinic three hundred and sixty-one men’s sperm were tested. The results were shocking‚ the men who used cell phones more had lower quality and lower sperm count. Another study showed that rats exposed to emissions of cell phones after eighteen weeks experienced more inactive sperm. The Reproductive Biomedicine Online says there is not enough evidence to proove that cell phone usage does affect males fertility. | |
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| Ashley Dumford | |
| Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 | |
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| Good Question: Do Cellphones Affect Fertility? | |
| I once knew a guy who refused to keep his cell phone in his pocket since‚ as he claimed‚ it would make him sterile. Everyone mocked him for it‚ but I guess he was right‚ in a way (Im assuming that the study only tested cell phone use and not cell phone exposure). Now‚ the study said that the emissions of the cell phones affect mens fertility‚ but have the studied what component of the emissions causes this? Is it some type of radioactivity? Whatever it is‚ I guess that men should start limiting their cell phone use (what about women?) and that that guy is going to get the last laugh! | |
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| Chelsea Honigford | |
| Submitted: 24-Feb-2008 | |
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| Good Question: Do Cellphones Affect Fertility? | |
| I really dont know much about the effects of cell phone use but I find this study to be crazy. Cell phone use lowering sperm count I really dont understand how that is possible. The lowered sperm count could be a result of numerous things. I must admit that this study seems kind of strange and I think that doctors and scientist study way too many things these days. I swear everyday there is something new out there this is gong to hurt us in some way. It seems like they study and test everything imaginable these days and everything hurts us somehow. | |
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| Natural Geographic | Megan Hollingsworth |
| 1 | Due: 2/21/08 |
| 2/1/08 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Human skull found in China | |
| Human skull found in china from 100‚000 years ago. At first it was thought to be from a modern human‚ which goes againsts there theory of evalution‚ but experts say that it most likelybelongs to a sister species of humans. They believe that Homo- erectus and homosapiens might have lived together side by side and exchanged stone tool technology. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Human skull found in China | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III just find it so interesting that things can be found and then traced back to how long ago they would have lived. And just the fact that they could last that long to be traced is pretty amazing all on its own. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Human skull found in China | |
| Digging shows that there were difinitely humans around 100‚000 years ago. Finding this human skull shows that there were different species around‚ not just the homosapiens. The Homo- erectus who were considered the sisters of the homosapiens had a different skull shape. This almost competes with theory of evolution and I find it extremely interesting that there were different species of humans. There needs to be more research and digging done to find out more about the Homo- erectus. | |
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| Science Daily | Kelsey Mele |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/ 080218134633.htm | Due: 2-21-08 |
| February 18 2008 | Submitted: 21-Feb-2008 |
| Herpes Virus Links to Preterm Birth and High Blood Pressure | |
| This article is about how researchers work demonstrates‚ that exposure to viral infection ones especially like viruses of the herpes may be associated with pregnancy-induced hypertensive disease (pre-eclampsia) and also with pre-term birth. There has always been a wonder about high blood pressure and pre term birth and researchers think that this may be part of the answer. This article really interests me because I wonder mostly about pre term babies and what causes them to be pre term. It is also interesting that it causes high blood pressure. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Herpes Virus Links to Preterm Birth and High Blood Pressure | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III find this one interesting becuase no I don’t have the herpes virus‚ but I did have many issues with my blood pressure during pregnancy. So it almost seems to be maybe not common but something that does happen to a numerous amount of people and for TOTALLY different reasons. | |
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| National Geographic | Joanne Cogliano |
| www.nationalgeographic.com | Due: February 21‚ 2008 |
| February 20‚ 2008 | Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 |
| Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antartica | |
| Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antartica have discovered some mysterious creatures‚ including giant sea spiders and huge worms. Specimens were collected from up to 6500 feet beneath the surface. Some animals far under the sea grow to unusally large size. Gigantism is very common in the Antartic waters. Not all the creatures found could be identified and some new species will be recorded. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antartica | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IIIn some sence its kind of neat if they really have found different sea animals. But in my case all I can really say is I am glad it was not me who found them because I would have probably flipped out. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antartica | |
| Investigation of the waters of Antartica should be done. What is mirking down below has brought great discovery of new species of giant sea spiders and huge worms. Using the specimens research can be done to learn more about the creatures and undertstand their anatomy. I find this research very interesting especially the part that grow bigger because they are from 6500 feet beneath the surface. | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antartica | |
| This article is very interesting but not surprising. I mean there are so many things we do not know about the ocean. There are so many creatures yet to be discovered. You have to think‚ what could be down in the deep ocean that we don’t know about. There is so much out there. Hopefully one day we will know everything there is to know about the ocean but I do not think that will happen for a while. | |
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| Melissa Bodner | |
| Submitted: 16-Mar-2008 | |
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| Strange Sea Creatures Found in Antartica | |
| What an interesting article! I wonder what else there is to discover under the sea. I know that I will defintily steer clear of any water containing giant sea spiders and the like! | |
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| cnn.com | Nicole Mcvay |
| “cnn.com” | Due: 02/21/2008 |
| 02/22/2008 | Submitted: 22-Feb-2008 |
| Rural Nevadans begin cleanup after rare quake | |
| A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck Wells‚ Navada early saturday morning. Only a few minor injuries were reported. Allmost all the 700 building in the town were damaged. A geophysics professor from the University of Utah said that the location and size of the quake was unusual. There has not been an earthquake like this in over 150 years. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Rural Nevadans begin cleanup after rare quake | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III know that we have things now that can monitor earth quakes‚ but I just find it strange how the earch can just randomly do things like that‚ that can be so damaging. I hope never to be in one because I can only imagine how scary it would be. | |
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| www.sciencedaily.com | Kari king King |
| Feb 22 | Due: February 21 |
| February 22‚ 2008 | Submitted: 23-Feb-2008 |
| Space Tourism To Rocket in This Century | |
| Because of the ongoing concerns with the earth condition with the enviroment and pollution‚ spce travel experiments are becoming the new option for people on earth. Makeing travel to space more affordable and safer is quickly moving forward. Who would want to tour space? An extreme tourist who is looking for an ultimate new experience. Tourism should begin between 2010-2015 but space hotels should not be in reality until 2025. Tourist will be able to see the enviroment as well as fly and swim in low gravity areas. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 23-Feb-2008 | |
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| Space Tourism To Rocket in This Century | |
| So‚ I take it that this article is saying that instead of using money to fix the earth’s pollution problems‚ people would rather spend it in outer space? Did the article offer projections into how long it would be until people would begin polluting outer space? Don’t get me wrong‚ I think space travel is important; however‚ if someone’s reason for space travel is to escape the earth’s pollutants‚ then I hope they are leading a ’green’ life themselves. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Space Tourism To Rocket in This Century | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III don’t think touring space is anything that would ever interest me to actually do. But to hear about other people doing it and that it is becoming a lot more common‚ is pretty neat. | |
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| Science Daily | Jamie Arnold |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 02/080219203536.htm | Due: February 7‚ 2008 |
| Feb. 2008 | Submitted: 26-Feb-2008 |
| Masters Of Disguise: Secrets Of Nature’s ’Great Pretenders’ Revealed | |
| This article was about a new gene found in the mocker swallowtail butterfly‚ an african butterfly‚ to help scare off predators. The gene that was found gives the harmless butterfly wing colors and patterns of toxic species. when the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis‚ it has one of a large number of pattern shapes and colors. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Masters Of Disguise: Secrets Of Nature’s ’Great Pretenders’ Revealed | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III just find this article intersting. How things can change. And how they change to protect themselves from danger. | |
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| Lindsey Burwell | |
| Submitted: 11-Mar-2008 | |
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| Masters Of Disguise: Secrets Of Nature’s ’Great Pretenders’ Revealed | |
| Butterflies are so peaceful and beautiful. It is amazing to think that they have a gene that scares of predators.This gene gives the beautiful wing colors and patterns of toxic species.It is very interesting to know that the butterflies has ways of protecting itself and it shows how a species will adapt to stay a live. | |
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| Science Daily | Jamie Arnold |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/ 02/080224150305.htm | Due: February 21‚ 2008 |
| February 2008 | Submitted: 26-Feb-2008 |
| New Way To Store Information Via DNA Discovered | |
| This article was about researchers at UC Riverside that found a way to get into bodies and bloodstreams. They can encode digital information within DNA through a system they have just discovered. Expensive sequencing machinery is not needed as often due to the new technology. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| New Way To Store Information Via DNA Discovered | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology III am not sure I completely understand what they are doing in this study the article talks about. But its neat how they keep finding new things to do with DNA‚ or at least for most cases its good. | |
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| New York Times | Erin Losey |
| New york Times | Due: Jan 17‚ 2008 |
| Jan 17‚ 2008 | Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 |
| Vaccinating Boys for Girls’ sakes? | |
| The new Cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has recently been approved for boys. The idea behind it being that girls get the sexually transmitted disease from boys. They are having touble getting the parents to agree to it since it has no real direct benefit for the boys. Furth tests and studies will have to be conducted before most parents will consent. | |
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| Becky Alexander | |
| Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 | |
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| Vaccinating Boys for Girls’ sakes? | |
| I definitely agree with this article! All I can say is about time! What I want to know is why wasn’t this drug invented to give to boys in the first place. I realize that obviously boys do not have a cervix‚ but BOYS are the carriers of the HPV (human pap. virus.) in the first place. Another thing that really gets me fired up is the fact that they suggest administering this drug at the age when girls reproductive organs are at a crucial time of devoloping! | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Vaccinating Boys for Girls’ sakes? | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IIMakes people look really self centered that if it doesn’t effect their boy why should they care. Obvioulsy doesn’t matter what happens to the girl‚ THATS SAD! | |
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| Elizabeth Dalton | |
| Submitted: 12-Mar-2008 | |
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| Vaccinating Boys for Girls’ sakes? | |
| I thought this article was very good. I mean boys should be vaccinated just like girls. They are spreading the disease. Parents should open up their eyes and look at the benefit of their sons getting the vaccine. How many lives would be saved? I think this is a great idea‚ the vaccination that works for boys too. It is just a way to slow down or possible stop the disease. This was a great topic! | |
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| New York Times | Erin Losey |
| New York Times | Due: Feb. 7‚ 2008 |
| Feb 7‚ 2008 | Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 |
| Study Finds Death Risk From Anemia Drugs | |
| A study shows that an anemia drug could increase death in cancer patients by as much as ten percent. The FDA plans to form a committee to investigate it further. It is unlikely they will pull the drug of the market just yet since it still does good for patients with kidney disease. Small trials to look for safety to problems have been started. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Study Finds Death Risk From Anemia Drugs | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IIIts just strange to me how one drug can do good for one disease and bad things to another. Its just strange how that works. | |
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| Jennifer Weiler | |
| Submitted: 4-Mar-2008 | |
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| Study Finds Death Risk From Anemia Drugs | |
| I wonder how many people have died because of this drug. How many people have to die before the FDA pulls a drug from the shelves? I guess that is why there is an investigation started. It blows my mind when I watch some of the commercials for prescription drugs‚ ’take this medicine to help your runny nose‚ but expect side effects such as frequent headaches and constipation’. Sometimes it seems as if the original discomfort is the lesser of two evils. | |
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| New York Times | Erin Losey |
| New York Times | Due: Feb. 21‚ 2008 |
| Feb 21‚ 2008 | Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 |
| Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them | |
| Researchers are studying reefs in the pacific ocean to see the effects humans have on them. They are from the Scripps Oceanohgraphy and are concluding that fishing causes the most damage to the reef. Reefs inhabited frequently by people were much less healthier than others. The scientists are encouraging the expansion of the reef to include enough space for top predators. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IIThis one is interesting to me just because it seems that humans destroy many things. Yes they do many amazing things too. But some natural things seem to get destroyed during the process. | |
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| ScienceDaily.com | Lindsey Burwell |
| Sciencedaily.com | Due: 02-28-08 |
| Sciencedaily.com | Submitted: 27-Feb-2008 |
| Scientists Discover Important Beauty Secret For Balanced Skin Color And Tone | |
| Every women is trying to achieve the healthier younger looking skin and with the research done by scientists from the University of Cincinnati and Tokyo Medical University have made an important discovery toward manipulating skin tone and color. The research helps doctors develop more natural looking bioengineered skin grafts for helping cosmetics companies develop new products for achieving the “perfect” sunless tan. The outcome of the study shows for the first time how to manipulate skin color and tone using cells previously thought to play no significant role in this function. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Scientists Discover Important Beauty Secret For Balanced Skin Color And Tone | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IThat would be nice since most of that stuff just turns you fake orange. And the sun is dangerous and time consuming. | |
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| CNN.com | Heather Stephens |
| www.CNN.com | Due: 2/21/07 |
| CNN.com | Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 |
| Vitamin C Can Keep you healthy‚ looking younger | |
| Vitamin C not only helps fight a cold but scientists have found it also keeps you looking young. The antioxidants may also prevent a stroke in women. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Vitamin C Can Keep you healthy‚ looking younger | |
| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology IThat is most likely true but too much of a good thing is bad. Too much of the vitamin is not a good thing. | |
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| WCPO 9 | Heather Stephens |
| www.wcpo.com | Due: 2/21/07 |
| wcpo.com | Submitted: 28-Feb-2008 |
| Laxative abuse | |
| Some people think that laxative can prevent the gain of weight. The laxatives only loses the water weight and many don’t realize that by the time the laxatives work the food is already digested and fat is already absorbed. | |
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| Jessica Moss | |
| Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 | |
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| Dr. Hilvono’s General Biology II find this one interesting just do to the fact that I know many older people who take them on a regular basis‚ and I know that can’t be too healthy for them. | |
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| Sarah Garman | |
| Submitted: 7-Mar-2008 | |
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| I did not know that laxatives do not help constructivly in weight loss. I‚ personally‚ do not know anyone that takes them‚ that i know of... So‚ laxatives will dehydrate you? And they do not even aid it losing fat. We should all just stick to good old-fashioned eat right and excercise. | |
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| Keysha Ogletree | |
| Submitted: 21-Mar-2008 | |
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| I haven’t heard this ne before “laxatives can prevent the gain of weight". But continuously using laxatives can mess up the body’s own natural rhythm to releasing weight. | |
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| www.biologynews.net | Jacob Calahan |
| 1 | Due: 2-21-08 |
| February 29‚ 2008 11:44 PM | Submitted: 2-Mar-2008 |
| technology_uses_live_cells_to_detect_foodborne_pathogens_toxins | |
| Researchers have developed a new technology that can simultaneously screen thousands of samples of food or water for several dangerous food-borne pathogens in one to two hours. The techniqe can also estimate the amount of microbes present and whether they pose an active health risk. This could help nuetralize threats in food processing. | |
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| Discover | 13 olivia Miller |
| 037 | Due: march 3‚2008 |
| october 2007 | Submitted: 3-Mar-2008 |
| Can’t Take Your Eyes Off Of Me | |
| For many years neuroscientists have been unraveling the anonymity of how we see as well as we do. Our eyes are not that different from other animals‚ yet we have the ability to distinguish fine feature. Part of the answer to this question is in the fact that our eyes are in a consent jittering motion‚ this is not studied because the eye must remain still to be observed. Scientist from Boston conducted a study which shows when they used a computer to jiggle images in tandem with the eye‚ and the ability to decipher details dropped 20%. Understanding this may cause break throws in sight corre | |
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| Alexis Roberts | |
| Submitted: 6-Mar-2008 | |
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| Can’t Take Your Eyes Off Of Me | |
| Our eyes are amazing. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t see. So because our eyes moves so fast‚ we can see as well as we do. Amazing! | |
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| Sarah Garman |