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• Promising drug for Parkinson's disease: Study supports fast track to clinical trials
• First steps towards preventing suicide attempts by offenders
• Common medications could delay brain injury recovery
• Universal iodine supplementation during pregnancy could offer huge cost savings
• Analysis of men's and women's tennis performance finds differences from match format
• Linking survey and administrative data better gauges impact of federal anitpovery efforts
• Statistical technique helps cancer researchers understand tumor makeup, personalize care
• Why use a 2-D cursor in a 3-D world? Computer cursors are going 3-D
• Can music help people with epilepsy?
• How 16th Century observations paved the way for Darwin's landmark study
• How common is sexting? Over 80 percent of survey respondents report sexting within past year
• New endoscopic, non-surgical bariatric options show promise for treating obesity
• Familiar drugs may block Ebola virus infection
• Linking cell-population to whole-fish growth
• Switching mouse neural stem cells to a primate-like behavior
• Kindergarten boys less interested in language activities, study indicates
• Very little evidence for cutting out certain carbs to ease irritable bowel
• Adding price tag to medicine packs just 'headline grabbing gimmick' says new article

Promising drug for Parkinson's disease: Study supports fast track to clinical trials Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT A drug which has already been in use for decades to treat liver disease could be an effective treatment to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, scientists have discovered.

First steps towards preventing suicide attempts by offenders Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT While the risk of suicide by offenders in prison has been identified as a priority for action, understanding and preventing suicides among offenders after release has received far less attention.

Common medications could delay brain injury recovery Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT Drugs used to treat common complaints could delay the recovery of brain injury patients according to new research.

Universal iodine supplementation during pregnancy could offer huge cost savings Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT Giving all pregnant women iodine supplements, even in mildly iodine deficient countries like the UK, could result in huge cost savings for health care systems and society, according to new modelling research.

Analysis of men's and women's tennis performance finds differences from match format Posted: 09 Aug 2015 02:02 PM PDT Quantitative analysis of the performance of men and women professional tennis players over the past five completed seasons shows for the first time that evidence of inconsistency in women's play is likely attributable to match format (e.g., best of three or five sets), not gender.

Linking survey and administrative data better gauges impact of federal anitpovery efforts Posted: 09 Aug 2015 02:02 PM PDT Linking survey data with administrative records will enable the federal government to better gauge the effectiveness of social welfare programs such as food stamps and federal housing assistance, as well as the overall reach of federal antipoverty initiatives.

Statistical technique helps cancer researchers understand tumor makeup, personalize care Posted: 09 Aug 2015 02:02 PM PDT A new statistical method for analyzing next-generation sequencing data helps researchers study the genome of various organisms such as human tumors and could help bring about personalized cancer treatment.

Why use a 2-D cursor in a 3-D world? Computer cursors are going 3-D Posted: 09 Aug 2015 02:02 PM PDT Researchers have developed techniques that enable computer cursors to interact in 3-D in single or multiuser, local or remote collaboration scenarios.

Can music help people with epilepsy? Posted: 09 Aug 2015 06:28 AM PDT The brains of people with epilepsy appear to react to music differently from the brains of those who do not have the disorder, a finding that could lead to new therapies to prevent seizures, according to new research.

How 16th Century observations paved the way for Darwin's landmark study Posted: 09 Aug 2015 06:27 AM PDT Documents dating back to the 16th Century provide a unique insight into one of Darwin's landmark studies, according to research. In 1862, Darwin presented the case that some plant species have two floral forms. But Darwin was not the first to observe 'heterostyly.' It had in fact been documented in 16th, 17th and 18th Century botanical records. But the true significance of the two floral forms was not realized at the time.

How common is sexting? Over 80 percent of survey respondents report sexting within past year Posted: 08 Aug 2015 02:22 PM PDT The practice of sexting may be more common than generally thought among adults. More than eight out of 10 people surveyed online admitted to sexting in the prior year.

New endoscopic, non-surgical bariatric options show promise for treating obesity Posted: 07 Aug 2015 07:07 PM PDT Endoscopic bariatric therapies can be effective options and are most beneficial when used as part of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment program, a new meta-analysis has concluded.

Familiar drugs may block Ebola virus infection Posted: 07 Aug 2015 07:07 PM PDT A well-known class of molecules, many of which are already in use therapeutically, may be able to block the Ebola virus's entry into cells and halt the disease in its tracks, according to researchers.

Linking cell-population to whole-fish growth Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:43 AM PDT Before new chemicals can be approved, environmental risk assessments have to be carried out. But conventional toxicity testing with live fish is costly and time-consuming, and new substances continue to be produced without being adequately assessed. A novel approach -- avoiding the need for experiments with juvenile fish -- has now been demonstrated by a research team: the growth of cultured gill cells, combined with modelling, can be used to predict the growth of whole organisms.

Switching mouse neural stem cells to a primate-like behavior Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:43 AM PDT When the right gene is expressed in the right manner in the right population of stem cells, the developing mouse brain can exhibit primate-like features. Researchers succeeded in mimicking the sustained expression of the transcription factor Pax6 as seen in the developing human brain, in mouse cortical progenitor cells.

Kindergarten boys less interested in language activities, study indicates Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:25 AM PDT A Norwegian study of kindergarten children reveals that girls are more interested in language activities than boys. As a result boys may receive less linguistic stimulation and become less prepared for school than girls.

Very little evidence for cutting out certain carbs to ease irritable bowel Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:23 AM PDT There is very little evidence to recommend avoiding certain types of dietary carbohydrate, known as the FODMAP diet, to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS for short, concludes a review of the available data.

Adding price tag to medicine packs just 'headline grabbing gimmick' says new article Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:23 AM PDT Adding the price tag to more expensive prescription medicines in England is just a 'headline grabbing gimmick,' which, among other things, could potentially mislead patients into believing that cheaper drugs are somehow less important, says a new article.

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