Archive of articles published on the 1st of May 2008

Alzheimer's disease risks are gender specific
Prozac may help to curb disease activity in multiple sclerosis
Biomarker predicts malignancy potential of HG-PIN lesions in the prostate
Obesity worsens impact of asthma
Biomarker predicts malignancy potential of HG-PIN lesions in the prostate
Incubator electromagnetic fields alter newborns' heart rates
Woody and aquatic plants pose greatest invasive threat to China
Early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer
Haunted by hallucinations: Children in the PICU traumatized by delusions
Sleep duration related to having the metabolic syndrome
A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity
Butter-flavored popcorn ingredient suspected cause of lung disease
New treatment could reduce chronic lung disease in premature babies
UC Davis study suggests sick children should be tranferred to specialty hospitals sooner
Hackers learn to threaten computer hardware
Trends in heart mortality reversing in younger women
DIAMOND to tackle UK nuclear waste issues
Biologists are from Mars, chemists are from Venus?
Searching the heavens
Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake
FSU geochemist challenges key theory regarding Earth's formation
Largest study to date finds benefits of ICDs in children
Study shows power of police and fire officers as injury-prevention messengers
Phase of clock gene expression in human leukocytes correlates with habitual sleep timing
Researchers develop new ultrasensitive assay to detect most poisonous substance known
Flower power may bring ray of sunshine to cancer sufferers
Go Speed Racer! Revving up the world's fastest nanomotors
Carnegie Mellon technique accelerates biological image analysis
The 'choking game,' psychological distress and bullying
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2008
The sweet world of soil microbiology
The technology to make 'Speed Racer' cars
Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST
Wakame waste
Astronomers discover new type of pulsating white dwarf star
Scripps Oceanography Research pegs ID of red tide killer
Discovery has implications for heart disease
Male seahorses are nature's Mr. Mom, Texas A&M researchers say
Reduced emergency room visits for elderly patients attributed to 'virtual' health care team approach
Female jumping spiders find ultraviolet B rays 'sexy'
Genotyping takes us closer to an osteoporosis fingerprint
Young children rely on one sense or another, not a combination, studies find
Nature paper describes technique for extracting hierarchical structure of networks
New study shows race significant factor in death penalty cases
Montana State University research reaches Supreme Court of India
High blood pressure still sneaking past doctors, Stanford study shows
Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
Birdsongs give insights into learning new behaviors
Spiraling nanotrees offer new twist on growth of nanowires
United we stand: When cooperation butts heads with competition
CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
Genetic breakthrough explains dangerously high blood glucose levels
Harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective gene
High rate of complicated idiopathic gallstone disease in pediatric patients
New findings: The anti-fibrotic mechanism of plant extract Cpd 861
Melanoma of the rectum: A rare entity
UF scientists discover compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs
Dwarf cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years
Instant messaging -- a new language?
Antidepressant found to alleviate symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents
'Dynamic duo' develops framework for Earth's inaccessible interior
Computer programs help drug abusers stay abstinent, Yale researchers find
Remote monitoring improves heart failure patients' health, may reduce hospital readmissions
Study in 7,000 men and women ties obesity, inflammatory proteins to heart failure risk
Researchers explore altruism's unexpected ally -- selfishness
Americans hard to contain on potted plant expenditures
In a global economy, trust is a critical commodity
Studies test new approaches to islet transplantation
Are you looking at me?
More than words: childbirth training change improves safety, cuts unnecessary procedures
Limitations of charcoal as an effective carbon sink
World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
New surgery improves head and neck cancer treatment
Scientists collect data to aid Afghanistan reconstruction
Anti-HBe may play a role in the progression of the disease of hepatitis B
Anti-HAV antibodies in beta-thalassemia
Penn study finds elderly heart patients with ICD devices live longer after heart failure
Graphene-based gadgets may be just years away
Gastric juice for diagnosis of H. pylori infection in patients on proton pump inhibitors
Cholesterol modulates sorting of CEA -- implications for inflammatory bowel disease
$45 billion a year is spent by public on health costs for full-time workers and families