University of Florida researchers have found changes in the behavior and in the brains of mice in withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. These findings may affect the way physicians treat recovering methamphetamine addicts, the researchers write in the current issue of the journal Synapse...
Ok so at my company we have to deal with lead based paint sometimes. I'm supposed to determine whether areas have a potential to contain LBP and then test for it. I'm relatively new at this and my previous boss told me that LBP was banned in 1978 and if the structure was painted after 1978...
It was dull for 39 minutes, 13 seconds. A real yawner. The kind of game that challenges even tireless ESPN analyst Dick Vitale to manufacture some energy.
Then something magical got into Notre Dame's Jerian Grant.
With 47 seconds remaining and No. 11 Louisville comfortably leading the...
I took my dogs over the park at 7pm when i knew no other dogs would be about so both my dogs could be free off the lead. i had the car headlights shining the majority of the area my dogs were running.
My dogs are very playful and would not harm another dog as far as im aware but never say never...
Research led by Queen Mary, University of London, has shown that recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is possible for some patients, and has identified two treatments most likely to lead to recovery. The latest results from the PACE trial* show that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and...
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers. Lead author Gary G. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist, and colleague, Halcyon G...
Hearing loss is a significant public health problem affecting close to 50 million people in the United States alone. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form and is caused by the loss of sensory hair cells in the cochlea. Hair cell loss results from a variety of factors including noise...
A new study led by Joshua Hart, assistant professor of psychology, suggests that men's insecurities about relationships and conflicted views of women as romantic partners and rivals could lead some to adopt sexist attitudes about women. The study was recently published in Personality and Social...
Participating in online social networks can have a detrimental effect on consumer well-being by lowering self-control among certain users, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "Using online social networks can have a positive effect on self-esteem and well-being...
An unexpected discovery has shown that certain widespread beliefs about healthy eating habits may be false, and actually causing people to put on weight. The finding came from a researcher at the University of British Columbia and was published in Cell Metabolism. The study set out to observe...
middle east.? Which countries in the Middle East APART FROM ISRAEL/PALESTINE used religion as the basis for state building?
Help. I have an essay due in soon and I can't think of many other examples besides Israel but they want up to 3 countries as examples!!
And please explain and discuss
Even without Les Miles involved, the first half of the SEC Championship Game was highlighted by a couple of clever fakes.
The problem for Alabama was its great punt fake came after a delay of game penalty.
Alabama had a fourth down deep in Georgia territory, and snapped to up-back Vinnie...
When you get an acute infection, such as influenza, the body generally responds with a coordinated response of immune-cell proliferation and attack that rapidly clears the pathogen. Then, their mission done, the immune system stands down, leaving a population of sentinel memory cells to rapidly...
...you to conclude...? - let the Bush tax cuts expire
- watch the economy respond exactly the way Conservatives have always said would happen for decades: job loss, GDP contraction, and ultimately less revenues rather than more revenues to the federal government, forcing more borrowing or more...
She likes me but I'm WAYYY better looking than she is. I think I should act all nice and take her on a date and at the end tell her how disgusting and ugly she is ad tell her she makes me want to vomit when I look at her. What do you guys think?
Gastric bypass patients who attended five follow-up office visits in two years as recommended by their surgeons lost nearly twice as much weight (113 lbs. vs. 57 lbs.) as patients who attended only two follow-up visits, according to a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing study in Obesity...
The Baltimore Ravens generated just 200 yards of total offense, but used timely defense and a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown by Jacoby Jones to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 13-10 at Heinz Field on Sunday night.
Playing without Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh opened the scoring just 43...
The discovery of a previously unidentified hearing organ in the South American bushcrickets' ear could pave the way for technological advancements in bio-inspired acoustic sensors research, including medical imaging and hearing aid development. Researchers from the University of Bristol and...
Insomnia and sleep apnoea are turning us into major health service consumers, causing us to be less productive at work, and may even lead to serious accidents. If you can't sleep at night, you're not alone. Around ten per cent of the population suffer from insomnia, where you have trouble...
Identification Of Mitochondrial "Gatekeeper" Protein May Eventually Lead To Therapies
Researchers at Temple University's Center for Translational Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania have identified a protein that serves as a gatekeeper for controlling the rush of calcium into the cell's...