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Women At Risk Of Post Natal Depression May Be Identified By Blood Test
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants. The findings could lead to the development of a simple, accurate blood test which checks for the likelihood of developing the condition...
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Servier Australia Improves Quality of Life Through Pharmaceutical Innovation and Social Responsibility Programs, in Healthcare Global
Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
A recent audit found that Illinois drug dogs may not be as reliable as the police want to believe.
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Swim lessons help kids break cycle
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:48:10 EST
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Prompt Proofing Blog Post: Writing Tips - Be Active!
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
Frontline annouces simplified licensing for NetDecoder and Serialtest Async analyzers and will no longer charge for software updates on these products. Owners of RS-232 ComProber II, RS-422/485 ComProbe or CC-Link ComProbe can now install on any PC.
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RFK Jr.'s estranged wife found dead
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:07:19 EDT
A New York medical examiner will begin an autopsy Thursday on Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was found dead at her Westchester County home.
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Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe Going to War for New British Mini-Series
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:38:25 +0000

Jordan Zakarin
The four part Sky Arts dramedy, based on the work of the World War I short story memoir "A Young Doctor's Notebook," will arrive in 2013.
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Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Fri, 18 May 2012 02:07:48 GMT
The wettest April in more than a century has caused problems for many UK butterflies, bees and other bugs, say conservationists.
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What's next after GPL and Apache?
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000
At the end of April, I wrote about the idea that usage of the GNU General Public License (GPL) is declining and concluded that although new, commercially initiated open source projects were indeed tending to adopt other licenses, the use of the GPL itself is still growing -- especially among projects in its core community of GNU platform development. This article explores why commercial projects pick particular open source licenses and what might happen in the future.
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Animal Sampling For Ebola Should Focus On Carcasses
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to succumb to the virus, according to a consortium of wildlife health experts. In a recently published study of 14 previous human Ebola outbreaks and the responses of wildlife teams collecting animal samples, the authors of the new study conclude that most efforts to collect samples from live animals (i.e. rodents, bats, primates, birds) failed to isolate Ebola virus or antibodies...
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Sniffing Out the Illinois State K-9 Unit's Errors in Finding Drugs
Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
A study found that drug-related errors accounted for about a quarter of all preventable patient injuries. The study estimated that between 10 percent and 15 percent of prescriptions contain errors.
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Know a hero? Nominate them!
Mon, 07 May 2012 09:55:33 EDT
Do you know an everyday person changing the world? It's easy to nominate them as a CNN Hero.
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Frontline Improves Licensing for NetDecoder and Serialtest Async Protocol Analyzers
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is held annually by the Royal Horticultural Society and is the most popular flower show in the United Kingdom.
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Senate budget battle all about politics
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:45:03 EDT
It had all the appearances of a serious-minded debate: Republicans insisted the Senate spend all day Wednesday arguing which party had better budget proposals to fix the economy.
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Upfronts Winners & Losers: CBS Scores, NBC Reboots, Simon Cowell Hits (and Misses)
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:54:19 +0000

Kim Masters , Lacey Rose
THR evaluates the network dog-and-pony shows in New York.
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Wild spring weather baffles bugs
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:37:09 GMT
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
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Rogues gallery 2: Ten infamous hacks and hackers
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000
From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them)
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From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them)
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Gene Therapy Helps Children With Rare, Incurable Brain Disease
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful for more common diseases such as Parkinson's that involve nerve cell damage caused by lack of a crucial molecule in brain tissue. The results are reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine...
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Doctor Proposes Information Tech to Reduce Prescription Errors
Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
Spyridon Tsakas is recognized as a system developer, Scotland-based scientist and entrepreneur
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Young refugees find footing in U.S.
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:24:45 EDT
Khalid Yohana was 7 years old when war reached his hometown of Mosul, Iraq.
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
SpinandWin.com is celebrating the art of body art in their game of the week promotion Hot Ink slots.
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Issa and DOJ exchange tough words
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:20:48 EDT
The partisan impasse over potential contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder continues following a lengthy letter from the deputy attorney general, and a blunt response from the House Oversight Committee chairman.
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Box Office Report: 'The Dictator' Opens to Soft $4.2 Million Domestically, Brighter Overseas
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:55:12 +0000

Pamela McClintock
Sacha Baron Cohen's R-rated comedy is coming in on the low end of expectations in North America, where it only earned a C CinemaScore.
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Japan launches S Korea satellite
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:23:22 GMT
Nasa's Kepler space telescope provides new insight on the colossal explosions that can occur in the atmospheres of some stars.
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Surgical Vs. Nonsurgical Treatment For Cervical Spine Fracture
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Although the patients were at significant risk of complications and death in the year or two after C2 fracture, these risks are similar with surgical and nonsurgical treatment...
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Spyridon Tsakas Recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for Excellence in Product Development
Sat, 12 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
British scientists have pinpointed multiple genes associated with aging, which they believe can assist researchers in creating new anti-aging therapies. DermaVeratrol, a popular anti-aging product, understands the immense value in this research.
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Finding justice for Haiti's rape victims
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:56:31 EDT
Three days after a massive earthquake threw Haiti into chaos, Alvana was homeless, along with her two children.
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Hot Ink Slots Tattoo Trail to Facebook
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT
Stephanie Davis is recognized for her entrepreneurial spirit and creative Irish Celtic jewelry designs
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Obama, congressional leaders talk debt
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:34:03 EDT
President Obama and congressional leaders met Wednesday, one day after House Speaker John Boehner drew a line in the sand over what could be another bitter showdown between the White House and Congress later this year.
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Cannes Review
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:24:21 +0000

Todd McCarthy
The Paramount release from DreamWorks Animation had its world premiere with a special screening at the film festival.
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'Superflares' from stars counted
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:52:37 GMT
The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
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Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000
Yesterday, Mozilla product director Asa Dotzler posted yet another broadside about Microsoft preventing access to the Windows 32 API in Windows RT.
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