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Tuna ban 'justified' by scienceBanning trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna is justified by the extent of their decline,
scientists advising fisheries regulators suggest.
BBC Thursday, October 29, 2009Scientists see blast from past -- 13 billion years agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have seen the furthest back in time ever, measuring light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, just after the dawn of the universe.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009TED MED: Bringing Medicine Home for Better CareEric Dishman, a behavioral scientist, was holding a battered cardboard box with a mailing label on it. He promised the audience a preview of a wonderful tool for improving elderly healthcare and independence at home. “You’d better get a close up of this,” he said to the cameraman recording the talk for yesterday’s TED MED conference that is running from October 27 through 30 at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, Calif. (TED MED stands for technology, entertainment, design.) Dishman, chief strategist and global director of product research, innovation and policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, pulled out the device: an old-fashioned telephone. [More]
Scientific American Thursday, October 29, 2009Teriparatide outperforms alendronate in treating steroid-induced osteoporosisA recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone.
researchers found patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were treated with teriparatide for 36 months had a greater increase in bone mineral density and fewer new vertebral fractures than those treated with alendronate. The findings of this study are published in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment does not increase cancer Risk in RA patientsA recent study by Swedish
researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first six years after starting anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy. Details of the study appear in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Pelosi Backs Off Having Set Rates for Public OptionBowing to pressure from some Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to negotiate fees with doctors and hospitals.
International Herald Tribune Thursday, October 29, 2009Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel boxThe combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes, the ESO Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal, the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at ESO's La Silla observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has allowed the stunning Jewel Box star cluster to be seen in a whole new light.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Skin Deep: When Plastic Surgery Calls for a Do-OverIf the face in the mirror still isn't the face of their dreams, many patients try again.
International Herald Tribune Thursday, October 29, 2009NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flightCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House....
The Arizona Republic Thursday, October 29, 2009NASA Rocket Takes Off as Clouds BreakAfter weather delays, the Ares I-X, a prototype of NASA's next-generation rocket, zipped off the launch pad.
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