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366 articles from WEDNESDAY 18.1.2012

• WEDNESDAY 18. JANUARY, 2012
• 00:24 International health experts call for a special UN session on mental health

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  A group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on effective prevention and treatment.  

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• 00:24 Markerless motion capture offers a new angle on tennis injuries

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  A new approach to motion capture technology is offering fresh insights into tennis injuries – and orthopedic injuries in general.  

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• 00:24 Middle-aged men with upper-normal blood pressure at risk for AF

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  Middle-aged men at the upper end of normal blood pressure had an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation later in life, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.  

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• 00:24 Neurologically impaired children dependent on children's hospitals

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  Because of care advances, more infants and children with previously lethal health problems are surviving. Many, however, are left with lifelong neurologic impairment. A Children's Hospital Boston study of more than 25 million pediatric hospitalizations in the U.S. now shows that neurologically impaired children, though still a relatively small part of the overall population, account for increasing hospital resources, particularly within children's hospitals. Their analysis, based on data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), was published online January 17th in PLoS Medicine.  

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• 00:24 New model for possible malaria vaccination suggests mass vaccination for low transmission areas

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  In the event that a vaccine for the prevention of malaria is licensed and ready for use (such as the research malaria vaccine RTS,S, which currently looks promising), distributing and giving the vaccine to three-month old infants via the World Health Organization's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) will be the most efficient mechanism in high transmission areas but for lower transmission areas, mass vaccination every 5 years might be a more efficient vaccination strategy, a new study has found.  

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• 00:24 PNNL's Olympus supercomputer advances science, saves energy

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  A new, 162-Teraflop peak supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research in areas such as energy storage and future power grid development. It also uses less energy than similar computers because of its unique water cooling system.  

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• 00:24 Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead of uniform, dispersed growth along the long axis of the cell -- that could have implications in the development of new antibacterial strategies.  

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• 00:24 Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories

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  A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly reduced if the person stays awake afterward, and that sleep strongly "protects" the negative emotional response. Further, if the unsettling picture is viewed again or a flashback memory occurs, it will be just as upsetting as the first time for those who have slept after viewing compared to those who have not.  

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• 00:24 Study shows new drug helps 'bridge' stent patients to cardiac surgery

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  New findings from a research study led by physicians at Scripps Health reveal that the drug cangrelor has the unique properties of achieving very fast blood thinning effects when needed to protect from heart attacks, but also dissipates rapidly so patients can undergo surgery without the excessive bleeding often associated with blood thinning medications.  

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• 00:24 Up to 6.7 million bats dead from fungus: US

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  Between 5.7 and 6.7 million bats have died in North America due to a fungus known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) since the disease first appeared in 2006, US authorities said on Tuesday.  

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• 00:24 US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct'

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  The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set out rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of debris.  

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• 00:24 Why are wealthy consumers less likely to buy luxuries during a recession?

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  During an economic downturn, even people who are not directly affected spend less on goods and services that signal social status, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.  

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• 00:24 Wikipedia, Google to protest Internet bills

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  Wikipedia plans to go dark on Wednesday and Google and other websites are also planning protests to voice their concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.  

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• 00:24 Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns, shares jump

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  Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo! nearly 17 years ago and had an ill-fated stint as chief executive, resigned on Tuesday from all of his positions with the struggling Internet company.  

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• 00:17 Facebook game highlights dowry ills

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  An Indian matrimony site is highlighting the issue of dowries in South Asian culture with a new Facebook game.

   

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• 00:02 Mystery Deepens Over Where Our Sun Was Born

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  The star cluster M67 has been knocked out of the running, bringing the quest for the solar system's origin back to square one, experts say.

   

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