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UCLA-Harvard study reveals strongest predictors for Oscar nominations
01-21-2008 · EurekAlert!Using Internet Movie Database records for every Oscar-eligible film made between the founding of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 1927 and 2005, Esparza and Rossman looked for conditions that improved the odds of a performer getting the nod.
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- Quality of life: most important predictor of survival for advanced NSCLC patients
10-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
Healthcare providers have observed it for years -- patients who appear to have a better quality of life while battling their cancer live longer. Now, a prospective, multi-institutional study examining the quality of life of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung backs that observation. In fact, quality of life is so important, it outweighs other classic predictors of survival.
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- Field Museum, U. of Illinois researchers reveal social assets of Chicago's Mexican immigrants
11-10-2006 · EurekAlert!
A new study, several years in the making, reveals that Mexican immigrants in the Chicagoland area possess a wealth of artistic and networking assets that contribute to the social and cultural vitality of neighborhoods, organizations and institutions. In addition, their participation in cultural and artistic activities stimulates economic activity, especially in the music industry and service sector.
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- Higher trans fat levels in blood associated with elevated risk of heart disease
03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) provides the strongest association to date between trans fat and heart disease. It found that women in the U.S. with the highest levels of trans fat in their blood had three times the risk of CHD as those with the lowest levels.
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- UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
05-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new UCLA imaging study reveals how inhaling 100 percent oxygen can harm the brain. The findings fly in the face of national guidelines for resuscitation and urge a new approach adding carbon dioxide to the gas mix to preserve brain function in patients.
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- Scientists reveal structure of gateways to gene control
03-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
The first complete high-resolution map of structures that control how genes are packaged and regulated throughout an entire genome has been compiled by Penn State scientists. The research suggests how certain nucleosomes control whether a gene's function can be turned on. The study reveals an intimate relationship between the architecture of nucleosomes and the underlying DNA sequences they regulate, including a critical gateway that must be unlocked before a gene can be transcribed.
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- Researchers reveal genetic secrets of devastating human parasite
09-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international team of researchers has revealed the genetic secrets of one of the world's most debilitating human parasites, Brugia malayi, which the World Health Organization estimates has seriously incapacitated and disfigured more than 40 million people around the globe. The study reveals dozens of potential new targets for drugs or vaccines and should provide new opportunities for understanding, treating and preventing elephantiasis, the disfiguring disease caused by the Brugia malayi parasite.
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- Study explores distinction between 'different' and 'uncool'
12-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Just as some products reveal our aspirations, there are other products that consumers avoid, lest we be associated with a particular group. An environmentalist would never buy an SUV. Baby boomers avoid products associated with being elderly. What's the difference between products we actively avoid and those that are simply "not us?" A new study reveals an important distinction -- and also highlights the mitigating effect of social pressure.
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- New study reveals gender disparity in anti-TNF treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
Findings reported today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, reveal a treatment disparity between female and male patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Data from a study at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, show that women receive anti-TNFs -- very effective but expensive modern medications against this disease -- at a higher perceived level of disease activity, and when they are reporting more severe pain than their male counterparts.
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- How does your brain tell time?
01-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
For decades, scientists have believed that the brain possesses an internal clock that allows it to keep track of time. Now a UCLA study in the February 1 edition of Neuron proposes a new model in which a series of physical changes to the brain's cells helps the organ to monitor the passage of time -- much like counting the rings in a tree stump reveals the age of a fallen tree.
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- Do shopping lists promote or prevent healthy choices?
03-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study reveals an unexpected situation when you may opt for a sinful dessert like cheesecake over a healthy alternative like a fruit salad. Comparing memory-based and stimulus-based decision making, researchers from Duke, UCLA, and the University of Florida found that trying to recall what options are available -- such as when making a shopping list at home -- uses mental resources that might otherwise be used to counter impulsive choices.
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