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Efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in US by 2010 fall far short of benchmarks
02-01-2008 · EurekAlert!The US is likely to fall far short of its benchmark goals toward eliminating tuberculosis as a public health problem, according to data from a nationwide survey.
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- Blame our evolutionary risk of cancer on body mass
12-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
A key enzyme that cuts short our cellular lifespan in an effort to thwart cancer has now been linked to body mass.Until now, scientists believed that our relatively long lifespans controlled the expression of telomerase -- an enzyme that can lengthen the lives of cells, but can also increase the rate of cancer.
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- UGA researcher leads effort to sequence and catalog conifer genes for future biofuels research
08-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Jeffrey Dean, professor of forest biotechnology in the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, is spearheading a project at the US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute that will greatly expand the gene catalog for pines and initiate the first gene discovery efforts in five other conifer families.
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- Regulation of heart procedures fall short of expectations
03-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Certificate of Need, a form of state government regulation designed to keep mortality rates and healthcare costs down, appears to do neither with regard to two widespread heart procedures.
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- Study: weight-loss tips differ in African-American, mainstream magazines
01-14-2008 · EurekAlert!
Magazines catering to African-Americans may be falling short in their efforts to educate readers about weight loss, a new University of Iowa study suggests.African-American women's magazines are more likely to encourage fad diets and rely on faith to lose weight, while mainstream women's magazines focus more on evidence-based diet strategies, according to the study by UI researcher Shelly Campo, published in a recent issue of the journal Health Communication.
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- Mode of seed dispersal greatly shapes placement of rainforest trees
11-28-2006 · EurekAlert!
The apple might not fall far from the tree, but new research shows that how it falls might be what is most important in determining tree distribution across a forest. This study of the seed dispersal methods of rainforest trees demonstrates that these methods play a primary role in the organization of plant species in tropical forests.
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- If you don't want to fall ill this Christmas, then share a festive kiss but don't shake hands
12-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
We've all heard people say 'I won't kiss you, I've got a cold'. But a report just published warns that we may be far more at risk of passing on an infection by shaking someone's hand than in sharing a kiss.
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- Study sees US retirement wealth up sharply by 2040
08-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
The average value of Americans' 401(k) plans will be substantially higher in real terms by the year 2040 even if stock market returns fall short of their historical values, according to new research by a team of economists from MIT, Harvard and Dartmouth.
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- LSU professor involved in genome sequencing of the first marsupial
05-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Since the launch of the Human Genome Project, which released a first draft of the entire sequence of human DNA in 2001, many researchers have dedicated themselves to creating a library of comprehensive, species-specific genetic sequence "maps" available for study. Scientists at LSU recently took part in a multi-institutional effort spearheaded by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University to sequence the complete genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.
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- New study shows greenback cutthroat trout involved in recovery effort misidentified
09-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates biologists trying to save Colorado's native greenback cutthroat trout from extinction over the past several decades through hatchery propagation and restocking efforts have, in most cases, inadvertently restored the wrong fish.
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- Motivational coaching climate outscores winning for young athletes
10-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
New research indicates that young athletes find playing for coaches who stress personal improvement, having fun and giving maximum effort is far more important and has a bigger impact on them than a team's won-loss record.
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