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Insurance Denies Medically Necessary Breast Reductions

What if you couldn't perform daily activities, such as exercising or running with your children, because of overly large breasts that caused unending pain?…

Studies and Analyses

Why some people react aggressively without provocation while others don't

Specific personality variables, such as anger or irritability predict the tendency to either engage in aggressive behavior willingly or to engage in aggressive…

Health & Medicine

Naltrexone: A New Hope for Women to Quit Smoking

Naltrexone helped reduce the craving for cigarettes and lessened the discomforts of withdrawal for women in the study. It also reduced the weight gain often…

Health & Medicine

High BMI Linked to Cognitive Decline in Middle-Aged Adults

The study investigated the relationships between BMI and cognitive function in 2,223 healthy men and women in France through the use of four cognitive tests….

Health & Medicine

Appetite Changes and Depression Linked to Impulse Control in Parkinson’s

Compulsive gambling, hypersexuality, and excessive shopping have been linked to treatment with dopamine agonists in small numbers of patients. It is unknown…

Studies and Analyses

New Hominid Species May Be Early Ancestor of Homo Sapiens

But in a new study, published online October 9, 2006 in The Anatomical Record, the official journal of the American Association of Anatomists, researchers…

Studies and Analyses

'Sewer gas' induces suspended animation without decreasing blood pressure

Hydrogen sulfide gas, sometimes called sewer gas, produces a noxious odor often described as a rotten egg smell. The gas occurs naturally in swamps, springs…

Earth Sciences

Saharan Dust Storms’ Impact on Atlantic Hurricanes Revealed

They found that during periods of intense hurricane activity, dust was relatively scarce in the atmosphere, while in years when stronger dust storms rose up,…

Life & Chemistry

Childcare Tug-of-War Shapes Shorebird Breeding Systems

A demanding youngster means that parents are more likely to stay together to help rear their young, yet those with more hardy offspring are likely to battle it…

Health & Medicine

New Techniques Enhance Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

However, so far only 10 to 15 percent of lung cancer patients can be cured permanently. More than half of the patients with a small-cell lung carcinoma and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Montpellier Agricultural Research Earns Scientific Excellence Status

The network is one of 13 approved on Wednesday 4 October 2006 by the French government. RTRAs are one of the structural measures taken under the 18 April 2006…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

IVIA-CIRAD: Advancing Sustainable Citrus Fruit Production

In response to demand from partners in developing countries, CIRAD is improving its expertise in terms of genetics and innovative citrus varietal improvement…

Studies and Analyses

Study Shows Health Benefits of Smoking Ban for Bar Staff

Staff monitored by researchers in the University’s Asthma and Allergy Research Group were shown to have experienced significant benefits to their general…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring New Advances in X-Ray Laser Technology

Scientists world-wide are working on lasers with shorter and shorter wavelengths. The shorter the wavelength applied, the smaller the structures one can see,…

Health & Medicine

Debiopharm Celebrates Cancer Research at Lausanne Conference

The award will be presented Wednesday, October 11, as part of the conference co-organized by EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale deLausanne) and ISREC (Swiss…

Health & Medicine

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Face Treatment Postcode Lottery

People suffering from the debilitating pain of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face a postcode lottery over whether they can have access to a treatment that is known…

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