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• Obesity Surgery's Benefits Extend to Next Generation
  9.2.09 | Science News
• Building a Better Flu Vaccine--And Giving Chickens a Rest
  9.2.09 | Scientific American
• Dynamic Changes In DNA Linked To Human Diabetes
  9.2.09 | Science Daily
• Nostrils Take Turns Smelling
  9.2.09 | LiveScience
• First Wi-Fi pacemaker in U.S. gives patient freedom
  8.11.09 | Reuters
• Confusion over giving antivirals to children with flu
  8.11.09 | New Scientist
• Scientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema
  8.3.09 | PhysOrg
• Stress Signals Link Pre-existing Sickness With Susceptibility To Bacterial Infection
  8.3.09 | Science Daily
• Why food is about more than nutrition
  8.3.09 | New Scientist
• Considering Longer Chemotherapy
  7.21.09 | New York Times
• Doctors missing consciousness in vegetative patients
  7.21.09 | New Scientist
• Early-life Experience Linked To Chronic Diseases Later In Life
  7.20.09 | Science Daily
• Fetuses Have Memories
  7.20.09 | LiveScience
• Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene'
  7.16.09 | New Scientist
• U.S. to spend another $1 billion on flu vaccine
  7.13.09 | Reuters
• Bad oral health increases risks from brain surgery
  7.13.09 | New Scientist
• Breast Cancer Treated Too Often
  7.9.09 | LiveScience
• Gap Between Scientists, Public Widens
  7.9.09 | Associated Press
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  6.30.09 | PhysOrg
• New Take On Growth Factor Signaling In Tamoxifen Resistance
  6.30.09 | Science Daily
• Acetaminophen Not So Innocuous
  6.30.09 | LiveScience
• L.A. Traffic Causing Premature Births: Study
  6.30.09 | Discovery News
• Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain
  6.29.09 | New Scientist
• Toyota Develops Wheelchair Steered by Brain Waves
  6.29.09 | ABCNews.com
• Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"
  6.29.09 | Reuters
• Why your brain just can't remember that word
  6.8.09 | New Scientist
• Gene That Regulates Tumors In Neuroblastoma Identified
  6.8.09 | Science Daily
• Women Poorly Represented in Cancer Studies
  6.8.09 | LiveScience
• Creativity chemical favours the smart
  5.20.09 | New Scientist
• Warning over new threat from MRSA
  5.20.09 | BBC
• Cerebral Neurons Assist Adjacent Neurons
  5.19.09 | Science Daily
• A Long Search for a Universal Flu Vaccine
  5.19.09 | New York Times
• Animal Biodiversity Keeps People Healthy
  5.19.09 | Discovery News
• Child Brains Organized Differently Than Adult Brains
  5.18.09 | LiveScience
• Antarctic team boosts medical care with 3D ultrasound
  5.18.09 | Reuters
• Genes Found Related to Onset of Menstruation and Menopause
  5.17.09 | LiveScience
• Hepatitis C: Added Anti-viral Improves Response, Halves Duration Of Treatment, Study Suggests
  5.6.09 | Science Daily
• Cooking Up Millions of Viruses for a New Vaccine
  5.6.09 | New York Times
• Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces
  5.5.09 | PhysOrg
• Bullying may make kids psychotic
  5.5.09 | Reuters
• Male 'contraceptive jab' closer
  5.5.09 | BBC
• Immune Cell Type Controls Onset And Course Of Severe Malaria
  5.1.09 | Science Daily
• Africans Have World's Greatest Genetic Variation
  5.1.09 | Associated Press
• Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spread
  5.1.09 | New Scientist
• New Toxin Detected in Forest Fire Smoke
  4.30.09 | Discovery News
• Brain processes written words as unique 'objects'
  4.29.09 | PhysOrg
• South Korea moves for first stem cell study in 3 years
  4.29.09 | Reuters
• Nanowire network measures cells' electrical signals
  4.29.09 | New Scientist
• ADHD Medications Help Kids in School
  4.27.09 | WebMD
• 'Bleach bath' benefit for eczema
  4.27.09 | BBC
• New MR Technique May Help Save Women From Unnecessary Breast Biopsies
  4.27.09 | Science Daily
• Experts identify genes linked to chronic diseases
  4.27.09 | Reuters
• Goal of eliminating malaria in sight: experts
  4.24.09 | Reuters
• 'Deep sequencing' gives clues to stem cell control
  4.24.09 | New Scientist
• Colorectal Cancer Risks Quantified
  4.21.09 | Science Daily
• U.S. National Cancer Institute to fund more research
  4.21.09 | Reuters
• 'Fraction cells' found in human brain
  4.21.09 | New Scientist
• Days to Stretch Longer With Climate Change
  4.21.09 | Discovery News
• Medical researchers face conflicts of interest
  4.13.09 | Reuters
• Our ears may have built-in passwords
  4.13.09 | New Scientist
• 'Brown' Fat Could Offer Key to Weight Loss
  4.9.09 | Associated Press
• Experts find gene trigger for deadly skin cancer
  4.6.09 | Reuters
• Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory
  4.6.09 | New York Times
• As Itch Scratched, Brain's Nerves Show Relief
  4.6.09 | Associated Press
• Sports Drinks May Damage Your Teeth
  4.3.09 | WebMD
• Tracking Acute Kidney Injury
  4.3.09 | Science Daily
• Heart Muscle Renewed Over Lifetime, Study Finds
  4.3.09 | New York Times
• Numerous CT Scans Over Lifetime May Increase Cancer Risk
  4.1.09 | Science Daily
• Talking in color: imaging helps social skills
  4.1.09 | Reuters
• Birth Defects Tied to Season of Conception
  4.1.09 | LiveScience
• Yeast-powered fuel cell feeds on human blood
  4.1.09 | New Scientist
• Online Checkups Control Blood Pressure
  3.31.09 | WebMD
• Tuberculosis: H.I.V. Infection Sharply Raises Risk for TB, Report Says
  3.31.09 | New York Times
• Coffee Lessens the Pain of Exercise
  3.31.09 | LiveScience
• Autistic toddlers live in a synchronised world
  3.31.09 | New Scientist
• Statin cuts risk of blood clots
  3.30.09 | BBC
• A new molecular marker of gastric cancer
  3.30.09 | PhysOrg
• New Study Suggests Rx Estrogen Delivery Through The Skin May Show Safety Benefits As Opposed To Oral Delivery
  3.30.09 | Science Daily
• Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Find Hidden Tumors
  3.30.09 | Discovery News
• A few U.S. states buck stem cell trend with bans
  3.17.09 | Reuters
• An Outbreak of Autism, or a Statistical Fluke?
  3.17.09 | New York Times
• 'Fat neck' a clue to heart risk
  3.12.09 | BBC
• A new measure for the malignancy of melanoma
  3.12.09 | PhysOrg
• Modern scanners bring "mind reading" a step closer
  3.12.09 | Reuters
• Anti-doping test allows drug cheats to escape
  3.12.09 | New Scientist
• Middle age 'key for exercising'
  3.6.09 | BBC
• Study Of Human Pancreases Links Virus To Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes
  3.6.09 | Science Daily
• First 'resurrected' gene found in humans
  3.6.09 | New Scientist
• Indoor air pollution increases asthma symptoms
  2.18.09 | PhysOrg
• Systolic And Diastolic Blood Pressures Together More Useful For Predicting Cardiovascular Risk
  2.19.09 | Science Daily
• How Steroids Work
  2.19.09 | LiveScience
• Possible genetic flag for brain cancer
  2.18.09 | Science News
• New Factor In Teen Obesity: Parents
  2.13.09 | ScienceDaily
• When eight children is seven too many
  2.13.09 | New Scientist
• Space collision debris to orbit Earth for millenia
  2.13.09 | Associated Press
• Pre-conception diet tips ignored
  2.13.09 | BBC
• Researchers make breakthrough against poxviruses
  1.23.09 | PhysOrg
• FDA allows first test of human stem cell therapy
  1.23.09 | Reuters
• Environmental Issues Slide in Poll of Public's Concerns
  1.23.09 | New York Times
• Leaky brain cell membranes linked to ageing
  1.23.09 | New Scientist
• A Device to Avert Strokes Lacks Proof That It Works
  1.14.09 | New York Times
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Tougher on Women?
  1.14.09 | WebMD
• Doubts raised over brain scan findings
  1.14.09 | New Scientist
• Loads of Overtime May Cost You Your Head
  1.9.09 | WebMD
• Research shows cell's inactive state is critical for effectiveness of cancer treatment
  1.9.09 | PhysOrg
• Hormone Improves Human Ability To Recognize Faces But Not Places
  1.9.09 | Science Daily
• Invention: Ultrasound brain 'window'
  1.9.09 | New Scientist
• Warning over 'third-hand smoke'
  1.6.09 | BBC
• Dutch study sheds light on virus that causes SARS
  1.6.09 | Reuters
• Gasping Misunderstood in Heart Attacks
  1.6.09 | New York Times