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Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
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Researchers Levitate Object at a Microscopic Scale
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 -0500
Magicians have long created the illusion of levitating objects in the air. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University have actually levitated an object, suspending it without the need for external support.
NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and other Mental Illnesses
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0500
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.
Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:45:00 -0500
There is growing concern that military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing a range of difficulties, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse.
CNN.com - Health
Risks cited for elective C-sections before week 39
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:34:22 -0500
When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Steps to trim calories and waistline
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0500
Losing weight and getting healthy isn't easy, but it's often the little things that add up over time. Here are some things you may want to avoid and some you should include in your diet if your resolution is to lose weight and feel fine in 2009.
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD): Resource Not AvailableBritish Medical Journal: variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease : variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease: Collected resources from the UK journal, plus links to scientific papers and resources from other journals.
BSE - CJD: Clinical description of CJD, UK figures up to 1997 and links to relevant organisations.
CJD Diagnostic and Research Center: The CJD Diagnostic and Research Center provides diagnostic facilities and information for caring physicians and families of CJD patients.
CJD Information Web Ring: find help, support, understanding and information concerning Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, CJD
CJD Watch: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease a fatal brain deteriorating disease. Deceased victims are being tracked by volunteers.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: Contacts, links and information about CJD from Family Village.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (WHO): World Health Organization factsheet on CJD. Includes brief history, different forms of the disease, clinical features, diagnosis, epidemiology, CJD/BSE link and WHO involvement.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts: Article and links about Japanese research findings.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Factsheet: CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE FACT SHEET
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Information
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.: Information about CJD, interactive pages, profiles, polls and details of conferences.
HealthLink MCW: Even as BSE takes center stage, people are dying of preventable diseases by the hundreds of thousands. Many of us take unreasonable risks with our health that are far more dangerous than the likelihood of eating contaminated beef, says Dr. Russell Robertson.
Hospital Web - Mad Cows Disease: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease,Mad Cows Disease,
Mad Cow Disease (CJD): News on Mad Cow Disease(bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE), mad deer disease , scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD and nvCJD), kuru, and chronic wasting disease (CWD)
MedlinePlus: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
The Australian CJD Homepage: Information about CJD in Australia.
The Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Support Network: Information and support.
The Mad Cow Calculator: Calculates whether eating beef will more likely give you a heart attack or Mad Cow disease.
The Many Faces of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD): Factsheet, latest news and families'/CJD victims' personal stories and tributes.
The UK Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit: Summarizes the research in progress at the CJD unit and also provides background information about CJD and other human spongiform encephalopathies.
TSE Industrial Platform: Information about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE).
TSE: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: An explanation of the spread of Spongiform Ecephalopathies - TSE including the new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob (vCJD).
Tufts Neurology: Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: Image of brain biopsy specimen of patient with CJD, and links to relevant articles.
Well Within: Dangers of Mad Cow Disease (Creutzfeld/Jakob Disease, BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) and possible contamination of meat, blood products, certain hormones, organs for transplant
World Health Organization: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE): Links to information about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies from the World Health Organization. Includes a bovine variety (mad cow disease), CJD and related illnesses.
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