Washing out your nose with a spray or spout of salt water is safe and might even get you back to work sooner after a cold or acute sinus infection. However, there is not enough evidence to show that it can reduce your symptoms significantly, according to a new research review.
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Common Cold Symptoms Not Washed Away by Nose Irrigation
For many mothers of newborns, lingering pain from the delivery can interfere with their first days with their infant. A recent review examined whether over-the-counter medications containing acetaminophen – Tylenol for example – provided adequate relief for such pain and concluded that they are effective.
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Acetaminophen Alone Works Well for Postpartum Pain
Increasingly common insurance plans that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs lower are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds
All clinical trials have guidelines that clearly state who can and cannot participate, but according to the National Institutes of Health these guidelines are typically based on age, gender, previous treatment history, the type and stage of a disease, and other medically relevant factors. However, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have gathered evidence indicating that some trials explicitly exclude individuals based on their sexual orientation. Their findings are published in a research letter appearing in the March 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Some clinical trials explicitly exclude gay and lesbian patients
(PhysOrg.com) — The Fusarium fungi have an expansive reach. Some plague tomatoes, while others attack bananas; some invade cereal crops and can poison bread with toxins. Species of Fusarium have found ways to penetrate the defenses of potatoes, peppers, eggplants, and other plants, causing wilting, rot, and blight.
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The chromosomal secrets of a plant pathogen
Access Co Ltd has announced the launch of its NetFront Browser on new Blu-ray Disc Players from Sony. Users of Sony Bul-ray disc player models BDP-S370, BDP-S470, BDP-S570 and BDP-S770 will be able to connect the device to a digital TV and watch BBC iPlayer programs in high-resolution format
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NetFront Browser brings iPlayer to Sony Blu-ray Disc Players
(PhysOrg.com) — For centuries biologists have known that bird bones are hollow, and even elementary school children know that bird skeletons are lightweight to offset the high energy cost of flying. Nevertheless, many people are surprised to learn that bird skeletons do not actually weigh any less than the skeletons of similarly sized mammals
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Bird Bones May be Hollow, But They are Also Heavy, Biologist Says
Despite signs of economic recovery across the country, the Phoenix-area housing market continues to be driven by foreclosures. Last month, almost two-thirds of the existing-home transactions in the market were either foreclosures or the resales of previously foreclosed-on properties, according to the latest Realty Studies report from the W. P
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Report: Foreclosures still dominate housing market
A brand new high definition TV set-top-box is about to be launched in the UK and this time it is Virgin Media subscribers who will have the chance to go HD. The V HD Box is due to be launched on the 22nd March. It will be available to all Virgin Media subscribers, new and old, for the price of £49, although there is a charge for installation to be added to that fee.
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Virgin Media HD STB Launched
Residents of Sheffield who are currently using Freeview for their digital TV service, may be waking up and switching on the television only to find that the BBC has gone! The channels have been moved along to make room for the high definition channels that the service is bringing on board, but before viewers panic and jam up the Freeview customer service helpline, they may consider retuning their equipment. The change will take place today at 0600 hrs. This will mean that set-top-boxes and integrated tuners within televisions will need to be retuned if the viewer wants to see the BBC once more.
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Freeview retune in Sheffield today
I visited Guggenheim in New York today for the first time (every time I’ve meant to visit in the past, I’ve been caught by their early weekday closing time of 5:45pm). Designed by US architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, the building looks kind of like a fanciful parking garage from the outside (my fellow Houstonians will know what I mean) and inside, you get from floor to floor via a continuous ramp that spirals upwards.
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Visit to the Guggenheim today
Western Digital’s Caviar Black 1TB is the first two-platter, 7,200-RPM drive to use the company’s latest 500GB platters. The new Black is also WD’s first step into 6Gbps SATA territory, so let’s see how it performs in a battery of performance, noise, and power consumption tests.
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Western Digital’s 6Gbps Caviar Black 1TB hard drive
Switchable graphics is the best way to squeeze decent gaming performance and great battery life from the same notebook, but it’s never been able to deliver graphics power on demand seamlessly. Nvidia’s Optimus switchable tech promises to do better, and we’ve tested a system to find out whether it…
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Nvidia brings Optimus switchable graphics to notebooks
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered how the virulent food-borne bacteria Listeria monocytogenes induces infected immune cells to sabotage their own defensive response. The studies offer insight into host-pathogen interactions and suggest potential therapeutic targets for food poisoning, tuberculosis and autoimmune diseases.
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Researchers Discover How Virulent Bacteria Sabotage Immune Response Against It
Reducing obesity and smoking have become national priorities in the United States. Research has shown that intensive counseling can positively impact each problem. However, because such counseling is typically not covered by medical insurance, cost can be a barrier
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Cost to patients barrier to counseling for obesity and smoking
A targeted program of preventive antiviral medication, combined with the use of hand sanitizers and surface decontamination, was associated with containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in a summer camp setting, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the April print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
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Preventive program associated with reduced spread of H1N1 at summer camp
Decreased muscle strength is associated with difficulty in performing functional activities such as stooping, crouching, or kneeling (SCK) in older adults, according to an observational study published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
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Decreased muscle strength predicts functional impairments in older adults
Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to exercise both in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. The findings suggest that the brain retains some plasticity, or ability to adapt, even in those with psychotic disorders.
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Exercise may increase volume in certain brain areas of patients with schizophrenia
Nobody worried about cold-weather performance of electric vehicle battery packs when it was warm outside, but now that Old Man Winter has descended, the problem is beginning to surface. When cars have a range of no more than 100 miles, the loss of 20 to 30 percent of that is a very big issue indeed.
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In winter’s chill, cold batteries mean trouble for plug-in cars
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (February 1, 2010) – Through the use of instructional DVDs, parents of children with autism can learn how to teach their child to communicate and improve their behavior, according to research published in the January 2010 issue of The Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions.
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Distance education for parents of children with autism found effective