Natural Childbirth Linked To Stronger Baby Bonding Than C-sections (September 19, 2008) -- The bonds that tie a mother to her newborn may be stronger in women who deliver naturally than in those who deliver by cesarean section, according to a study published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the October issue of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. ... > full story
Pictures Of Hot Fudge Sundaes Arouse: Understanding Emotions Improves Our Food Choices (September 19, 2008) -- Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study. ... > full story
Fly Studies Reveal Immune Cell Responses To Tumor And Tissue Damage (September 19, 2008) -- A new report reveals the similarities between the immune response to cancer and and the immune response to tissue damage. ... > full story
Security: Checking People At Airports – With Terahertz Radiation (September 19, 2008) -- Within the last few years the number of transport checks -- above all at airports -- has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe methods of checking people are offered by terahertz radiation. ... > full story
Key Advance In Treating Spinal Cord Injuries Found In Manipulating Stem Cells (September 19, 2008) -- Manipulating stem cells prior to transplantation may hold the key to overcoming a critical obstacle to using stem cell technology to repair spinal cord injuries, scientists have shown. ... > full story
Smart Desks Make Sci-fi A Reality In The Classroom (September 19, 2008) -- Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University. Researchers are designing new learning environments using interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone. ... > full story
Muscle Stem Cell Identity Confirmed By Researchers (September 19, 2008) -- A single cell can repopulate damaged skeletal muscle in mice, say scientists who devised a way to track the cell's fate in living animals. The research is the first to confirm that so-called satellite cells encircling muscle fibers harbor an elusive muscle stem cell. ... > full story
Kids With Obese Friends And Family More Likely To Misperceive Weight (September 19, 2008) -- Kids and teens surrounded by overweight peers or parents are more likely to be oblivious to their own extra pounds than kids from thin entourages, according to a new Canadian study. ... > full story
'Baby' Fat Cells May Be Key To Treating Obesity, Say Researchers (September 19, 2008) -- Immature, or "baby," fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in mice. ... > full story
Novel Anti-cancer Mechanism Found In Long-lived Rodents (September 19, 2008) -- Biologists have found that small-bodied rodents with long lifespans have evolved a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism that appears to be different from any anticancer mechanisms employed by humans or other large mammals. ... > full story
First Dense Gas Of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules Created (September 19, 2008) -- Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have applied their expertise in ultracold atoms and lasers to produce the first high-density gas of ultracold molecules -- two different atoms bonded together -- that are both stable and capable of strong interactions. ... > full story
Mother's Flu Shot Protects Newborns (September 19, 2008) -- Newborns can be protected from seasonal flu when their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy. Researchers observed a 63 percent reduction in proven influenza illness among infants born to vaccinated mothers while the number of serious respiratory illnesses to both mothers and infants dropped by 36 percent. The study is the first to demonstrate that the inactivated influenza vaccine provides protection to both mother and newborn. ... > full story
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