Death rates after hospitalization for heart failure have declined in recent years for the most…
Month: April 2011
Opioids now most prescribed class of medications in America
Two reports by addiction researchers show a drastic shift in prescribing patterns impacting the magnitude…
Happiness, comparatively speaking: How we think about life’s rewards
You win some, you lose some. You get the perfect job — the one your…
Longer-term follow-up of users of estrogen therapy finds some changes in risks
Among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy who had used estrogen therapy for about 6 years…
Blood biomarker associated with prevalence, severity of Alzheimer’s, but not risk of development
Higher levels in blood of the protein clusterin, also known as apolipoprotein J, are significantly…
NASA’s Spitzer discovers time-delayed jets around young star
Astronomers have discovered that two symmetrical jets shooting away from opposite sides of a blossoming…
Survey says most developers cite Android fragmentation as problematic (Appolicious)
Appolicious – This is pretty much a foregone conclusion, but a new survey says that…
Judge overturns $625.5M patent suit against Apple (AP)
AP – A federal judge has overturned a federal jury’s order that Apple Inc. pay…
Scientists find new type of mineral in historic meteorite
Researchers have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant…
The ‘molecular octopus’: A little brother of ‘Schroedinger’s cat’
For the first time, the quantum behavior of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms…