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Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

Few events involving animals are more dramatic than when they band together and head out on the march cross-country. Among examples are the many thousands of wildebeests and other hoofed mammals that form herds and migrate across the African plains. and young locusts also sometimes unite with their...

Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

Few events involving animals are more dramatic than when they band together and head out on the march cross-country. Among examples are the many thousands of wildebeests and other hoofed mammals that form herds and migrate across the African plains. and young locusts also sometimes unite with their...

Flocking together: Study shows how animal groups find their way

A study led by Princeton biologists has revealed a remarkably simple mechanism that allows flocking birds, schooling fish or running herds to travel in unison without any recognized leaders or signaling system. The finding, published in the Feb. 3 issue of Nature, helps settle age-old questions about how animals coordinate their actions. Previously, scientists had looked for subtle signal...

Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming

Ocean warming has a negative impact on the condition of elephant seals, reveals a study published in the Open Access journal BMC Biology. High ocean temperatures observed from 1975 to the late 1990s are correlated with a 28% decrease in the weight of elephant seal pups. Elephant seals are shown to be sensitive to ocean temperature changes associated with both long-term 25-year cycles and short-te...

Revueltosaurus skeleton unearthed at Petrified Forest upsets dinosaur tale

The fossilized skeleton of a small crocodile relative excavated last year at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona throws a wrench into theories of how and where the dinosaurs arose more than 210 million years ago at the end of the Triassic Period. The animal, one of many creatures from the Late Triassic known only from their teeth, was thought to be an ancestor of the plant-eating or...

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Start-ups, angels can connect on new state Web site

Wisconsin entrepreneurs can submit executive summaries of their businesses for angel investors' perusal to a new state Web site beginning May 9. The The WAN website, which is being ca...

Tech upstart VoVision could disrupt the voice-recognition market

Hager, co-owner of an early-stage Madison business called , has ambitious plans for his Web-based, voice transcription technology, whi...

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Eau Claire business contest honors tech start ups

Winners in the micro business and emerging-growth categories, respectively, were STAGE5, LLC, an online application service provider of real estate ap...

Summer venture investments total $18 million for Wisconsin start ups

While it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from one quarter of investment activity, the number could indicate that technologically innovative companies have been successful in a...

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No link between blood groups and prostate cancer

Men with blood group A are not likely to get prostate cancer than men with other blood groups, despite popular belief. According to some medical writers, your blood group affects your health.// In particular, men with blood group A are supposed to be more likely to develop prostate cancer and to get more aggressive forms of the disease. Hence it may be of big concern for men who have type...

New FDA regulations puts some cough syrups off market

The Food and Drug Administration's(FDA) new effort to re-examine very old drugs that began selling before the government ever required proof that drugs worked well, has landed dozens of brands of prescription cough syrup in trouble. Until now FDA stressed that the expectorant, extended-release guaifenesin, is not dangerous. However, the recent crackdown lead to the FDA formally approving...

Studying The Effectiveness Of Cough Syrups

Giving your child an over-the-counter cough syrup may not be any more effective than giving them nothing at all, say researchers according to a new study.// Researchers studied 100 children with upper respiratory infections. Thirty-three of the children received dextromethorphan -- a common ingredient found in over-the-counter cough medicines. Another 33 children received diphenhydramin...

Religious groups overcome objections to cervical cancer vaccines

WASHINGTON - Conservative groups in the United States, who had voiced vociferous protests against the proposed general availability of the "morning-after" pill, are now having no such qualms about the introduction of cervical cancer vaccines.// These vaccines manufactured by Merck & Co. and GlaxoSmithKline are still in the experimental stage and are years away from the market, but concer...

Cough Syrups No More Effective Than Sugar Water

Over-the-counter cough syrup may not be as effective as it is claimed to be. Therefore purchase of cough syrup from the American Medicine cabinet// is viewed as nothing more than a waste of money according to a group of national doctors. Based on the above finding, several recommendations have been put across for the effective treatment of coughs by the American College of Chest Phy...

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NeurogesX Announces Presentation of Positive Phase 3 Clinical Data at the Second International Congress on Neuropathic Pain Meeting (NeuPSIG)

SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 07, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --NeurogesX, Inc. announced today the presentation of clinical datafrom a positive Phase 3 trial in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).Misha-Miroslav Backonja, M.D., Professor of Neurology at Universityof Wisconsin in Madison and lead academic investigator in theNeurogesX trial, plans to present the results of the study in aJune 8 poster...

Calcium Plaque Build-up in the Arteries Leads to Coronary Heart Disease in Multi-Ethnic Groups

BETHESDA, Md., March 26, 2007--Having a build-up of calciumplaque in the arteries means increased risk of heart attacks anddeath from heart disease in multiple ethnic groups, according tonew findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of theNational Institutes of Health. Previous studies have shown thatincreased co...

DVT Awareness Survey Findings for Respondents in High-Risk Groups: Obese Individuals

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to two millionAmericans are affected each year by DVT, with up to 600,000hospitalized. Its primary complication, pulmonary embolism (PE),claims up to 300,000 lives annually -- more than breast cancer andAIDS combined. The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) recentlysponsored an online survey of a nationally representative sa...

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