New book expands biological classifications to account for 'alien' life
What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn't come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory right here on Earth and functioned differently from other Earth life? Either way, Peter Ward has the beginnings of an answer. In a new book, the University of Washington paleontologist puts forth an expanded "tree of life," or b...Complex gene interactions account for autism risk
Using a novel analysis of the interactions among related genes, Duke University Medical Center researchers have uncovered some of the first evidence that complex genetic interactions account for autism risk. The Duke team found that the brain mechanism that normally stops or slows nerve impulses contributes to the disease. The team's findings implicate the so-called GABA receptor genes, wh...Hepatitis B accounts for 40 percent of 'missing' Asian women
In a groundbreaking, sure-to-be-controversial new study, Emily Oster (a graduate student in economics at Harvard University) argues that excess female mortality, such as infanticide, may not be the only cause of uncommonly high male to female ratios in many Asian countries. It has long been observed that the relative number of males is higher in certain Asian countries than in the West, where it...Primates take weather into account when searching for fruits
New findings reported this week reveal that at least some primates can use their stored knowledge of recent weather as a tool for guiding their foraging behavior when searching for ripening fruit. The work, which potentially informs our understanding of how cognitive skills developed in humans and other primates, is reported by Karline Janmaat, Richard Byrne, and Klaus Zuberbühler of the Universi...Fiserv enters health-care savings accounts business
Spurred on by HSA authorization by Congress in 2004, healthcare banking is a set of services which includes managing tax-advantaged healthcare accounts for consumers and moving payments between pa...Africa Accounts For 50% Of HIV Patients
Senegalese schoolchildren took a pledge to abstain from promiscuous sex on 1 December 2005, the World AIDS Day. The prevailing taboos in the developing nations // and ignorance with regard to AIDS are contributing towards the disease spreading rapidly. The Special Envoy of the U.N Stephen Lewis, has called upon the world’s rich nations to contribute more towards combating the disease....President Bush Urges Citizens to Invest In Health Savings Account (HSAs)
In an attempt to manage the ever-increasing health care cost and increase the availability of medical insurance, the U.S. President, George W. Bush has urged the citizens to invest // in health saving accounts or HSAs that comprises of pretax dollars. At the time of need, the funds can be mobilized to pay for the medical expense. High deductible health insurance policies and lowest annu...A Cicero Woman held accountable in baby kidnapping
A Cicero woman apparently kidnapped a couple’s 26 day old baby from a Stroger Hospital clinic and took to her heels, according to authorities//. The woman is now in police custody. Aurelia Gonzalez, charged with aggravated kidnapping had appeared before Judge Raymond Myles of the criminal court. The kidnapping took place after Gonzalez sought permission from the baby’s father to hold...Global Fund Demands Account from Kenya For $10 million
Its accounting time at the Global Fund Centre and Kenya has been asked to spell out, account of expenditure for the $10-million received// from the Global Fund’s intended 134 million. The fund was provided to Kenya to assist in combating Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Now, Kenya would have to provide the accounts of how the money was utilized, failing which it might stand to lose $100 mi...Delhi Accounts for 23,000 Female Fetus Abortions Last Year
Around 23,000 female foetuses were aborted in the capital last year with, experts said Wednesday. // "Whereas Denmark had 23,000 births in 2005, the same number of female foetuses were aborted in Delhi alone," said Puneet Bedi, a leading medicine expert, quoting records of the Delhi government. "In a recent audit on ultrasound clinics based on three months data, we found t...MediSoft Patient Accounting Software New Version 9
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