What you eat depends on with whom you eat
...he time of food selection." Young is not surprised by the findings. The diet industry targets female consumers and product advertisements typically depict very slim models rather than average-sized or overweight female models, she says, so food choices appear to be weighed against how other perceive them...Brown professor continues debate over recovered memory
...ove or disprove the existence of bacteria or dragons. Literary passages and modern scientific data do reveal descriptions and data, respectively, that depict dissociative amnesia as a naturally occurring traumatic sequela." ...Study Demonstrates Internet Risks for Teen Girls
... to know how their teenage girls present themselves online. The study, published in the June issue of Pediatrics, shows that teen girls who would depict themselves online in a provocative way, and teen girls with a history of child abuse, are more likely to receive online sexual advances and then meet ...Medicare's 'No' on Virtual Colonoscopy Stirs Expert Debate
...on to further evaluate them, which involves cost and risk, " he said. That's because -- unlike standard colonoscopy -- CT colonoscopy doesn't only depict the colon, but the whole abdomen. It will show cysts and other growths in the liver and kidneys that can lead to further testing in many patients. "Th...Hospital Staffing Cuts - Pragmatic, Panic or Carefully Planned?
...ion: how do hospital accountants expect nurses to speed up healing time?" Hospital schemes to wring wage concessions out of its workforce falsely depict an image that administrators are simply starting to ask for communal sacrifice. "When we all pitch in, we'll make things better," they claim. Nurses...Non-invasive test accurately identifies gynecologic malignancies
...ice of correct treatment for patients with gynecological malignancy is often determined by whether the cancer has spread to the nodes. DWI can help to depict gynecologic malignancy more clearly and provide useful information regarding lymph node metastasis so that patients are directed to the appropriate tr...Children's National Unveils Display to Raise Awareness of Violence Against Youth
... T-shirts created by teens depict powerful messages about the impacts of violence Washington, D.C. (Vocus) April 14, 2009 -- Children's National Medical Cen...Faith Leaders Call on Iowa Members of Congress to Support Legislation to Protect Kids from Tobacco
... In the last two years, the nation's two largest tobacco companies - Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds - have launched new marketing campaigns that depict cigarette smoking as feminine and fashionable, rather than the harmful and deadly addiction it really is: In October 2008, Philip M...With 4 Legs They All Walk the Same, It Seems
...t the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University. It's also not a new finding. Yet those who in some way depict four-legged animals in motion get it wrong about 50 percent of the time, the study found. Who cares, you might well ask? The researchers say th...Exercise Helps Prevent Age-Related Brain Changes in Older Adults
...st 10 years, and six exercised less than one hour per week. All of the volunteers underwent MRI to determine cerebral blood flow and MR angiography to depict blood vessels in the brain. Using a novel method of three-dimensional (3-D) computer reconstruction developed in their lab, the researchers ...Nervous System Anatomy Flash Cards (Bryan Edwards)
Features:... This PDA version contains 88 pages that thoroughly depict the cerebral cortex, the spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, and its branches Substantial text content detailing each image, and a quiz (?) secti...American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing
...a and New York and include one of the author's sons, as well as several of her sons' friends. Despite their young age, they never fail to convincingly depict the book's subject matter. "Children can fake a good sneeze on demand," says Siy. However, she warns, "It takes a couple of hours to vacuum up after a...Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, new Scripps study finds
...f photographic data at the Monroe County Library in Key West. Hundreds of archived photographs, snapped by professional photographer Charles Anderson, depict sport fishing passengers posing next to a hanging board used to determine the largest "trophy fish" catches of the day. All of the photographs documen...Obesity starts in the head? 6 newly discovered genes for obesity have a neural effect
...audia Lamina from the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen are enthused: "The purely statistical approach of the genome-wide association analysis can depict new aspects of the biology of weight regulation, which were previously unanticipated." As a next step, the scientists evaluate other anthropometric...Studies offer guide as protein interaction mapping comes of age
...creenings (as some studies have suggested), whether the interactions detected in experiments actually occur in living cells, and whether existing maps depict a small- or large-sized chunk of the entire interactome. All experimental techniques generate some false positives -- in which interactions are "de...New tool could unpick complex cancer causes and help sociologists mine Facebook
... to gain an understanding of a range of systems with multiple interacting factors. These models use mathematical objects called graphs to describe and depict the probability of relationships between each of the components. When used to study molecular biology researchers may be interested in saying somethi...Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low
...atellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may again shrink to a level very close to that of last year. Envisat observations from mid-August depict that a new record of low sea-ice coverage could be reached in a matter of weeks. The animation above is a series of mosaics of the Arctic Ocean create...College cocktails lead to science career
...tment, developed a method which is the basis for all his drug discovery research: make the protein that is principle to the disease, crystalize it and depict it in 3-D form on a computer, then after seeing the protein's vulnerable spot, make inhibitors to block its function. "It's virtual drug screening...Killer whales, blind bats, discriminating dolphins, mating birds
...sing as they migrate. By recording the unique flight calls of birds as they fly by night, researchers can develop migration maps for each species that depict the routes and timing of migration. Knowing about these migration patterns is crucial for bird conservation because any plans to conserve birds' stopo...May 14 AAAS Lecture and videoteleconference on artworks by Siberian schoolchildren
...ronments. The schoolchildren thanked Holmes for stimulating their scientific interests by giving him a collection of their artwork. Many pieces depict local animals, plants, and landscapes. Other works present images of everyday life, such as children plucking icicles from a log cabin and a group of ...Ancient ecosystems organized much like our own
...rks of feeding relationships among marine species that lived hundreds of millions of years ago are remarkably similar to those of today. Food webs depict the feeding interactions among species within habitats--like food chains, only more complex and realistic. The discovery of strong and enduring regula...Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide
MADISON - An answer to the long-standing riddle of whether the Earth's ice ages occurred simultaneously in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres is emerging from the glacial deposits found in the high desert east of the Andes. Using a new technique to gauge the effects of cosmic rays on min...Evidence of Ancient Hot Springs on Mars Detailed in Astrobiology Journal
...rate at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, propose that new image data from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on MRO depict structures in Vernal Crater that appear to have arisen as part of a major area of ancient spring activity. The data suggest that the southern part of ...New map IDs the core of the human brain
... maps of the diffusion of water molecules through brain tissue. A highly sensitive variant of the method, called diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI), can depict the orientation of multiple fibers that cross a single location. The study applies this technique to the entire human cortex, resulting in maps of mil...Scientists create colorful 'brainbow' images of the nervous system
...help scientists in charting the circuitry of the brain and nervous system. "In the same way that a television monitor mixes red, green, and blue to depict a wide array of colors, the combination of three or more fluorescent proteins in neurons can generate many different hues," says Lichtman, professor i...ABC's 'Private Practice' Inaccurately Portrays Serious Women's Health Condition
...wood magic, Montgomery and her partner cure the condition and the elated couple's honeymoon begins. "While the producers deserve credit for trying to depict the symptoms of vulvodynia, 13 million women in the real world would painfully disagree with the show's fairy tale ending," comments Phyllis Mate, Pre...