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Sonohysterography is an alternative diagnostic tool for women with adenomyosis

...dy. "Myometrial cracks have not been described previously as a sign of adenomyosis. The tracks, seen in 26% of our cases, become conspicuous as saline seeps through the 'myometrial cracks'. They are difficult to characterize on standard transvaginal ultrasound. This peculiar appearance was seen in one of o...

Medical Radiation Exposure of the U.S. Population Greatly Increased Since the Early 1980s

... Background radiation, which in 2006 contributed fully half of the total exposure, comes from natural radiation in soil and rocks, radon gas which seeps into homes and other buildings, plus radiation from space and radiation sources that are found naturally within the human body. Other small contr...

Inexpensive Test Can Help Prevent Lung Cancer Caused By Radon

... Environmental Protection Agency. Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that occurs naturally through the breakdown of uranium in soil and rocks. It seeps into homes through cracks in basements and foundations, and can build up inside. The EPA recommends taking action to lower the level of radon in your ...

Radon Gas More Deadly Than Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

...campaign in January heightens awareness, tries to reduce risk SUNDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Radon, an invisible radioactive gas that seeps into homes through foundation cracks, causes 100 times more deaths than carbon monoxide poisoning, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. T...

One IV treatment a year rather than a pill a day

... osteoporosis. The research involves a drug called zoledronic acid, which is approved for use in cancer patients to treat a condition in which calcium seeps from the bones. The drug was found to slow the rate of bone less and increase bone density, and the effect persisted for at least a year after treatme...

Miraculous Salads

...ucted experiments on rats.// They said that 1g of onion a day can help prevent the process that causes the condition - resorption, where calcium seeps from the bones making them brittle. And 500mg mixed with garlic, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and parsley had a similar result. On a diet of onion...

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UCSB scientists document fate of huge oil slicks from seeps at coal oil point

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Twenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska's Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of the nation's worst environmental disasters: 10.8 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the...

University of Hawaii at Manoa professor published in science journal

...nt that can persist for greater than seven years. These habitats are very similar in intensity to the chemosynthetic habitats created by deep-sea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. ...

Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

...ay's (July 10) issue of Science . Using samples of marine sediment taken 20 miles off the California coast and about 1,800 feet deep near methane seeps in the Pacific, Beal incubated a variety of sediment systems including as controls, an autoclaved sterile sample, a sample with sulfate as a control a...

UC Davis begins $2.8 million in studies of agricultural nitrogen's impacts

...n 400 agricultural commodities -- vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy products worth $36 billion a year. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. Wastes from cattle, chickens and other livestock include nitrogen. Farm machines burning oil, gasol...

NAU discovery could help feed millions

...by reducing rodent fertility in half." She said this noninvasive approach is more humane than poison, which takes several days to kill rodents and seeps into groundwater, harming other animals and possible food sources. The sterilization technology derived from Mayer's research, done by Patricia Ho...

Scientists find black gold amidst overlooked data

... The detection and monitoring of oil spills and seeps by satellite is not new. Visible, infrared, microw...e aware that the streaks could be oil from natural seeps on the seafloor. Hu and colleagues then define...ive oil slicks. Exactly how much oil naturally seeps out of the seafloor is unknown, and most estimates...

Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms

...ch cargoes in sunken ships. Ecosystems teeming with tubeworm colonies were discovered at hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Ridge in 1977 and at cold seeps at the base of the Florida Escarpment in 1984. As a result of these modern sightings, a number of fossil examples of tubeworms were subsequently ident...

UAF researchers to present at AGU press briefing

...tional event focusing research efforts and public attention on the Earth's polar regions. Semiletov will speak on recent discoveries of new methane seeps along the East Siberian Arctic Shelf. Semiletov is a research associate professor at the UAF International Arctic Research Center. Walker will speak o...

Penn State receives new NASA astrobiology grant

... for extraterrestrial life, the researchers will look to extreme locations on Earth including Israel's Dead Sea, Greenland glacier ice and the methane seeps of the Eel River Basin, California, for microbial life. Another place to look for signs of microbial life is in ancient rocks. Those dating from 3,8...

Living sensor can warn of arsenic pollution

... over 230,000 tonnes of arsenic-containing dust, making it one of the most polluted places on Earth as well as one of the most inhospitable. "Water seeps through the mine cracks carrying the arsenic with it as it drips down the walls," said Thomas Osborne from University College London, UK. "We discover...

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MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills

... or the ability to absorb liquids. Second, a water-repelling coating keeps water from penetrating into the membrane. Oil, however, isn't affected, and seeps into the membrane. The membrane is created by the same general technique as its low-tech cousin, paper. We make a suspension of nanowires, like a s...

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Marine biology

...se these as congregating areas, for spawning, and feeding. Hydrothermal vents in the ocean floor act as oases for life, as do their opposites, cold seeps . These places support unique biomes and many new microbes have been discovered at these places. How oceanic factors affect distribution of var...