Day October 1, 2014

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were down more than 1 percent in late afternoon trading on Wednesday as the first diagnosis of Ebola in a patient in the United States spooked investors and pressured shares of…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Kathryn [email protected] 914-740-2100Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News@LiebertOnline IMAGE:Brain Connectivity is the essential peer-reviewed journal covering groundbreaking findings in the rapidly advancing field of connectivity research at the systems and network levels. Published 10 times…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Rob [email protected]/Goddard Space Flight Center@NASAGoddard VIDEO:NASA’s TRMM satellite saw Phanfone was producing rainfall over a very large area on Oct. 1. Some storms in these bands were dropping rain at a rate of over 76……

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Nancy [email protected] 505-667-0471DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory@LosAlamosNatLab IMAGE:An international team of researchers deployed to western Greenland to study the melt rates of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Click here for more information. An international research team’s field…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Gina [email protected] 617-638-8480Boston University Medical Center@BostonUNews (Boston) Glioblastma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal primary brain tumors, with median survival for these patients only slightly over one year. Researchers at Boston University School…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Richard [email protected] 301-731-4535Entomological Society of America@EntsocAmerica IMAGE:Figs. 3-8. (3) Male (left) and female (right) pantropical huntsman spiders, H. venatoria (Sparassidae). Identifying feature: white ‘moustache’ on clypeus, male with characteristic markings. (4) Female redfaced banana spider,…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Joe [email protected] 412-624-4356University of Pittsburgh Spider colonies need the correct mix of personalities to survive, says Pitt biology professor in landmark Nature paper PITTSBURGHThe notion of “group selection”that members of social species exhibit individual behavioral…

Millions of people suffer from allergies and need to take medication regularly, but many do not stick with their treatment. Now doctors have developed a unique way to deliver allergy medication that is easy and convenient — by infusing the…

DALLAS – A handful of school-aged children who had contact with the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. are being monitored. Health officials learned Wednesday that five children have been identified as having contact with the man and…

If you think hanging a diploma on your office wall means you have a complete education, this one perspective might just change your mind. According to Chris Moore, Brigham Young University’s director of the Family and Consumer Sciences program, “If…

October 1, 2014, 6:09 AM|Women can reduce their risk for gestational diabetes, a disease that can have long-term consequences for mothers and babies, by not smoking and maintaining a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. Also, women who smoke during pregnancy can…

Lavish nut butters have captured both the taste buds and wallets of health-conscious consumers: Even on bodega store shelves, you can find flavors infused with swirls of honey, studded with cinnamon-raisin granola and laced with coconut or salted caramel. The…

There are a lot of options out there these days for those who want or need to follow a gluten-free diet. From tapioca to rice to potato flour, there are a multitude of ways to make just about any wheat-based…

There are countless, delicious ways to fit protein into a vegetarian diet — ways that go beyond downing a chalky shake made from an unidentifiable powder. Beans, tofu, eggs and veggies are just a couple of items on the long…

Shortly after her wife died in March, Arlene Goldberg had to give up the beloved South Florida home that the couple shared. Because Goldberg’s 2011 marriage to her partner of 47 years wasn’t recognized as legal in Florida, she was…

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