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Severe Respiratory Infections Associated With Proton Pump Inhibitors
MONTREAL (EGMN) - The association of proton pump inhibitors with an increased risk of severe respiratory infections is dramatically pronounced in the first 2 weeks of drug therapy, according to a new study.
However, the reasons for this particularly high risk are not clear, Dr. Laura Targownik said at Canadian Digestive Diseases Week. “I reported the data because they are very dramatic, but the question remains, is it a protopathic effect?” she said in an interview, describing the possibility that patients’ early symptoms of pneumonia might mimic gastro-oesophageal reflux and prompt a prescription for a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). “Then they go on to develop obvious pneumonia, but the PPI actually played no role in it,” said Dr. Targownik of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.


////////////////Reclaiming the Aral Seaby Philip Micklin and Nikolay V. AladinRecklessly starving the world's fourth-largest lake to irrigate crops turned rich waters into a barren wasteland. Now the northern part, at least, is coming back




////////////////////The Doping Dilemmaby Michael ShermerGame theory helps to explain the pervasive abuse of drugs in cycling, baseball and other sports



///////////////////sci am=The Colors Of Plants On Other Worldsby Nancy K. KiangOn other worlds, plants could be red, blue, even black



///////////////////High cholesterol and memory loss

Memory loss is a common complaint among people as they age. Roughly one in ten older Americans are mentally impaired, with symptoms ranging from mild memory problems to severe dementia. Many people want to know -- is there a way to keep my mind sharp and healthy?
Scientists now believe that lowering your cholesterol may be part of the answer, at least for women. While cholesterol has long been associated with heart disease, researchers in California have found that women who have gone through menopause and have high cholesterol levels may be more likely to suffer from dementia and mental sluggishness than those with normal cholesterol levels.




////////////////////We all worry about the security of our homes, especially when we have a family to take care of. How do we make our homes as threat-proof as possible without turning it into Fort Knox? Obviously, nobody wants to live in a prison, but is there anyway of making your home completely safe from all intruders? The answer to this question is quite obviously a no! If someone wants to get into your home, they will do, but there are many ways and means of ensuring that your home is as protected as it can be and also for ensuring that it doesn't look like an easy target. Intruders look for homes that appear vulnerable. If you have an open window or gate, or valuables in full view of anyone that happens to pass by, you are increasing the dangers of your home security being breached. One way in which you can repel any intruders is by having a clearly visible alarm fitted to the front and back of your home. You can get some great bummy?alarms that are less costly than full home security systems, but still look like the real thing. It just means that it isn't worth the intruder breaking in to find out whether or not it is real! More on Protect your home with Home Security System




//////////////////Best time to buy gasBuy gas early in the morning or late in the evening on weekdays. Gas stations tend to change their prices between 10 a.m. and noon, so buy gas early morning if gas prices are on the rise. Go later in the day if prices are falling. Try not to buy gas on weekends because gas prices are often slightly higher, as stations try to profit from leisure travelers.



///////////////////Eating Yogurt on a Low-Carb DietIt seems as though it should be simple: Read the label and there's the carb count. Or even, knowing that yogurt is just milk with bacteria added, figuring that plain yogurt should have the same amount of carbohydrate as the milk is was made from. This makes perfect sense, but it turns out to be wrong. There are some surprises when it comes to yogurt and carbs.



//////////////////////NIST Creates Perpetual Motion ... But Only for 10 SecondsMichael Asher (Blog) - December 3, 2007 11:09 AM

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(a) In a donut, shaped, or “toroidal” trap, atoms mostly exist in a red ring and do not reside in the center (blue region), which represents an energy hill they cannot climb. (b) Image of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in the donut trap. (c) When there is no fluid flow around the donut and the trap is turned off, atoms (red) rush to the center. (d) When fluid flows around the donut and the trap is turned off, the current around the donut persists and does not rush to fill the hole. (Source: NIST)"Practical" applications still years away for perpetual motion
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in conjunction with the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute, created a short-lived "proof of concept" of perpetual motion. Using an exotic type of matter known as a Bose Einstein condensate, or BEC, the team demonstrated true perpetual motion. Though the state persisted only ten seconds, team members say it will one day lead to real-world applications.
The so-called "fifth state of matter," Bose Einstein condensates were predicted as early as 1925, but it took 70 years to demonstrate them in a laboratory setting. They form when matter is cooled to the point that the atoms collapse to the lowest energy state, allowing quantum effects to manifest on a macroscopic scale. BECs, also known as "superfluids," have a number of strange properties, such as a total lack of any form of friction and the ability to spontaneously flow out of an open container.
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Cooking Healthy Part 3: Brewing Tea
As an outspoken proponent of tea, I have long encouraged coffee drinkers to switch to green tea for its heart-health benefits: green tea polyphenols help protect the heart by lowering cholesterol and improving fat metabolism.Try an electric kettle



/////////////////////Blueberries, Exercise and Your Brain
By Staff Writer Maggie SpilnerA new study shows that the combination of exercise and epicatechin, a compound found in blueberries, tea and other foods, is your best bet for keeping your mind sharp as you get older.



///////////////////Phytosterols Lower Cholesterol
By Staff Writer Carey RossiNew research shows that taking phytosterols can reduce your LDL cholesterol levels, even if your diet contains foods high in cholesterol.



////////////////////Magic Beans for Breast Health?
By Staff Writer Carey RossiMore research shows that the isoflavones found in soy can reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and improve overall breast health.



/////////////////Reduce Your Body Fat with Fish Oil
By Staff Writer Gale Maleskey, MS, RDFish oil can help you lose body fat, even if you don't change your diet! A new study finds that fish oil can do this among a multitude of things for your health.> Read More



///////////////////Green Tea Better than Coffee for Diabetics
By Staff Writer Gale Maleskey, MS, RDResearch shows that green tea may help prevent and control diabetes symptoms by improving insulin sensitivity and stabilizing blood sugar.> Read More




/////////////////// new discovery could change future diagnosis and therapy of depression
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered that a change in the location of a protein in the brain could serve as a biomarker for depression, allowing a simple, rapid, laboratory test to identify patients with depression and to determine whether a particular antidepressant therapy will provide a successful response.
The research is published in the March 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
"This test could serve to predict the efficacy of antidepressant therapy quickly, within four to five days, sparing patients the agony of waiting a month or more to find out if they are on the correct therapeutic regimen," said Mark Rasenick, UIC distinguished university professor of physiology and biophysics and psychiatry.
Despite decades of research, the biological basis of depression is unknown, and the molecular and cellular targets of antidepressant treatment remain elusive, although it is likely that these drugs have one or more primary targets.
Rasenick said the discovery could help millions who suffer from undiagnosed depression or receive unsuccessful treatment.
"We discovered that in depressed individuals a signaling protein is located in specific areas of the cell membrane called lipid rafts," he said. This protein, called Gs alpha, activates adenylyl cyclase, a link in signal transduction, and is responsible for the action of neurotransmitters such as serotonin.


////////////////////Specialized natural killer cells in human tonsils pack a punchTonsils are a source of sore throats and an excuse for ice cream. But they also provide an important protective service, their immune-cell-rich tissue acting as the body's first defense against the germs about to be swallowed or inhaled. Researchers have known that tonsils are packed with B cells, which flag invaders for other cells to attack. But a new study by Rockefeller University scientists shows that tonsils also house a different, very specialized cell that helps protect against the Epstein Barr virus (EBV).



////////////////Soy compound may halt spread of prostate cancerA compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice



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Gobbledygook may indicate a failure to think clearly, a contempt for one's clients, or more probably a mixture of both. A system that can't or won't communicate is not a safe basis for a democracy.(Michael Shanks)


///////////////////HAPPY PI DAY: March 14th (3.14) is day and all around the world mathematicians are celebrating this compelling and mysterious constant of Nature. Pi appears in equations describing the orbits of planets, the colors of auroras, the structure of DNA. It's everywhere.Humans have been struggling to calculate Pi for thousands of years. Divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter; the ratio is Pi. Sounds simple, but the devil is in the digits. While the value of Pi is finite (a smidgen more than 3), the decimal number is infinitely long:3.14159265358979323 846264338327950288419716939937510 58209749445923078164062862089986280 3482534211706. ..More at http://www.geom. uiuc.edu/ %7Ehuberty/ math5337/ groupe/digits. htmlSupercomputers have succeeded in calculating more than 200 billion digits and they're still crunching. [NOTE: So far Pi does not contain any repeat sequences.]The weirdest way to compute : throw needles at a table or frozen hot dogs on the floor. Party time!




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