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Road Crashes Linked To Tranquilizers
A new Australian study has revealed a worrying trend between tranquilizers and being at fault in road
crashes. The finding is part of University of Adelaide PhD graduate Dr Marie Longo's study - believed to be one of the biggest
of its type published in the world - of the way four major types of drugs impact on the culpability of drivers involved in
crashes. more
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Disturbing Behavior: Violent Sleep Disorder Can Be Successfully Treated
In a new study, Stanford researchers describe a treatable medical condition which causes people to
commit violent sexual acts in their sleep. Referred to as "sleep sex," the nocturnal activities cited in the study range from
disruptive moaning to rape-like behavior toward bed partners. more
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Arsenic In Well Water Related To Atherosclerosis
For the first time, researchers have shown that people who are aspirin resistant have a higher risk of
dying from heart disease than people who are not aspirin resistant, according to a study in yesterday's rapid access issue of
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. more
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Many Viruses Share Common Heritage
Digging deep into their reproductive machinery, scientists have found startling evidence that broad
classes of viruses - including those that harbor the agents that cause such diverse ailments as AIDS, the common cold and
hepatitis - share functional traits that suggest they all evolved from a common ancestor. more
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Scientists Reveal Secrets Of Infectious Childhood Heart Disease
Researchers have discovered important clues as to why a common bacterium can sometimes lead to a
dangerous heart infection in children. The bacterium, group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes acute rheumatic fever, the most
common infectious cause of childhood heart disease in the world. In the United States, it has appeared in several localized
outbreaks, and in 1999 the infection and its subsequent heart damage were responsible for 3,600 deaths. But GAS bacteria are
relatively common and also cause a range of other diseases ranging from sore throats to toxic shock and "flesh-eating" disease.
What makes different GAS strains invade different parts of the body, however, remains largely unknown. more
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