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New Study Finds Military Marriages Are Not More Vulnerable To Divorce

May 14, 2012
Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in the Journal of Family Issues (a SAGE journal) finds that marriages of military members are not more vulnerable than civilian marriages. According ...

Australia to protect most vulnerable koalas

April 30, 2012
Australia moved on Monday to protect its most vulnerable koalas, listing the much-loved furry tree-dwellers as a threatened species in parts of the country.

Republicans may be vulnerable on Medicare, social issues in Nov. elections

April 23, 2012
The recent flurry of socially conservative legislation, on issues ranging from expanding gun rights to placing new restrictions on abortion, comes as Republicans at the national level are eager to refocus attention on economic issues.

Olive Oil, Milk And Honey Are Some Of The Most Vulnerable Ingredients Prone To Food Fraud

April 11, 2012
In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of fraud reported. Based on a ...

Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change

March 21, 2012
A new study suggests that climate change could pose a risk for Antarctic fur seals in their first few months of life.

Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change

March 21, 2012
A new study suggests that climate change could pose a risk for Antarctic fur seals in their first few months of life. The study, published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology , found that changing weather conditions can impact the metabolic rates of fur ...

Plerixafor Makes Leukemia More Vulnerable To Chemo

March 21, 2012
Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a new drug makes chemotherapy more effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Instead of attacking these cells directly, the drug helps drive them out of the bone marrow and into ...

Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change

March 21, 2012
(University of Chicago Press Journals) A study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology found that changing weather conditions can impact the metabolic rates of fur seal pups. Climate models predict windier and wetter conditions in Antarctica in the coming years, and that could cause young seals to assign ...

Drug makes leukemia more vulnerable to chemo

March 20, 2012
Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a new drug makes chemotherapy more effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Instead of attacking these cells directly, the drug helps drive them out of the bone marrow and into ...

Boom-And-Bust Acorn Crops And A Decline In Mice Leave Humans Vulnerable To Lyme Disease Infected Ticks

March 20, 2012
The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter. So reports Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. What do acorns have ...

Drug makes leukemia more vulnerable to chemo

March 19, 2012
(Washington University School of Medicine) Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a new drug makes chemotherapy more effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Instead of attacking these cells directly, the drug helps drive them out of ...

Crabs, insects and spiders vulnerable to oil spill, but also resilient

March 8, 2012
Crabs, insects, and spiders in coastal salt marshes affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010 were both quite vulnerable to oil exposure, but also resilient enough to recover within a year if their host plants remained healthy, according to a study published Mar. 7 in the ...