Researchers at the University of Utah are enrolling people in a new clinical trial that uses a patient's own stem cells to treat ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure.   The one-year Cardiac Repair Cell Treatment of Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy (IMPACT-DCM) study will look at the safety of injecting Cardiac Repair Cells (CRC) and their ability to improve heart function.

The temperature might not be the only thing plummeting this winter. Many people also will experience a decrease in their vitamin D levels, which can play a role in heart disease, according to a new review article in Circulation. 

Vitamin D deficiency results in part from reduced exposure to sunlight, which is common during cold weather months when days are shorter and more time is spent indoors. 

"Chronic vitamin D deficiency may be a culprit in heart disease, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome," said Sue Penckofer, PhD, RN, study author and professor, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago. 

A study published today in the online advance edition of The American Journal of Psychiatry for the first time reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD, which could help pinpoint the specific neural circuits involved in the disorder.

Did you go to basic training for the military?  If so, it is a special memory and you remember it vividly but you don't want to repeat it.   On the opposite end of the spectrum, the truly special positive experiences are not something we want to repeat either - we want to keep them as memories.

So most people are unlikely to return to the place of their Honeymoon because they can't repeat it and don't want to diminish the memory.
 
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says people tend to treat their memories of previous special experiences as assets to be protected.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die from lung cancer than any other cancer type. In fact, according to 2004 data, more people died from lung cancer than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. 

Smoking is the biggest risk factor for developing lung cancer, even after quitting for long periods of time.   But only 10% of smokers get lung cancer and almost 50% of lung cancer cases involve former smokers.   

Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement, whether existing or anticipated, to capture all emissions of carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse gas. But an MIT analysis suggests an intermediate step that could get construction moving again, allowing the nation to fend off growing electricity shortages using our most-abundant, least-expensive fuel while also reducing emissions.

Instead of capturing all of its CO2 emissions, plants could capture a significant fraction of those emissions with less costly changes in plant design and operation, the MIT analysis shows.

You wouldn't ordinarily think of soil as a non-renewable resource, but it is.    Healing damage to soil takes geologic time, not human time.    And increasing levels of nitrogen deposition that are associated with industry and agriculture are driving soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface waters, according to a new study published online in Nature Geoscience. 

SAO PAULO, Brazil, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Solution Auto-Detects Fraudulent Messages, Increasing Users' Security

Acision, the world's leading messaging company, announces that Digitel GSM, Venezuela's mobile network operator, has chosen Acision Content Control to protect subscribers against receiving fraudulent messages and violations of their privacy.

The impact of receiving unsolicited spam messages can range from mere annoyance through to more serious issues of fraud. Taking steps to protect users from spam messages enhances the operator's reputation and has a positive impact on the overall quality of service experienced.

SAN JOSE, California and CAMBRIDGE, England, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Support for Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR to Bring Rich Internet Applications to ARM Powered Devices

SAN JOSE, California and CAMBRIDGE, England, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

LONDON, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fans Invited to Show Love for Joseph's Coats of Many Colours and Raise Vital Funds for Beatbullying

- http://www.ebay.co.uk/beatbullying

- With Photos

To mark the final stage of CUT-it-Out, a Vodafone and Beatbullying anti-bullying campaign, members of the public have the unique opportunity to bid for an anti-bullying inspired dreamcoat worn on stage by Lee Mead in the hit West End musical, Joseph and Technicolor Dreamcoat. The eBay auction will open at 9am on Monday, 17th November to coincide with anti-bullying week and run until 9am on Monday, 27th November 2008. To bid for a piece of musical history, log onto http://www.ebay.co.uk/beatbullying