Tag: 1970s
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Vera Rubin, pioneering U.S. dark matter astronomer, dies at 88
Rubin died on Sunday at an assisted living facility in Princeton, New Jersey, and had suffered from dementia for several years, Allan Rubin, a geosciences professor at Princeton University, said in an email. Rubin, a Philadelphia native, used galaxies’ rotations to discover the first direct evidence of dark matter in the 1970s while working at…
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Cancer patient donates year’s worth of pizza to food bank
NORTHAMPTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a year’s worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a food bank.
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Few young men are unable to report last partner’s contraceptive use
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Most young men say they know whether their last sexual partner used birth control and what kind it was, according to a recent U.S. study. The results provide valuable data for programs intended to prevent unplanned pregnancies that are aimed at young men, the researchers write in American Journal…
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Synthetic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue
American and Chinese researchers have developed synthetic cardiac stem cells that could have the same therapeutic impact as human stem cells, with the added benefit of reducing the risk of graft rejection in cellular therapy. Cellular therapy consists of the injection of stem cells to restore damaged tissue and organs. Scientists today can extract stem…
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Chelsea apologizes to abused former player
English soccer club Chelsea issued a public apology to former striker Gary Johnson on Saturday for the sexual abuse he suffered as a young player and said it had been wrong to insist on a confidentiality clause when paying him compensation. Johnson, 57, said on Friday that he had been abused by former Chelsea chief…
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Heavier is now ‘healthier’ than in 1970s: study
Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, at least when it comes to the risk of dying, according to a study Tuesday. The optimum ratio of weight and height — known as body mass index or BMI — is now on the upper side of the…
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FDA tightens clinical requirements for transvaginal devices
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had taken steps to strengthen the data requirements for surgical mesh devices when used to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) via the vagina. Over the past several years, the FDA has received thousands of reports of complications, including bleeding, organ perforation and urinary…