Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

International Stroke Survey An international online stroke survey has been launched to gauge the awareness of signs and symptoms of stroke, as well as differences in treatment options available in Europe, Canada and the United States. The results will be used to help improve care for stroke survivors around the world and to raise awareness of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/international-stroke-survey-and-some-signs-of-stroke/

Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers have identified excessive gambling as a side effect of a treatment for Parkinson's disease. Some patients who are prescribed medication known as dopamine agonists developed the problem within three months of starting treatment, even though they had previously gambled only occasionally or never at all. "This is a striking effect," remarks J. Eric Ahlskog [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/parkinsons-disease-treatment-leads-to-compulsive-gambling/

Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Research by McGill-affiliated Douglas Hospital Research Centre in Montreal demonstrated that mothers who breastfeed respond less to stressful situations than those who bottle-feed their children. These findings suggest these mothers may be better able to care for their children. "It has been well established that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infants [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/breastfeeding-lowers-mothers-stress/

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers George Church and colleagues at Harvard Medical School said they had found a faster and cheaper way to sequence your genome (the entire DNA code of a person, plant or other organism) for only about $2.2 million. They hope to reduce the cost to $1,000 per genome. Their new method, described in a report in the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sequence-your-genome-cheaply/

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Overweight or obese has long been recognized as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The results of a new study are clarifying the nature of the link between weight and diabetes. According to a report published today in the Nature, a protein released by fat tissue causes insulin resistance in mice. Overweight people have protein [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/link-between-fat-tissue-and-diabetes-discovered/

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Taking a daily 10 to 15 minute walk in the sun not only clears your head, relieves stress and increases circulation – it could also cut your risk of breast cancer in half according to Esther John, an epidemiologist at the Northern California Cancer Center. A study found that sunlight exposure lowered the risk of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/saved-by-sun-rays-preventing-cancer-to-solving-energy-problems/

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: shopping

In September 2004 Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California, Irvine, had shown that elaborate false memories - for instance, of being lost in a shopping mall as a child - can be implanted in people's minds (New Scientist, 6 September 2004, p 42). Subjects even go on to embellish these fictitious events with their [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/implantingg-fake-memories-programatically-take-2-solve-obesity/

Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

Study conducted by researchers at the University of Scranton suggests that tea might prevent diabetes and its associated complications, including diabetic cataracts. Researchers led by Joe Vinson fed green and black tea to diabetic rats for three months and then monitored the chemical composition of the rats' blood and eye lenses. At levels that would be equivalent [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-cup-of-tea-for-diabetes-treatment/

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: web

I contemplated downloading Alexa Toolbar. Knowing its reputation I decided to check its privacy policy to understand what exactly I am compromising by installing this toolbar. Just the first couple of paragraphs had me floored! ALEXA'S TOOLBAR SERVICE COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW, THE DATA YOU ENTER IN ONLINE FORMS AND [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/amazing-privacy-policy-of-alexa/

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Two years ago the Human Genome Project published its final draft – a protein parts list, if you will, for human cells. Noticeably missing, though, were the instructions needed to put those pieces together. But not for long: Researchers around the world, in both academia and pharmaceutical companies, are working to compile a first draft of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/scientists-race-to-map-the-totality-of-human-protein-protein-interactions/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: web, hosting, yahoo

According to Hosting-Review, an independent provider of web hosting reviews, the Top 10 Web Hosts (updated August 2005) are: BlueHost IX Web Hosting Powweb Lunarpages iPowerWeb Yahoo Hosting StartLogic Host Excellence Bluefish Hosting Site Build It Link

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-web-hosting-providers-updated-august-2005/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Symptoms in mice that mimic Parkinson’s disease are reversed by treatment with amphetamines, including Ecstasy, according to a new study by Marc Caron of Duke University, US. The drugs seem to work through a pathway not involving the chemical dopamine, which surprised the researchers since dopamine deficiency is the cause of Parkinson’s. Russian scientists Tatyana Sotnikova and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ecstasy-amphetamines-reverses-parkinsons-disease-in-study/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

US. Scientists at Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research have created zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans. Actually the dogs are normal after re-animation. So they are alive as before. Read on to find their technique. Don't try this at home. Pittsburgh's Safar [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/re-animation-better-than-zombies-of-dogs-by-us-scientists/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on why being argumentative is a virtue

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/argue-youre-an-indian/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Whatever your age, your body is many years younger. In fact, even if you are middle-aged, most of you may be ten years younger or less. This heartening truth, which arises from the fact that most body tissues are under constant renewal, has been underlined by a novel method of estimatin the age of human [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/your-body-is-much-younger-than-you-think/

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Neuralyzers, a fictional device to wipe memories or re-program them, became popular with Men in Black movie series. Scientists report that beta-blockers (like Atenolol), a popular blood pressure reducing drug, can be effectively used to wipe out bad memories, in other words neuralyzers for common man. U.S. psychiatrists say they've found a way to blot out [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/beta-blockers-as-neuralizing-agents/

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: java

Justin compares the three popular Java Testing (mostly unit testing) frameworks - JUnit, TestNG and JTiger. He provides an unbiased view IMHO despite his lack of experience in TestNG or JTiger before the comparison. He couldn't decide a clear winner. However he does provide a detailed view on their capabilities. I would recommend new users to choose [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comparing-java-testing-frameworks-junit-jtiger-and-testng/

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: software, java

Debugging guidelines for NetBeans and Sun Java Studio Enterprise. Debugging Tips for Applications Built With Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 Debugging Java Software using NetBeans 3.6

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/debugging-java-software-using-netbeans-and-sun-java-studio-enterprise-7/

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: java

Miniature Design Patterns on Sun Java Studio Creator. I think you will find them rather useful. It is helpful to have guidelines or recommended practices to help you make the most effective use of Sun Java Studio Creator 2 IDE. This article contains miniature design patterns for implementing the various components of an application using [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/design-patterns-of-sun-java-studio-creator/

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: spam

Christopher Abad, a research scientist with Cloudmark, a San Francisco-based spam filtering service provider spend time lurking (possibly using bots) in phishing communities and gained valuable understanding on their economies and social structure. To summarize the economy is still based on demand-and-supply (no surprise here) - "Phishing economies are self-organized merchants and consumers governed only by [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/spending-time-with-phishers-phishing-society-economics-etc/