Rats on cocaine reveal parallels to human addiction
Two studies by French and British researchers show rats exhibit compulsive cocaine seeking similar to addicted humans. Extended exposure plus genetic factors appear key, with about 17 percent of rats meeting addiction criteria and 15 percent of humans becoming addicts, researchers say.
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Dead Zone Returns In Pacific Study Off Oregon Coast
Oregon State University researchers Anthony Kirincich and Francis Chan aboard the Elakha probe Pacific waters for very low oxygen levels signaling the Dead Zone. They monitor ebbing and surging zone movement to track climate driven changes and its impact on marine life and local fisheries.
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Oregon Dead Zone Study Off Cape Perpetua Aims to Uncover Causes
National Ocean Service reports Oregon State University researchers aboard the Elakha collect Pacific water samples to study a Dead Zone off the central Oregon Coast. Jack Barth notes limited understanding of its cause and links hypoxic events to circulation changes and water sources for the Oregon Continental Shelf.
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Three Vietnamese Die From Bird Flu H5N1
Three people in Vietnam died from the H5N1 bird flu strain between July 30 and August 3. Two children aged 4 and 1 died in Ha Tay province near Hanoi, and a third death occurred in Hau Giang province in the Mekong Delta. WHO officials were alerted and planned talks with Vietnamese health authorities.
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Mekong
Ho Chi Minh City
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Minist of Health
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