Six North American sites hold 12,900-year-old nanodiamond-rich soil
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous ...
Scientists closing the zap on dengue fever
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Jan 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A mosquito-borne virus that each year harms up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 is a step closer to being controlled after a breakthrough by Queensland scientists.
The gold standard: researchers use nanoparticles to make 3-D DNA nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building ...
USC dentist links Fosomax-type drugs to jaw necrosis
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University Of Southern California, School Of Dentistry release results of clinical data that links oral bisphosphonates to increased jaw necrosis. The study is among the first to acknowledge that even short-term ...
Fewer deaths with preventive antibiotic use
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Administering antibiotics as a preventive measure to patients in intensive care units (ICUs) increases their chances of survival. This has emerged from a study involving nearly sixthousand Dutch patients in thirteen hospitals. ...
Arousal frequency in heart failure found to be a unique sleep problem
Jan 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep demonstrates that the frequent arousals from sleep that occur in heart failure patients with central sleep apnea (CSA) may reflect the presence of another underlying arousal ...
Study shows that the societal, economic burden of insomnia is high
Jan 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that the indirect costs of untreated insomnia are significantly greater than the direct costs associated with its treatment. The study estimates that the total annual ...
Antioxidants offer pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Antioxidant supplementation was found to be effective in relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), reports a new study in Gastroenterology. CP is a progressive inflam ...
Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too
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A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December ...
MRSA pre-screening effective in reducing otolaryngic surgical infection rates
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Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January ...
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