Warning to London 2012: Decide now or pay later
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Olympic Games organisers are being warned to make key decisions now about the long-term use of the 2012 stadium - or face costs that will spiral out of control.
Mayo Clinic seeks new therapies for alcoholic hepatitis
Dec 01, 2008 |
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A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. The results of the study ...
Childhood vaccines cause financial burden to many health care providers
Dec 01, 2008 |
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The costs that health care providers are charged and reimbursed for childhood vaccines vary widely, and the high cost of some immunizations is leading to significant financial strain for some physicians, according ...
Study unmasks how ovarian tumors evade immune system
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins have determined how the characteristic shedding of fatty substances, or lipids, by ovarian tumors allows the cancer to evade the body's immune system, leaving the disease to spread unchecked. Ovarian ...
Coronary CTA: Non-invasive, low cost alternative for 'intermediate risk' patients
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Coronary CTA offers a low cost, non-invasive alternative to conventional angiography for evaluating patients who are suspected of having coronary artery disease; true even if the patients have calcified coronary artery plaques, ...
Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, according to a new in-depth study by an international team of scientists, including ...
Endangered sawfish focus of national collection and recovery efforts
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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The University of Florida, keeper of the world's shark attack records, is also now overseeing a national records collection for another toothy marine predator: the sawfish.
Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists increases risks
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal death reports a retrospective ...
Powerful online tool for protein analysis provided pro bono by Stanford geneticist
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Scientists around the world may benefit from a powerful new database, available for free online, that will help them to home in on the parts of proteins most necessary for their function.
New movement models tested at the Smithsonian in Panama
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Feeling threatened? Hungry? Looking for a mate? Move! Tracking and remote sensing data are making it easier to locate organisms and find out what they are up to. However, general theories of movement are lacking. ...
Curbing hormones' effects in obese patients could aid against breast cancer
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests.
New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Although naturally occurring smallpox was eradicated in 1977, there is concern that bioterrorists might obtain smallpox from a laboratory and release it into the population. Under such circumstances, the supply of smallpox ...
ACP recommends routine HIV screening for all patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2008 |
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On World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians (ACP) is giving doctors a call-to-action to routinely encourage HIV screening to all of their patients older than 13 years. This new practice guideline appears on the ...
The symptoms of T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) is an unusual form mantle cell lymphoma characterized by polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy associated with retrovirus, ...
Revolutionary high-speed 'cloud' software announced by new University of Melbourne start-up
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Revolutionary new software which harnesses the power of networked computers to analyse data at high speeds is being developed by new start-up company Manjrasoft Pty Ltd and researchers within the University of Melbourne, ...
