Vaccine and drug research aimed at ticks and mosquitoes to prevent disease transmission
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Most successful vaccines and drugs rely on protecting humans or animals by blocking certain bacteria from growing in their systems. But, a new theory actually hopes to take stopping infectious diseases such as West Nile ...
Exposure to secondhand smoke reduced
Dec 02, 2008 |
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As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been reduced. In an article published in the January 2009 ...
Risk of death may be higher with drug commonly used during cardiac surgery
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 02, 2008 |
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The risks of death are probably higher with aprotinin, a drug commonly used to control blood loss and transfusions during cardiac surgery, compared with lysine analogues, according to a study http://www.cmaj.ca//cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.081109 to be published in the January 20th issue of CMAJ. ...
New test for depression
Dec 02, 2008 |
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A new universal test to predict the risk of someone succumbing to major depression has been developed by UCL (University College London) researchers. The online tool, predictD, could eventually be used by family doctors and ...
Innovative MRI-based technique
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new approach to the early prediction of the evolution of cerebral infarcts caused by stroke has just been evaluated on nearly 100 patients. The NEURiNFARCT technique yields an estimate of ...
Researchers identify gene in age-related hearing loss
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop?
Engineers: Wireless crib monitor keeps tabs on baby's breathing
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing.
Scientist urges new look at government 'Web-tapping'
Dec 02, 2008 |
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The technology of government surveillance has changed dramatically, and the rules governing surveillance should be changed accordingly. Chris Bronk, a fellow in technology, society and public policy at Rice University's Baker ...
CT colonography offers 1-stop screening for cancer and osteoporosis
Dec 02, 2008 |
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New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once—colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults ...
Bringing lab-on-a-chip to a surgery near you
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If doctors were able to conduct efficient genetic analysis at the point of care, using inexpensive, portable equipment, it would revolutionise disease detection and treatment. European researchers ...
Thrombosis patients face greater risks than previously believed
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Deep venous thrombosis (DVT), the formation of blood clots in the lower limbs, is the third-most common vascular disease in North America after heart attack and stroke, and is a frequent complication in hospitalized patients. ...
Researcher develops image processing system that detects moods
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Dr. Prabir Bhattacharya and his computers might. He and Concordia graduate student Abu Sayeed Sohail are developing a computer image processing system that detects and classifies ...
HER2 levels may aid in treatment selection for metastatic breast cancer
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Findings published in the December 1, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, show lapatinib benefits women with HER2-positive breast cancer, while women with H ...
Imitation is not just flattery for Amazon butterfly species
Biology /
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Many studies of evolution focus on the benefits to the individual of competing successfully – those who survive produce the most offspring, in Darwin's classic 'survival of the fittest'. But how does this translate to the ...
New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 02, 2008 |
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A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused ...
