N.Y. cracks down on weight-loss surgery
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New York health officials said it plans to restrict the number of hospitals that can perform weight-loss surgery.
Killer freeze of '07 illustrates paradoxes of warming climate
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Widespread damage to plants from a sudden freeze that occurred across the Eastern United States from 5 April to 9 April 2007 was made worse because it had been preceded by two weeks of unusual warmth, according ...
Ski tourism stressing capercaillie
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Ski tourism is raising stress levels among capercaillie, which could harm the birds’ fitness and ability to breed successfully, ecologists have found. Writing in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, resear ...
'Innocent bystanders' can be the cause of tumor development
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Tumor growth has commonly been viewed as a result of mutations in a given cell that will therefore proliferate uncontrollably. However, a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has demonstrated that in certain ...
Serum fibrosis markers correlate with liver fibrosis stage in patients with advanced chronic hep C
Mar 03, 2008 |
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A prospective study of patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C (CHC) revealed that a 3-variable model of serum fibrosis markers, including serum HA, TIMP-1 and platelet count, could identify cirrhosis with better accuracy ...
Jules Verne ATV launch rescheduled to March 9
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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Arianespace and the European Space Agency confirm today that the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, is delayed 24 hours due to a technical concern about the ATV/Ariane 5 launcher ...
FDA issues Spiriva and Foradil advisory
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 03, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory concerning the correct use of Spiriva and Foradil capsules.
New satellite imaging research could save the lemur in Madagascar
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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New satellite imaging research may help save the dwindling lemur population in the African nation of Madagascar.
The incredible, hypoallergenic egg: New process to help egg-allergy sufferers
Mar 03, 2008 |
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People who suffer from egg allergies may soon be able to have their quiche and eat it too. Chemists in Germany and Switzerland report development of a new process that greatly reduces allergens in eggs and may lead to safer, ...
Scientists discover who is likely to get dry eye syndrome after LASIK surgery
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that people with a certain low level of tear production are more likely to develop chronic dry eye syndrome after LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), laser ...
Misdiagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
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In an article recommended by Annelies Boonen of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, researchers look at the way rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed by analysing the administrative databases used by physicians in Quebec.
Long-term cycles in American national electoral politics occur more rapidly than previously believed
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American electoral politics have been characterized by frequent and regular cycles of support for the Republican and Democratic parties. A new study has found that these cycles, and the shifts in party control that accompany ...
Swiss researchers develop antibody test
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ETH Zurich professor Peter Seeberger has been working on a sugar-based malaria vaccine for years. The new test takes him one important step closer to his goal. The malaria pathogen plasmodium falciparum carries poisonous ...
In early childhood, continuous care by 1 doctor improves delivery of health screenings
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Children examined by the same doctor during their first six months of life are more likely to receive appropriate preventive health screenings -- for lead poisoning, anemia and tuberculosis -- by age two. Pediatric researchers ...
Researchers develop new tool to predict who will use microbicides
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Using a new tool designed to measure a woman’s willingness to use a microbicide (topical gels designed to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV), researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown University found that women who ...
