Recreation and park agencies play a key role in promoting healthy lifestyles
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When community leaders brainstorm ways to improve the health and well-being of youth and families, a team usually brings together doctors and health care professionals, hospitals, public health organizations and schools. ...
Researchers find differences in swallowing mechanism of Rett syndrome patients
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Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that the reflux and swallowing problems that are common symptoms in patients with Rett syndrome and other neurological impairments, may be caused by ...
Study looks at keeping migrant workers' children healthy
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As Ohio and Michigan fruit and vegetable farms yield this year's harvest, they also will provide data about the eating choices of Latino migrant children for a Case Western Reserve University researcher. Information gathered ...
Research exposes new target for malaria drugs
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The malaria parasite has waged a successful guerrilla war against the human immune system for eons, but a study in this week's Journal of Biological Chemistry has exposed one of the tricks malaria uses to hide from the immune ...
Treatment with anti-anemia drugs may not be safe for multiple myeloma patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 04, 2008 |
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A recent study published in American Journal of Hematology demonstrated that Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), a widely used drug to treat anemia, may have a negative impact on the survival of myeloma patients. In the ...
1 in 10 children using cough, cold medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that approximately one in ten U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week. These findings appear in the August issue ...
First national study of diving-related injuries
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If it's at the Olympic Games or at the neighborhood pool, diving is one of the fastest growing sports in this country. Every day millions of people do it and every four years during the Olympics, billions of people watch ...
UMC's Embedded DRAM, URAM Proven in 65nm Customer Silicon
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UMC, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has produced functional 65nm customer products incorporating URAM, the company's patented embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology.
Long-term HIV treatment may reduce risk for atherosclerosis
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Antiretroviral drugs for HIV do not increase the risk for coronary atherosclerosis, a central risk factor for heart disease, according to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to be ...
Study highlights risky behavior, lack of care among HIV-infected crack users
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Doctors who treat HIV-infected crack users refer to them as "the forgotten population." A study being presented at this week's International AIDS Conference in Mexico City reveals that these patients frequently lack outpatient ...
