Brain study suggests way to measure, treat autism
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Researchers have pinpointed subtle deficits in the brains of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that they say could aid more precise diagnoses and perhaps improve treatment of ASD. The researchers discovered characteristic ...
Barnacles go to great lengths to mate
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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Compelled to mate, yet firmly attached to the rock, barnacles have evolved the longest penis of any animal for their size - up to 8 times their body length - so they can find and fertilize distant neighbours.
Wrong medicine kills new mother
Feb 06, 2008 |
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A jury in Britain has returned a verdict of unlawful killing in the death of a woman who had just given birth at Great Western Hospital in Swindon.
Researchers identify a worldwide-distributed clone of bacteria responsible for Legionnaire's disease
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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A study published online today in Genome Research describes new insights into Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria responsible for most cases of Legionnaires’ disease. This report investigates the genetic background of L. pneumop ...
Impact of electronic personal health record on hypertension under study
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation’s leading chronic diseases is under study.
Gene plays 'Jekyll and Hyde' in brain cancer
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Perhaps the only positive spin one can put on the brain cancer glioblastoma is that it’s relatively uncommon. Other than that, the news is bad. It is nearly always fatal, it tends to strike people in the prime of their lives, ...
Older women more susceptible to depression than older men
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Older women are more prone to depression and are more likely to remain depressed than older men, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the February Archives of General Psychiatry.
PET outperforms CT in characterization of lung nodules
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Researchers involved in a large, multi-institutional study comparing the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) in the characterization of lung nodules found that PET was far more reliable ...
Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV infection in individuals with HSV-2
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 06, 2008 |
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An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people ...
HP Introduces Advanced Family of Disk Arrays at Entry-level Prices
Feb 06, 2008 |
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HP today introduced a new family of entry-level disk arrays with enterprise-class features that can help customers more effectively centralize storage to lower costs, increase administrator efficiency and reduce business ...
FDA acts against unapproved colchicine
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 06, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will take action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.
Gene found to play a suppressor role in skin cancer development
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Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham Institute) have provided genetic evidence that Activating Transcription Factor 2 (ATF2) plays a suppressor role in skin cancer development. ATF2 is a protein ...
