FDA OKs heart valve made from human tissue
Feb 07, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first replacement heart valve made from donated human tissue in which the cells have been removed.
New cements for vertebral lesions
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A number of researchers at the Department of Polymer Science and Technology at the Chemistry Faculty from San Sebastian at the University of the Basque Country, led by Ms Isabel Goñi and Ms Marilo Gurrutxaga, are studying ...
Team treatment for depression cuts medical costs
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A team approach to treating depression in older adults, already shown to improve health, can also cut total health-care costs, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. The study appears in the February ...
Elderly more likely to deny smoking when asked
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More elderly adults are lighting up cigarettes and not reporting their nicotine habits to doctors and others, according to findings from one of the first studies to examine the accuracy of self-reported smoking habits by ...
Might fish provide Lowe-down on boyhood disease?
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Scientists have been awarded £72,000 to study zebrafish in a bid to understand the causes of an incurable genetic disorder in humans. The University of Manchester team will use the model organism to investigate ...
Poor health literacy cause for alarm
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The Healthy Communities Research Centre at UQ Ipswich is calling for a national focus on "health literacy" following the release of findings which reveal that most Australians don't have the basic knowledge to keep themselves ...
