Innovative antennae may signal a 'new wave' in health care provision
May 14, 2008 |
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Compact, wireless and power efficient body sensors that allow doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely are a step closer thanks to new research.
First use of DNA fingerprinting to identify viable embryos
May 14, 2008 |
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Fertility researchers have used DNA fingerprinting for the first time to identify which embryos have implanted after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and developed successfully to result in the births of healthy babies. The technique, ...
Researchers fine-tune clot-busting treatment for bleeding in brain
May 14, 2008 |
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A multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins doctors has fine-tuned the dosage and timing for administering clot-busting tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to patients with strokes caused by bleeding within the brain. The treatment, ...
Sticky gecko feet: The role of temperature and humidity
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May 14, 2008 |
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A team of five University of Akron researchers has published the paper, “Sticky gecko feet: the role of temperature and humidity” in PLoS ONE, an open-access, online journal for peer-reviewed scientific and medical research.
Study shows that prostate cancer increases the risk of bone fracture
May 14, 2008 |
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As unlikely as it sounds, scientists at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture.
Research sheds new light on heroin addiction
May 14, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the ...
Aprotinin associated with increased risk of death
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 14, 2008 |
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Aprotinin is associated with a 50 per cent increase in the relative risk of death, according to a major Canadian clinical trial comparing three drugs routinely used to prevent blood loss during heart surgery. The trial, published ...
Hospitals that mostly treat Medicaid patients have made smaller quality performance gains
May 14, 2008 |
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Hospitals that predominantly treat poor and underserved patients (often referred to as safety-net hospitals) have made smaller improvements in quality performance measures in recent years compared to hospitals that do not ...
Hospital pay for performance incentives may backfire among safety-net hospitals
May 14, 2008 |
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The same government-backed incentive programs aimed at improving the care all Americans receive in hospitals may be widening the gap between poor, underserved patients and those who are insured or can afford to pay for their ...
Window of opportunity for restoring oaks small, new study finds
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May 14, 2008 |
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Communities of Oregon white oak were once widespread in the Pacific Northwest’s western lowlands, but, today, they are in decline. Fire suppression, conifer and invasive plant encroachment, and land use change have resulted ...
Taking on Britain's 'sick note culture'
May 14, 2008 |
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GPs should lend a hand to beat the ‘sick note culture’ that sees millions of working days lost every year, according to a survey of smaller business owners.
Neglected tropical diseases rarely make the headlines
May 14, 2008 |
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A new study of leading news organizations has found that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) rarely make headlines, despite the huge amount of illness, suffering, and poverty that they cause. The study is published May 14th ...
Female sex offenders often have mental problems
May 14, 2008 |
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Women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. This according to the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in ...
New role found for a cardiac progenitor population
May 14, 2008 |
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In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of ...
Study confirms link between mothers' depression, young children's injuries
May 14, 2008 |
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Infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group, according to a new study. The study’s findings, published ...
