Sons: NYC asst. principal with swine flu very ill
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Maintenance workers scrubbed desks and door handles Friday in a flu swine outbreak that shut down three New York City public schools and left an assistant principal hospitalized in critical condition ...
Fathers respond to teens' risky sexual behavior with increased supervision
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May 15, 2009 |
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Two-thirds of American teenagers have sex by the time they're 18. A new longitudinal study finds that when adolescents engage in risky sexual activity, fathers respond by increasing their efforts to supervise and monitor ...
Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have identified a common genetic ...
Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right
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Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.
Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals
May 15, 2009 |
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The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. One potential route is through veterinarians, who, according to a new report by University of Iowa College of ...
Two targeted therapies likely better than one in patients with aggressive lymphoma
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When combined with a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs, two monoclonal antibodies, instead of one, appear to offer superior results in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to Mayo Clinic researchers working ...
Early childhood health interventions could save billions in health costs later in life
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Promoting the health of young children, before five years of age, could save society up to $65 billion in future health care costs, according to an examination of childhood health conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
Study points toward relationship between cancer stem cells and prognosis in primary breast cancer
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Breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy prior to surgery had heightened levels of cancer-initiating stem cells in their bone marrow, and the level of such cells correlated to a tumor's lymph node involvement, according ...
Study first to evaluate prevalence, impact of off label chemotherapy in breast cancer
May 15, 2009 |
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At some point during their care, more than one-third of metastatic breast cancer patients receive chemotherapy off label, the legal use of FDA-approved drugs in a different indication than for which they were ...
Researchers: agent provides treatment option for women with hot flashes
May 15, 2009 |
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A pill used for nerve pain offers women relief from hot flashes, Mayo Clinic researchers report at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
A third dimension for mobile phones
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional viewing has not yet made it in a big way onto our television and cinema screens. According to European researchers, the story of 3-D TV is set to be quite different with mobile devices, ...
Texas reports state's 3rd death from swine flu
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Texas health officials have say a 33-year-old Corpus Christi man died earlier this month of swine flu.
Discovery of facial malformation gene
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first specific genetic mutation which can cause a potentially serious facial disfigurement has been identified by researchers at Oxford University. The finding, published online in the ...
Educational initiatives improve quality of care delivery
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A study of targeted educational initiatives between the clinical staff at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the hospitals within their Partners program suggest that educational interventions by academic cancer centers can improve ...
Long-term study results validate efficacy of CT scans for chest pain diagnosis
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The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular ...
