Elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients not receiving quality care
Oct 17, 2007 |
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If the care received by vulnerable older people concurrently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid was evaluated on a grading scale, it would squeak by with a barely passing mark, a new UCLA study has found.
Study questions assumptions about human sensitivity to biological motion
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Humans may not be any more sensitive in detecting biological motion compared with nonbiological motion, concludes a study recently published in Journal of Vision, an online, free-access publication of the Association for ...
New peritoneal dialysis diagnostic discovered
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Thanks to a discovery by scientists at Robarts Research Institute and The University of Western Ontario, patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis may soon be able to worry less about the risks of infection and lessen their ...
Space Shuttle Discovery 'Go' For Oct. 23 Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2007 |
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NASA senior managers Tuesday completed a detailed review of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected Oct. 23 as the official launch date. Commander Pam Melroy and her six crewmates are scheduled ...
Antifibrinolytic drugs reduce blood loss during cardiac surgery
Oct 17, 2007 |
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The amount of blood loss that occurs during major complex surgery is limited by the body’s ability to form blood clots. These close off small vessels and prevent more blood leaking out of the patient’s circulatory system. ...
Gene defects could be new cause of male infertility
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a gene crucial to the final step of the formation of a functional sperm cell.
Obese children show early signs of heart disease
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Children who are obese or who are at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease similar to obese adults with heart disease, a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found.
Insulin's brain impact links drugs and diabetes
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Insulin, long known as an important regulator of blood glucose levels, now has a newly appreciated role in the brain.
A new baseline of invasive plants in Isabela
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Oct 17, 2007 |
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Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) botanists have published a list of all the introduced plants growing in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, the third largest town in Galapagos. 261 species were recorded, 39 of which were found ...
Tolerance to inhalants may be caused by changes in gene expression
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Oct 17, 2007 |
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Changes in the expression of genes may be the reason why people who abuse inhalants, such as spray paint or glue, quickly develop a tolerance, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
Acupuncture Reduces Pain, Need for Opioids after Surgery
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Using acupuncture before and during surgery significantly reduces the level of pain and the amount of potent painkillers needed by patients after the surgery is over, according to Duke University Medical Center anesthesiologists ...
Accessory protein determines whether pheromones are detected
Oct 17, 2007 |
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Pheromones are like the molecules you taste as you chomp on a greasy french fry: big and fatty. In research to be published in the October 17 advance online issue of Nature, Rockefeller University researchers reveal an una ...
NASA Concludes Successful Fuse Mission
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Oct 17, 2007 |
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After an eight-year run that gave astronomers a completely new perspective on the universe, NASA has concluded the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer mission. The satellite, known as FUSE, became inoperable in July when ...
