A proposed IVF ban could lower twin births
Sep 18, 2006 |
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With increasing numbers of twins swamping intensive care units, British women may soon be barred from having twins through in vitro fertilization treatment.
Road wends its way through stomach
Sep 18, 2006 |
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A computer model or "virtual stomach" revealed a central "road" in the human stomach, dubbed the Magenstrasse, that could explain why pharmaceuticals sometimes have a large variability in drug activation times, according ...
Cardiologist's 'living chip' changes science of disease monitoring
Sep 18, 2006 |
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For patients living with heart failure and other health conditions, blood draws and diagnostic tests are commonplace in order to evaluate their condition. Often, though, chemical or physiologic changes silently cause damage ...
Swotting up on sex differences
Sep 18, 2006 |
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A University of Queensland researcher is investigating the genetic triggers of key differences between males and females including longevity and particular disease rates.
Uniform tungsten trimers stand and deliver
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2006 |
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Like tiny nano-soldiers on parade, the cyclic tungsten trioxide clusters line up molecule-by-molecule on the titanium dioxide platform. One tungsten atom from each cluster is raised slightly, holding forth ...
Is snuff the answer to quitting smoking?
Sep 18, 2006 |
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Researchers in Washington say smokeless tobacco is much safer than cigarettes but the jury is out on whether smokers should be encouraged to switch habits.
New moms who quit smoking fear weight gain
Sep 18, 2006 |
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Researchers in Pittsburgh say nicotine addiction does not explain why so many women who quit smoking during pregnancy resume the habit after delivery.
British troops get untested drug
Sep 18, 2006 |
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British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated with an experimental blood-clotting drug that has not been fully tested, it was reported Saturday.
