Novel treatments and current clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease therapies show promise
Oct 23, 2008 |
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The past 25 years have seen an explosion of scientific investigations into the basic neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Unfortunately, the gap between bench and bedside remains as vast as ever. Recent progress, however, ...
Post-cardiac arrest care key to survival
Oct 23, 2008 |
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The urgent need for treatment doesn't end when a person regains a pulse after suffering sudden cardiac arrest — healthcare providers need to move quickly into post-cardiac arrest care to keep a person alive and ensure the ...
UCLA develops safer, more effective TB vaccine for HIV-positive people
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 23, 2008 |
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UCLA scientists engineered a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine specifically designed for HIV-positive people that was shown to be safer and more potent than the current TB vaccine in preclinical trials.
Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch ...
Making flies sick reveals new role for growth factors in immunity
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Oct 23, 2008 |
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A Salmonella infection is not a positive experience. However, by infecting the common laboratory fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster with a Salmonella strain known for causing humans intestinal grief, researchers in the Sc ...
IT outsourcing could benefit rural hospitals, researchers find
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Patients expect the most up-to-date equipment and technology at hospitals, regardless of the institution's size or budget. Providing that technology, however, can be difficult for small, rural hospitals that often lack the ...
Racialization of drugs mobilizes prior conceptions of identity
Oct 23, 2008 |
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If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics shows that when we use claims about drugs ...
Nearly half of US states fail on emergency plan communication, new study shows
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Seven years after Sept. 11, and in the wake of many major natural disasters such as forest fires, hurricanes and flooding, nearly half of U.S. states either have no state-level emergency plan or do not provide it readily ...
Study finds that practice makes perfect in lung cancer surgery
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Patients operated on by surgeons who do not routinely remove cancer from the lungs may be at a higher risk for complications, according to a study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Avian flu threat: New approach needed
Oct 23, 2008 |
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As the first globally co-ordinated plan for the planet's gravest health threats is hatched by government ministers from around the world this weekend, a new report sets out a 10-point plan for this new, globalised approach ...
Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery
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Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study is published online in ...
UK teen suicide rates on the decline
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Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28% in the seven year period from 1997-2003, shows a study published today in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The study, carried out by researchers at the ...
Researchers downplay MRSA screening as effective infection control intervention
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Three Virginia Commonwealth University epidemiologists are downplaying the value of mandatory universal nasal screening of patients for MRSA, arguing that proven, hospital-wide infection control practices can prevent more ...
Overweight women find health care access and attitudes a constant struggle
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Women who are overweight and obese can find accessing healthcare difficult and stressful, according to research in the latest UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing.
