Common human viruses threaten endangered great apes
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Jan 25, 2008 |
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Common human viruses are responsible for outbreaks of respiratory disease that have led to the decline of endangered chimpanzees in the wild, according to a study reported online on January 24th in Current Bi ...
Can condoms prevent sexually transmitted infections other than HIV?
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Consistent condom use can reduce the spread of HIV, but are they the answer to rising rates of other sexually transmitted infections? Researchers debate the issue in this week’s BMJ.
Study: Birth Pill Protects Against Ovarian Cancer
Jan 25, 2008 |
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The contraceptive Pill gives women substantial and long-lasting protection against ovarian cancer, according to a new report led by Oxford scientists published in The Lancet.
ITRAC on track and bridging gap between academic research and applied discovery
Jan 25, 2008 |
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In a novel manner which gives new meaning to the word transformative, researchers from the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center are integrating some of the best practices of industry into the strengths of ...
Amalgam fillings don't affect children's brain development, says study
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Dental amalgam tooth fillings do not adversely affect children’s brain development and neurological status, researchers report in the February issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Making time fly: ISU professor studies how to moderate waiting time with customers
Jan 25, 2008 |
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We've all been there. You decide to go out for dinner and after being seated, you can't get service from the wait staff. Or you're at the airport waiting on flight delays and stuck in the customer service line, desperately ...
Nurse tries to adopt patient's child
Jan 25, 2008 |
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The Manitoba College of Registered Nurses disciplined a Canadian nurse for trying to adopt the child of one of her patients.
Anthrax cellular entry point uncovered
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Jan 25, 2008 |
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The long-sought-after biological “gateway” that anthrax uses to enter healthy cells has been uncovered by microbiologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
How far does the apple fall from the tree?
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Australians have a greater chance of rising up the income ladder over generations than Americans do, according to new research from The Australian National University.
Study examines self-expanding plastic stents in the treatment of benign esophageal conditions
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Researchers from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently examined the use of self-expanding plastic stents (SEPSs) in the treatment of benign esophageal disease and found that use of SEPSs resulted in frequent stent ...
Climate change poses a huge threat to human health
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Climate change will have a huge impact on human health and bold environmental policy decisions are needed now to protect the world’s population, according to the author of an article published in the BMJ today.
Metabolic syndrome affects nearly 1 in 10 US teens
Jan 25, 2008 |
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About nine percent of teenagers may have metabolic syndrome, a clustering of risk factors that put them on the path toward heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. This shocking statistic represents some of the first concentrated ...
Biologists use computers to study bacterial cell division
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Jan 25, 2008 |
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A group of computational biologists at Virginia Tech have created a mathematical model of the process that regulates cell division in a common bacterium, confirming hypotheses, providing new insights, identifying gaps in ...
Research Aims to Find Most Effective Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Experts no longer consider the family to be the cause of a young person’s onset of anorexia; instead, the family is being looked to as a solution for this serious and potentially lethal disease.
New insights into vaccination for HIV
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Jan 25, 2008 |
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A group of Australian researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and New South Wales have developed new tools and paradigms to understand immune evasion from HIV. The study, published Friday, January 25 in PLoS Pathogens, shows ...
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