Would you like a large shake with that little Mac?
Mar 26, 2008 |
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What began as a way to prevent damage to the hard drive from a dropped laptop has led to an innovative project that lets seismology and engineering students or researchers study, store and share data to better ...
Coronary calcium testing predicts future heart ailments
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health, according to a study ...
Tropical disease experts call for a 'Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases'
Mar 26, 2008 |
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An international team of tropical disease control experts has urged the global health and development community, and particularly the G8 leaders, to establish a new financing mechanism to combat the neglected tropical diseases ...
Large multicenter study suggests new genetic markers for Crohn's disease
Mar 26, 2008 |
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What is believed to be the largest study of its kind for the genetic roots of inflammatory bowel diseases has suggested new links to Crohn’s Disease as well as further evidence that some people of Jewish descent are more ...
PET confirmed as valuable cancer diagnostic and disease-staging tool
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The recent release of data by the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) showing that positron emission tomography (PET) produced scans revealing disease at a molecular level, which then caused physicians to change treatment ...
Keeping in good shape in old age is harder for women, study finds
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Women aged 65-plus find it harder than men of the same age to preserve muscle — which probably impacts on their ability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research.
Somalia free of polio once again
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The World Health Organization said Somalia is once again polio-free thanks to the efforts of 10,000 health workers and volunteers.
FDA warns about dietary supplements
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers not to use "Blue Steel" or "Hero" dietary supplements.
NTT DoCoMo Achieves 250Mbps Downlink in Super 3G Field Experiment
Mar 26, 2008 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system for mobile communications.
Scientists launch first comprehensive database of human oral microbiome
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Scientists know more today than ever before about the microbes that inhabit our mouths. They know so much, in fact, that gathering all of the relevant bits of information into one place when designing experiments can be ...
MRI's high false positive rate has little impact on women's choice of preventive mastectomy
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) falsely detects breast cancer in five out of every six positive scans according to new research into the use of MRI for women with a high, inherited risk of developing the disease. However, ...
Study shows lifetime effects of pediatric liver transplants
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Parents of pediatric liver transplant recipients report lower health-related quality of life for their children two years after the surgery, compared to reports from the parents of healthy children. However, reports of family ...
Umbilical cord blood cell therapy in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease
Mar 26, 2008 |
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A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease, based on the results of a study in a mouse ...
More Honduran cantaloupes recalled
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded a voluntary recall of Honduran cantaloupes because of possible salmonella contamination.
Statistics are insufficient for study of proteins' signal system
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Ten years ago great attention was attracted by the discovery that it was possible to demonstrate signal transfer in proteins using statistical methods. In an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...
