Clumps of red and white blood cells may contribute to sickle cell disease
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It’s long been known that patients with sickle cell disease have malformed, “sickle-shaped” red blood cells – which are normally disc-shaped – that can cause sudden painful episodes when they block small blood vessels.
Discovery Ready for Final Assembly and Checkout
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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Space shuttle Discovery rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, where the shuttle's external tank and two solid rocket boosters await. Discovery was ...
Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women associated with increased risk of stroke
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Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Even part-time work can have a negative effect on breastfeeding rates, says new study
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Part-time and casual work among new mothers has almost as big a negative impact on breastfeeding rates as returning to work full-time, says a new study led by the University of Melbourne.
Newly refined antibody therapy may be potent treatment for autoimmune diseases
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An old, fickle therapy for a variety of autoimmune diseases is getting a makeover, thanks to a decade-long investigation by Rockefeller University researchers. The original treatment, called intravenous immunoglobulin or ...
Tight blood pressure control not enough to temper kidney disease in African-Americans
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Even when their blood pressure is kept strictly under control with the best available medicine, African-American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) continue to lose their kidney function over time, research led by ...
New analysis finds daycare attendance early in life cuts childhood leukemia risk by 30 percent
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Children who attend day care or play groups have about a 30% lower risk of developing the most common type of childhood leukaemia than those who do not, according to a new analysis of studies investigating the link.
Thyrotropin levels may be associated with coronary heart disease mortality in women
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Women with increasing levels of thyrotropin within the normal range appear to have a higher risk of fatal coronary heart disease, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JA ...
Astronauts to talk with selected students
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency says some U.S. students will be talking this week with the astronauts who will service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Study finds diabetes doubling before motherhood
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Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
Engineers create new technique for malaria diagnosis
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Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Coventry have developed the first new technique for diagnosing malaria able to challenge the rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) currently used in the field.
Use of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes associated with increased risk of death, heart attack
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An analysis of studies involving the use of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes indicates their use is associated with an increased risk of death and heart attack, according to a JAMA study being released early online, and ...
African Americans have 5 times higher amputation rate
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The overall amputation rate in northern Illinois is declining due to improved care for diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, new research shows. But not everyone is reaping the benefits.
Transitioning patients with pediatric disease to adulthood
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Growing pains can mean one thing for a typical adolescent and quite another to an older teen with cerebral palsy attempting independence in an adult world. A unique program, the Indiana University School of Medicine Center ...
Study calls for action on heart risks from certain anti-cancer drugs
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Heart damage from certain anti-cancer drugs no longer should be regarded as a rare or relatively unimportant complication, scientists in Italy have concluded in a new overview of research on the cardiotoxicity ...
