A dangerous precedent in HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Infection with HIV could quadruple in certain populations if people with HIV follow potentially misleading advice contained in a statement from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, University of New South Wales (UNSW) ...
Improved estrogen reception may sharpen fuzzy memory
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Estrogen treatments may sharpen mental performance in women with certain medical conditions, but University of Florida researchers suggest that recharging a naturally occurring estrogen receptor in the brain may also clear ...
San Diego Supercomputer Center director urges academia to make cyberinfrastructure 'real'
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Comprising the "infrastructure" for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure – the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources – is essential for future research advancement ...
2 different breast cancer screening strategies are equally effective
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An organized population-based breast cancer screening program in Norway and an approach to screening that relies on physician- and self-referrals in Vermont are equally sensitive for detecting cancer, researchers report in ...
New study finds smoking predicts increased stroke risk for your spouse
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Although Second Hand Smoke (SHS) is widely accepted as a risk factor for coronary heart disease, there have been few studies investigating the association of SHS and stroke risk. In a new study, published in the September ...
Let the cat keep chasing the mouse
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For the first time an international researcher team has developed a model, which identifies potential habitats and corridors for the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris). Using Rheinland-Pfalz as an ...
Alcohol is associated with risk of perennial allergic rhinitis
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There is a link between alcohol consumption and increased risk of perennial allergic rhinitis, according to a recent Danish study of 5,870 young adult women. The study, published in the July issue of Clinical and Experimental Al ...
Note to people with scarred and stiffened lungs: Monitor your sleep before severe fatigue sets in
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Family, friends and neighbors remember Lisa Sandler Spaeth as an active mother of two in Potomac, Md., with a lot on the go, juggling her son's baseball games and her daughter's horseback-riding lessons with numerous committee ...
Putting a virtual doctor in the ambulance
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ambulance communications system will enable doctors to diagnose and begin treating critically ill patients before they reach hospital.
Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene
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While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University ...
If you can't measure the heat...
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful. The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is offering constructi ...
Researchers find cerebral malaria may be a major cause of brain injury in African children
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that cerebral malaria is related to long-term cognitive impairment in one of four child survivors. The research is published in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Preterm birth contributes to growing number of infant deaths
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Babies born too soon and too small accounted for a growing proportion of infant deaths, according to new statistics released today from the National Center for Health Statistics, (NCHS).
A new species of predatory bagworm from Panama's tropical forest
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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University of Panama and Smithsonian researchers report the discovery of a new Bagworm Moth species, in the Annals of the Entomology Society of America. Unlike nearly all other Bagworms, Perisceptis carnivora have predatory larva ...
Most generalists reluctant to provide primary care for young adults with chronic illness
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The majority of general internists and pediatricians in the United States are not comfortable serving as primary care providers for young adults with complex chronic illnesses that originate during childhood, according to ...
