Testing times: Detecting HIV in resource-limited settings

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Integrating HIV testing programmes into primary medical care can help achieve early diagnosis of HIV infection, even in relatively poor areas, research published in the online open access journal AIDS Research and Therapy ...


New radar technology fights breast cancer

New radar technology fights breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Treating breast cancer with a type of heat therapy derived from MIT radar research can significantly increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to results from the fourth clinical trial of the technique ...


Blood stem cells fight invaders, study finds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No other stem cell is more thoroughly understood than the blood, or hematopoietic, stem cell. These occasional and rare cells, scattered sparingly throughout the marrow and capable of replenishing an entire blood system, ...


Women mayors more team oriented than heroic individuals, study finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study of New Zealand’s women mayors found marked differences in leadership style compared with men.


Breathe deep: Which patients could benefit from inhaled steroids in cystic fibrosis?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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A specific variation in the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with lung disease progression in cystic fibrosis, research published this week in the online open access journal Respiratory Research reveals. This finding ...


Out of hours doctors reluctant to do home visits, say patients

Medicine & Health / Other

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Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England have completed research suggesting that patients feel that doctors providing out of hours services in primary care are reluctant to do home visits.


People don't understand medical research

Medicine & Health / Health

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U.S. scientists said too many research participants don't understand the differences between medical research and medical treatment.


Researchers call out to lovers of bird song

Researchers call out to lovers of bird song

Biology /

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What happens when we hear a bird? That is the question at the heart of a new research project launched this week at the University of Aberdeen.



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