Dual treatment of incontinence and dementia associated with functional decline
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers ...
Daily aspirin may reduce risk of common type of breast cancer
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Taking aspirin on a daily basis may lower women’s risk of a particular type of breast cancer, according to results published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Breast Cancer Research. In this large study, aspirin use wa ...
Climate change threats to HIV rates
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, warns a leading researcher from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
'Destruct' triggers may be jammed in tumor cells, UF geneticists say
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Tumor cells living in the cross hairs of radiation or chemotherapy may be able to escape death because their self-destruct mechanisms are jammed, say University of Florida scientists writing in a recent issue of Developmental Ce ...
GIOVE-B spacecraft in good health
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2008 |
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A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System, is "in good health" despite a hiccup that emerged after it was placed in orbit last Sunday, the European Space Agency ...
Students to Test 'Tsunami Shelters'
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Their tsunami shelters are only made out of small wooden blocks and held together by toothpaste used for glue, but they also incorporate months of study with computer-aided design, learning about engineering principles, applying ...
You just move like a mouse, or do so abnormally like a mutant mouse
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The brain is no longer a mysterious black box. Elucidation of the human genome is having a profound impact on the understanding of brain function in health and disease. However, genes cannot be systematically manipulated ...
FDA rejects Singulair-Claritin combination
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 30, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed pill that would combine the drugs Claritin and Singular, Schering-Plough said.
Stem cells at root of antlers' branching
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The ability to regenerate lost body parts is unevenly distributed among higher organisms. Among vertebrates, some amphibians are able to replace lost limbs completely, while mammals are unable to regenerate ...
New surgery improves head and neck cancer treatment
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A new surgical procedure for head and neck cancer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham offers improved accuracy for surgeons and reduced post-operative pain for patients.
Better-educated women are a healthier weight, new research reveals
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A new comparison of multi-national data, released this month, reveals that highly educated women have a healthier average weight than less educated women, but that the meaning of “healthier” changes according to a nation’s ...
Anti-HAV antibodies in beta-thalassemia
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Thalassemic patients were found to present a higher prevalence of anti-HAV IgG antibodies than matched healthy subjects from the same geographic area. This finding is difficult to explain, but it may be attributed to the ...
Pill ingredient could prevent brain damage after head injury
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A common component of the contraceptive pill (progesterone) could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with severe head injuries, according to a study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care.
Study Describes Mechanism Linking Alcohol with Risk of Breast Cancer
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The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins ...
FDA begins major hiring initiative
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is starting a major hiring initiative designed to fill more than 1,300 public health positions.
