Archive: 08/31/2008
Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke
An international study led by Canadian researchers has found that telmisartan, a medication used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke in people who are unable to tolerate ...
Aug 31, 2008 |
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New genes found for inflammatory bowel disease in children
Researchers have discovered two new genes that increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood.
Aug 31, 2008 |
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New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, research shows
The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often ...
Aug 31, 2008 |
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Landmark study opens door to new cancer, aging treatments
Researchers at The Wistar Institute have deciphered the structure of the active region of telomerase, an enzyme that plays a major role in the development of nearly all human cancers. The landmark achievement opens the door ...
Aug 31, 2008 |
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Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level
If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2008 |
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New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction
Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, ...
Aug 31, 2008 |
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'Superbug' breast infections controllable in nursing mothers, researchers find
Many nursing mothers who have been hospitalized for breast abscesses are afflicted with the "superbug" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, but according to new research by UT Southwestern Medical Center ...
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