A blood substitute's effectiveness and safety addressed in large clinical trial

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A predicted shortfall of over 4 million units of blood worldwide is driving the need to develop an alternative to red blood cells.


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Exercise builds small blood vessels in brain, study says

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Exercise is known to help prevent cognitive decline and maintain the brain as people age, and now researchers think they know one reason why.

Virus ancestor to HIV older than believed

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An ancient predecessor to the virus that causes AIDS evolved in wild primates many millions of years earlier than previously believed, according to research published Monday from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Ovarian cancer subtypes are different diseases: Implications for biomarker studies

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In a new analysis of tissue biomarkers expressed in ovarian cancer samples, published by PLoS Medicine, David Huntsman and his colleagues from Vancouver General Hospital suggest that substantial differences exist between ...

Exposure to secondhand smoke reduced

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As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been reduced. In an article published in the January 2009 ...

Patient photos aid docs reading faceless CT scans

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(AP) -- Imagine sitting in a dark room all day, evaluating CT scans and other medical images on a computer screen but never actually seeing real patients. That's life for many radiologists.
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