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Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the ...


Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step ...





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Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time ...


Use of rib cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty results in patient satisfaction, few complications

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rib cartilage from human donors is well tolerated as a grafting material in nasal plastic surgery and yields positive functional, structural and cosmetic results, even in complex cases, according to a report in the November/December ...


New therapy targets for amyloid disease

New therapy targets for amyloid disease

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A major discovery is challenging accepted thinking about amyloids - the fibrous protein deposits associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - and may open up a potential new area for therapeutics.


Physicians knowledge of childhood food allergies needs room for improvement

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren't always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food ...


New imaging nano-technique to change the way we see disease

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New nano-technology being developed by physicists at Macquarie University could help medical professionals better understand and more effectively treat cancer and other diseases. 


School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open ...


Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans

Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungic ...


Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.


H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...


Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein ...



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