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Antacid medication in pregnancy may increase childhood asthma

Antacid medication in pregnancy may increase childhood asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children of mothers who took acid-suppressive drugs during pregnancy had a 1.5 times higher incidence of asthma when compared with children who were not exposed to the drugs in utero, finds ...





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Does Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy prevent gastric cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although it has been demonstrated that Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer, it is still controversial that whether H. pylori eradication therapy is effective in primary prevention of gastric cancer. This is especially ...


Turf wars: Sand and corals don't mix

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created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When reef fish get a mouthful of sand, coral reefs can drown. That's the latest startling evidence to emerge from research into the likely fate of reefs under climate change and rising sea levels, at the ARC Centre of Excellence ...


Pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux faces several hurdles

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux often gets overlooked. Can the medical community do a better job intervening? Researchers from the Hutchinson-MRC Research Centre in Cambridge think so.


Commonly used medications associated with impaired physical function in older adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 04, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Older adults who take drugs designed to block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine – including common medications for incontinence, high blood pressure and allergies – are more likely to be dependent in one or more activities ...


Researchers decipher the shape of the sodium/potassium ion pump

Researchers decipher the shape of the sodium/potassium ion pump

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created Oct 25, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Proteins studding the surface of cell membranes are vital to the cell, transmitting signals and maintaining equilibrium by moving charged molecules — ions — from one side to the other. Some of these proteins ...



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