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Authors with financial conflicts reporting negative outcomes in major orthopaedic journals

In a new study presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), researchers completed a systematic review of three major orthopaedic journals – the Journal of Bone an ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Yangtze river pollution sparks panic in China

A cargo ship spilled acid into China's longest river last week, contaminating tap supplies and sparking a run on bottled water in eastern China, the government and state media said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

New study to assess 3 simple, cost-effective strategies to promote healthy aging

In Europe, the number of seniors aged 70 and over will increase by 40% in the next 20 years, while those aged 80 and over will more than double. Health authorities and the medical community expect a corresponding increase ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Feds in NY shut down 16 sports streaming websites

(AP) -- With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Coercive citation in academic publishing investigated

Two UAHuntsville faculty members from the College of Business were published today in the journal Science for their investigation of an important issue in research ethics.

Other Sciences / Other

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Measles cases rise after decade of decline

Measles outbreaks in parts of Europe and Africa led to some 60,000 more cases worldwide in 2010 over the previous year, after nearly a decade of declines, US health authorities said on Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Belgium advises women to have PIP breast implants removed

Belgium's health authorities on Wednesday advised women with defective breast implants made by French firm PIP to have them removed.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Abortion curb restores birth sex ratio in Taiwan

Taiwanese health authorities said Tuesday that tougher checks on illegal gender-selective abortions prevented nearly 1,000 terminations of female foetuses last year.

Medicine & Health / Health

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French judge charges boss of breast implant firm

A French judge on Friday charged the founder of the breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare with "involuntary injuries", his lawyer said.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Dutch women reimbursed for breast implant removals

Dutch women wanting to replace potentially defective breast implants made by now-defunct French company PIP will be paid back in full, the Dutch health insurance federation said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Suriname hit with dengue epidemic, health ministry says

Suriname health authorities confirmed Wednesday that a dengue epidemic has taken hold here, resulting in numerous of people being hospitalized over the past month.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe

At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo

Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zambia starts first-ever diarrhoea vaccines on children

Zambian health authorities on Monday started the country's first-ever vaccine campaign against diarrhoea on children under five years of age, in an attempt to reduce deaths arising from the disease.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official

An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. The second entry goes on to clarify that, when using the term author, the "anything" which is created is most usually associated with written work.

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