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For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn't matter if you're young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining access to one's circulatory system to ...
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Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping
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Dec 05, 2009 |
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Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.
Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...
STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2009 |
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The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...
Travel may be hazardous to dialysis patients
Oct 30, 2009 |
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If you're sick, traveling to a foreign land may boost your spirits, but jeopardize your health, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in ...
Panasonic Introduces New LUMIX DMC-GF1 Digital Camera
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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Panasonic today announced that it has introduced its newest addition to its LUMIX G Micro System line-up of advanced digital interchangeable lens system cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds system standard. ...
Nokia introduces 5230 touch phone
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Aug 25, 2009 |
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The latest addition in the Nokia touch phone portfolio, the Nokia 5230, is designed for those who lead an active life and use their mobile phone as their primary instrument for music, photos and videos, as ...
Combination of aspirin and an anti-clotting drug reduces risk of dialysis access failure
May 21, 2009 |
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For the first time, a combination of aspirin and the anti-platelet drug dipyridamole has been shown to significantly reduce blockages and extend the useful life of new artery-vein access grafts used for hemodialysis, according ...
Type of connection procedure after pancreatic surgery influenced rate of pancreatic fistula
Apr 30, 2009 |
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After surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, invagination of the pancreas into the small intestine resulted in a lower rate of pancreatic fistula, according to researchers at the Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related ...
Developing fruit fly embryo is capable of genetic corrections
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Animals have an astonishing ability to develop reliably, in spite of variable conditions during embryogenesis. New research, published in parallel this week in PLoS Biology and PLoS Computational Biology, ...
The Medical Minute: Putting the freeze on abnormal heart beats
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In some people, the heart has a tendency to race due to abnormal electrical signals that tell the heart muscle when to contract. Abnormal electrical activation of the heart with changes in the rate or regular ...
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