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Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains
Jun 10, 2009 |
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University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the country ...
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Using biostatistics to detect disease outbreaks
Jul 15, 2008 |
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An internationally recognised authority in biostatistics, Harvard University Professor Louise Ryan, is working with CSIRO researchers to help improve the way statistics are used to detect disease outbreaks ...
National study examines health risks of coarse particle pollution
May 13, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted the largest nationwide study on the acute health effects of coarse particle pollution. Coarse particles are airborne pollutants that fall between ...
One in seven US teens is vitamin D deficient
Mar 11, 2009 |
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One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study by researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal ...
Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according ...
Detecting overall survival benefit derived from progression-free survival
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Overall survival (OS) may be a reasonable primary endpoint when the median survival postprogession (SSP) is less than 6 months, but it is too high a hurdle when SPP is longer than 12 months, according to a new study published ...
New treatment option for latent tuberculosis
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Patients who are infected with the latent form of tuberculosis (TB) show no symptoms and are not contagious, yet they pose the biggest challenge when it comes to controlling the disease. The latest study by Dr. Dick Menzies ...
Scientists unmask genetic markers associated with psoriasis
Jan 25, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology, the U-M School of Public Health and their collaborators have found DNA "hotspots" that may reveal how genetic differences among individuals result in psoriasis, ...
Children with gene show reduced cognitive function
Nov 05, 2007 |
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Children who possess a gene known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease already show signs of reduced cognitive function, an Oregon Health & Science University study has found.
Analysis of quickly stopped Rx orders provides new tool for reducing medical errors
Jul 18, 2008 |
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By studying medication orders that are withdrawn ("discontinued") by physicians within 45 minutes of their origination, researchers at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated a systematic and efficient ...
Study: Vaccination of 70 percent of US population could control swine flu pandemic
Sep 10, 2009 |
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An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and ...
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