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Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...


Researchers probe mechanisms of infection

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

A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli might help explain why people often get sicker when they're stressed.





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Moderate weight loss in obese people improves heart function

Medicine & Health / Health

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Obese patients who lost a moderate amount of weight by eating less and exercising more improved their cardiovascular health, says a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.


New inherited eye disease discovered

New inherited eye disease discovered

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University of Iowa researchers have found the existence of a new, rare inherited retinal disease. Now the search is on to find the genetic cause, which investigators hope will increase understanding of more ...


Landmark study confirms chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer patients

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Chemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study led by Dr. Kathy Albain of Loyola University Health System.


Kidney disease patients benefit from surgery to prevent stroke

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicians should be comfortable referring some patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for effective stroke prevention surgery, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...


 Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds

Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Name all the venomous animals you can think of and you probably come up with snakes, spiders, bees, wasps and perhaps poisonous frogs. But catfish?


Sucking Up To Survive

Sucking Up To Survive

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.


Article Traces History of Darwinian Medicine

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite being a founding principle of modern biology for 150 years, evolutionary theory has played a limited role in the field of medicine. Only in the last 20 years has Darwinian medicine emerged as a discipline ...


Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and other surfaces ...


Newly discovered mechanism by which blood clots form

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the prestigious ...


Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...



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