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Self-monitoring with blood glucose test strips inefficient use of health-care resources

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, ...


CDC: Rare infection passed on by Miss. organ donor

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- An extremely rare infection has been passed from an organ donor to at least one recipient in what is thought to be the first human-to-human transfer of the amoeba, medical officials said Friday.


New tool for early diabetes detection in adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple questionnaire developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College can promote early detection of diabetes in adults so they can dramatically reduce their risk.


Metastasis formation revealed in detail and real time

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Up to 25% of cancer patients develop metastases in the brain - often long after successful treatment of the primary tumor. In almost all such cases, the prognosis is poor. The mechanisms responsible for the appearance of ...


Feds mull regulating drugs in water

Space & Earth / Environment

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some ...



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