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Healthy babies by the numbers

Medicine & Health / Research

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

When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result.


Targeting the molecular 'grip' of thrombosis

Targeting the molecular 'grip' of thrombosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at The University of Nottingham could help prevent the harmful blood clots associated with heart disease and stroke, the single greatest cause of disease-related death worldwide.


Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists here are the first to demonstrate that the link between diesel fume exposure and cancer lies in the ability of diesel exhaust to induce the growth of new blood vessels that serve as a food supply ...


Unexpected reservoir of monocytes discovered in the spleen

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

It takes a spleen to mend a broken heart - that's the conclusion of a surprising new report from researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Systems Biology, directed by Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD. ...


For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Technique may help stem cells generate solid organs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stem cells can thrive in segments of well-vascularized tissue temporarily removed from laboratory animals, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Once the cells have nestled into the tissue's nooks ...