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Latest snapshot of swine flu crisis

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An overview of the current swine flu crisis:





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Doulas may indicate failings in patient care, warns doctor

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created 12 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The presence of doulas (paid birth assistants) during labour may alter the doctor-patient dynamic and can compromise communication and therefore patient care, warns a doctor in the British Medical Journal today.


Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

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created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...


Annual screening with breast ultrasound or MRI could benefit some women

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Results of a large-scale clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) provide the first strong evidence of the benefit of annual screening ultrasound for women with ...


Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting vitamin D activation

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous studies have shown a link between low vitamin D status and heart disease. Now a new study shows that patients with high blood pressure who possess a gene variant that affects an enzyme critical to normal vitamin ...


Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers reporting in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. That message is delivered via neurons in the brain's hypothalamus contai ...


 Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...


People walk on a plateform on the flooded Piazza San Marco (St Mark's square) in Venice

Nearly half of Venice underwater

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.


Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.


Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The University of Navarra Hospital (Spain) has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines —produced ...


CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new government report says swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30.



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