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Arizona State and Mayo Clinic partner to combat metabolic syndrome

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic in Arizona are joining forces in a partnership to investigate metabolic syndrome - a cluster of high-risk medical factors that include increased blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, ...


Researchers publish review of the 'molecular basis of colorectal cancer'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every year in the United States, 160,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed, and 57,000 patients die of the disease, making it the second leading cause of death from cancer among adults, after lung cancer.


Time for a new view of late-life dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new studies published in the December 16, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association point to the need for a broader scientific perspective on late-life dementia, according to an editorial in the sa ...


Drug for Alzheimer's disease does not appear to slow cognitive decline

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although there were promising results in a phase 2 trial, patients with mild Alzheimer disease who received the drug tarenflurbil as part of a phase 3 trial did not have better outcomes on measures of cognitive decline or ...


Hospital re-admission high for dialysis patients treated in long-term care hospitals

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by University of Cincinnati (UC) nephrologists shows that most dialysis patients admitted to long-term care hospitals face readmission to acute care facilities, and those with acute kidney failure don't often ...



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