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Gene linked to a rare form of progressive hearing loss in males is identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A gene associated with a rare form of progressive deafness in males has been identified by an international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The gene, PRPS1, ...


MRSA leads to worse outcomes, staggering expenses for surgical patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Post-surgical infections significantly increase the chance of hospital readmission and death and cost as much as $60,000 per patient, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers who conducted the largest study ...


Researchers work on vaccine to improve immune system in newborns

Medicine & Health / Research

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

As soon as babies are born, they are susceptible to diseases and infections, such as jaundice and e-coli. For up to a month, their immune systems aren't adequately developed to fight diseases. Although these infections are ...


Doctors advised to curtail antibiotic dosages

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It's a common scene: Mom brings aching child with some bug to the doctor's office, expecting the doctor to do, well, something.


The global dynamics and spread of Hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: A phylogeographical analysis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Research published this week in PLoS Medicine finds that the global spread of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coincided with widespread use of transfused blood and with the expansion of intravenous drug use but slowed before wholes ...


Scientists use cell phone records to predict spread of malaria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.


CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.


Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.


Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Other Sciences / Other

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- An infra-red digital camera could be a crucial tool in the fight against crime when trying to identify suspects by their tattoos, according to new University of Derby research.


New criteria to project preemies' time in hospital, says researcher

Medicine & Health / Other

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new way to estimate when the tiniest preemies -- babies born months early -- will go home from the hospital.



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