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New approach to sickle-cell disease shows promise in mice
Dec 07, 2009 |
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A new genetic approach to treating sickle cell disease is showing promising results in mice, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston. By inactivating a gene they previously discovered to be important in the laboratory, ...
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Most primary-care physician practices appear too small to adequately measure quality
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Most primary care physicians active in the Medicare program work in practices with too few patients to reliably measure significant differences in common measures of quality and cost performance, according to a study in the ...
'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.
Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.
Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients
Dec 08, 2009 |
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A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...
New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Dec. 8, 2009 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
The blood detective
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) --UCI hematologist Dr. Jae Chang employs medical sleuthing skills to identify rare blood disorders.
Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The scientists observed that the impact of tobacco smoke was especially detrimental during gestation. The results of the study have been published in the current online issue of the renowned journal Environmental Health Pe ...
Type 2 diabetes gene predisposes children to obesity
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Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of ...
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