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Gene Therapy Hastens Healing Process in Chronic Leg Ulcers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic wounds, including venous leg ulcers which are caused by poor circulation in the veins of the legs, are difficult and expensive to treat. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ...


Careful diagnosis helps fracture patients put best foot forward

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can ...


Discovery leads to effective treatment of painful skin condition

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute, in collaboration with a worldwide group of physicians and scientists, have discovered a remarkable treatment for a rare, yet debilitating, skin condition.


Scientists get up close to bacteria's toxic pumps

Scientists get up close to bacteria's toxic pumps

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Scientists are building a clearer image of the machinery employed by bacteria to spread antibiotic resistance or cause diseases such as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and legionnaires' disease.


Common herbal medicine may prevent acetaminophen-related liver damage

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding came as a surprise to ...


Why circumcision reduces HIV risk

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.


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Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.


BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc

BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. ...


Diabetics show alarming increase in morbid obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetics is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.


Last-resort lower-body amputation effective in extreme cases of bone infection, 25-year review shows

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say ...



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