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Research shows generic medications are changing the economics of treating chronically ill patients

As the nation seeks to expand health care coverage to more citizens without adding burdensome costs, researchers from Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark reported that preventative health care ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify key molecular step to fighting off viruses

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have determined how a protein that normally latches onto molecules inside cells and marks them for destruction also gives life to the body's immune response against viruses.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intruder alert: 'Smart Dew' will find you!

A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University — a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" — will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered outdoors on rocks, fence posts ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 16




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FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Anyone can learn to be more inventive, cognitive researcher says

There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, because an "Aha moment" is rare and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Pfizer recalls 1 million packets of US birth control pills

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday recalled one million packets of birth control pills over a packaging error that could put women at risk of unintended pregnancy.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Harnessing the predictive power of virtual communities

Scientists have created a new algorithm to detect virtual communities, designed to match the needs of real-life social, biological or information networks detection better than with current attempts. The results of this study ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New method to manage stress responses for more successful tumor removal

The week before and two weeks after surgery are a critical period for the long-term survival rate of cancer patients. Physiological and psychological stresses caused by the surgery itself can inhibit the body's immune responses, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

5 Questions: Rando on resetting the 'aging clock,' cell by cell

Advances in the study of stem cells have fueled hopes that someday, via regenerative medicine, doctors could restore aging people’s hearts, livers, brains and other organs and tissues to a more youthful ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research highlights key role grandmothers play in mother and child nutrition and health

Grandmothers and other senior female family members should play a key role in nutrition and health programmes for children and women in non-Western societies. However, they are often overlooked by health organisations that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel scores 'record' profits for 2011

Chipmaker Intel on Thursday reported record revenue and profits for 2011 despite a slight slowdown in the fourth quarter related to the impact of Thailand's floods on the personal computer industry.

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet name 'revolution' hits doubts

The body that polices Internet registrations will on Thursday launch a domain name "revolution" in the face of the concerns of global bodies ranging from the United Nations to the US Congress.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Swine flu strain that is resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily

The flu season is still young in the United States and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but Australia wrapped up its flu season months ago, and public health officials there have some disturbing news to report: The version ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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