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Strategies to control TB outdated, inadequate

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The standard regimens to treat tuberculosis (TB) are inadequate in countries with high rates of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB. In countries with high rates of MDR-TB, patients are nearly twice as likely to fail their initial ...





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Study reveals high death rates and short life expectancy among the homeless and marginally housed

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Homeless and marginally housed people have much higher mortality and shorter life expectancy than could be expected on the basis of low income alone, concludes a study from Canada published on bmj.com today.


Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.


Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...


New treatment more than doubles survival for high risk childhood leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a phase two clinical trial published October 5th in the Journal of Clinical Oncology show that adding continuous daily doses of a targeted drug called imatinib mesylate to regular chemotherapy more than double ...


Complications are not best predictor of hospital mortality

Complications are not best predictor of hospital mortality

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A compelling University of Michigan Health System study debunks assumptions about the role of complications in distinguishing good and bad hospitals.


More babies born prematurely but survival rates up, study shows

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature births have increased significantly although survival rates of babies born early have improved dramatically, a study shows.


Multivisceral transplant survival rates improve with new treatment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive ...


High mortality rates may explain small body size

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that high mortality rates in small-bodied people, commonly known as pygmies, may be part of the reason for their small stature. The study, by Jay Stock and Andrea Migliano, both of the University of Cambridge, ...


NASA's TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island

TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has been flying over Tropical Storm Neki in the Central Pacific Ocean and providing scientists with an idea of how much rainfall Johnston Island ...


Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.



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