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French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) team prepares to put in water the robot BOB

Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.


Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen's protective barriers and ...


Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.


Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.


Doctors' tests often miss high blood pressure in kids with kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who show normal blood pressure readings at the doctor's office have high blood pressure when tested at home, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of ...


Advances in malaria research show promise for fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting ...


New explanation for nature's hardiest life form

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...


Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known (AP)

Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend ...


Novel mouse gene reduces major pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study reveals that a previously undiscovered mouse gene reduces the two major pathological perturbations commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the November 12 issue ...


When seconds count: Interventional radiology treatment for pulmonary embolism saves lives

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis -- an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the ...



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