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Validity of cost-effectiveness models based on randomized clinical trials

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cost-effectiveness studies are widely used to guide prescribing policy in many countries, as part of health technology assessment programmes. However, a new study published this week in PLoS Medicine by Tjeerd-Pieter van St ...


Vitamin E extract could help tackle cancer tumours

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An extract of vitamin E could have a key role to play in the treatment of cancerous tumours, according to newly-published research today.


New computer model could lead to safer stents

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After suffering heart attacks, patients often receive stents designed to hold their arteries open. Some of these stents release drugs that are meant to halt tissue growth in arteries, but can have life-threatening side effects ...


Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...


New computer model could lead to safer stents

New computer model could lead to safer stents

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After suffering heart attacks, patients often receive stents designed to hold their arteries open. Some of these stents release drugs that are meant to halt tissue growth in arteries, but ...


Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels. The team has programmed a photosynthetic microbe to self-destruct, making the recovery ...


Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. But now this blight-causing pathogen could meet its match in Aureobasidium pullulans, a rival fungus that Agricultural ...


Videos can help cancer patients choose level of care they prefer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with terminal brain cancer who watched a brief video illustrating options for end-of-life care were significantly more likely to indicate a preference for comfort measures only than were patients who listened to ...


Severity of Injury, Not Legal Fees, Drives Cost of Workers' Compensation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The severity of injury and level of impairment -- not the workers' legal fees -- have the most effect on payout for workers' compensation claims among Illinois construction workers, researchers at the University ...


Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children

Medicine & Health / Health

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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 ...



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