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Cirrhosis patients losing muscle mass have a higher death rate

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta reviewed the medical records of more than 100 patients who had a liver scarring condition and discovered those who were losing muscle were more apt to die while waiting for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NJ parents: Disabled girl was denied transplant

(AP) -- The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl say she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities, but experts caution the situation may be much more complex.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney

(AP) -- Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It's a great place to find a kidney.

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created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a new powerful supercomputer for the masses

Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hundreds of threatened species not on official US list

Many of the animal species at risk of extinction in the United States have not made it onto the country's official Endangered Species Act (ESA) list, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Blood pressure monitoring: Room for improvement

Because some clinicians fail to stick to official recommendations for blood pressure monitoring, a number of patients are misclassified, which could have an impact on decisions about their treatment. According to Gretchen ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biologists monitor crocodiles at nuclear plant

(AP) -- An unexpected but fruitful relationship has blossomed between two potent forces in the swamps of South Florida: the American crocodile, and a nuclear power plant.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Transplant candidates seek 'best quality' livers despite having to remain on waiting list

New research reveals that liver transplantation candidates want to be involved in decisions regarding quality of the donor organ, and many are reluctant to accept organs with a higher risk of failure. In fact, more than 42% ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grizzly bears still need protecting, US court rules

Conservationists welcomed a US appeals court ruling that grizzly bears still need protecting, after federal authorities sought to have them taken off an endangered species list.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Should doctors encourage people to donate a kidney to a stranger?

With three people on the kidney transplant list dying in the UK every day, should doctors encourage their patients to put themselves at risk for the benefit of others? Two experts debate the issue in the British Medical Journal ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pioneering liver treatment cures British baby

British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Apply public trust doctrine to 'rescue' wildlife from politics, researchers say

When a species recovers enough to be removed from the federal endangered species list, the public trust doctrine – the principle that government must conserve natural resources for the public good – should guide ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

No place for crocodiles in Philippines: official

Efforts to save the Philippine crocodile, a "critically endangered" reptile, could go in vain as bureaucrats oppose their release into the wild, a top Philippine environment official said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood vessels from your printer

Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First US patient receives specially processed donor lungs at the University of Maryland

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have transplanted the first lungs treated in the United States with an experimental repair process before transplantation. The procedure is part of a five-center national ...

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0