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Still puzzling: Best care for the frail and elderly with coronary artery disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following ...





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Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births

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

Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...


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.


Kidney disease affects response to blood thinner

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with reduced kidney function require lower doses of the anticoagulant drug warfarin, and may need closer monitoring to avoid serious bleeding complications, suggests a study in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of ...


Crossing the digital divide

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created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What will motivate the elderly, the chronically ill and the medically underserved to use interactive information technology systems to actively help manage their own health problems? What barriers have prevented people in ...


Scientists unveil structure of molecular target of many drugs

Scientists unveil structure of molecular target of many drugs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 29, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than 40 years after beta blockers were first used clinically, scientists can finally get a detailed, three-dimensional look at the drugs’ molecular target—the beta2-adrenergic receptor. This receptor ...


MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...


Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

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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.


Chemical In Blood May Explain Susceptibility To Bladder Pain

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A marker in the blood of both cats and humans that was identified in a recent study might signal both species’ susceptibility for a painful bladder disorder called interstitial cystitis, a condition that is often difficult ...


Forsyth scientists discover early key to regeneration

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created Dec 13, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Science may be one step closer to understanding how a limb can be grown or a spinal cord can be repaired. Scientists at The Forsyth Institute have discovered that some cells have to die for regeneration to occur. This research ...


1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery (AP)

1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.



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