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More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms. At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, causing massive internal bleeding ...





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Chlorophylls effective against aflatoxin

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 20 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts ...


San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads

Technology / Hi Tech

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.


Tylenol Arthritis Caplet voluntary recall expanded

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Johnson & Johnson is expanding a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Caplets due to consumer reports of a moldy smell that can cause nausea and sickness.


Hearing assistance comes to the home (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have combined state-of-the-art technologies to help end the isolation suffered by the hearing impaired. End users are eager to get their hands on the suite of tools.


Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture (AP)

Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.


Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- They're not your grandpa's hearing aids. Today's newest models range from the completely invisible - it sits deep in the ear canal for months at a time - to Bluetooth-enabled gadgets that open cell phones and iPods ...


New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (AP)

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...


Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves (AP)

Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Wireless devices such as Apple's iPhone are transforming the way we go online, making it possible to look up driving directions, find the nearest coffee shop and update Facebook on the go. All this ...


House and Senate look to final health care talks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.


First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.



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