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Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...


Parents 'avoid pregnancy' rather than face testing choices

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

Parents of children with genetic conditions may avoid the need to choose whether to undergo pre-natal testing or to abort future pregnancies by simply avoiding subsequent pregnancy altogether, a study has found.





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Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Besides delectable dishes that help us pack on the pounds during the holiday season, many people also let loose with a bottle of wine or a pack of cigarettes. Richard Rood, MD, says moderation ...


Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.


Researchers publish review of the 'molecular basis of colorectal cancer'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every year in the United States, 160,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed, and 57,000 patients die of the disease, making it the second leading cause of death from cancer among adults, after lung cancer.


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...


Scientists use cell phone records to predict spread of malaria

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.


Carrier screening associated with decrease in incidence of cystic fibrosis

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An increase in the number of screened carriers for cystic fibrosis (CF) was associated with a decrease in the number of children born with CF in northeast Italy, according to a study in the December 16 issue of JAMA.


Sleep and Cancer: Uncomfortable Bedfellows

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly-diagnosed cancer patients face a number of life-long challenges, but a new study from the Duke Clinical Research Institute suggests that a lack of sleep may be one of the most persistent and disruptive. ...


The global dynamics and spread of Hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: A phylogeographical analysis

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in PLoS Medicine finds that the global spread of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coincided with widespread use of transfused blood and with the expansion of intravenous drug use but slowed before wholes ...


Routine HIV screening in community health centers boosts HIV testing

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCSF researchers have that found routinely offering rapid HIV tests to patients in community health centers can significantly increase the number of patients screened for HIV.


Australian government to introduce Internet filter (AP)

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.



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