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New guidelines will help detect and study counterfeit medicines
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 24, 2009 |
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New guidelines proposed by a group of international experts will help better study the prevalence and geography of counterfeit and other poor quality medicines that threaten public health across the world. The guidelines—called ...
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Cystic fibrosis patients' self-assessment of health can predict prognosis
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Adult Cystic Fibrosis patients can provide important information that helps to predict their prognosis, according to research that asked 223 adult CF patients to assess their own health and well-being.
Patients' pretreatment quality of life can predict overall lung cancer survival
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Research published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that an individual's quality of life prior to treatment can help predict the overall survival of patients with advanced stage non-sm ...
Fuzzy logic water quality
Apr 17, 2008 |
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A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Jo ...
“Feeling Fat” Is Worse Than Being It
Jun 20, 2008 |
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In the course of the KiGGS study, almost 7000 boys and girls aged between 11 and 17 years were weighed and asked about their self-assessment, ranging from “far too thin” to “far too fat.” In addition, they all completed a ...
Children with autism more likely to have handwriting problems
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Children with autism may have lower quality handwriting and trouble forming letters compared to children without autism, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...
Speech disorders can be treated from a distance
Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There should be no barriers to providing high-quality speech pathology services, according to University of Queensland PhD graduate Dr Anne Hill.
How healthy are America's coasts?
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The National Coastal Condition Report III (NCCRIII) is the third in a series of environmental ...
Study says Chinese air quality standards not yet met
May 13, 2008 |
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With the Olympic Games in sight, the Chinese Government is committed to improving the air quality in Beijing, and has had measures in place since 1998 which have already made a difference. However, there is still some way ...
Researchers develop better training for keyhole surgery
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researcher Sanne Botden has improved the training methods for surgeons who perform keyhole operations. At present, a relatively large number of errors are made during surgery of this kind. She defends her ...
Disparities in prostate cancer treatment suggest ways to improve care
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Quality of care varies greatly for the treatment of men with early-stage prostate cancer by region of the country and category of health care facility, suggesting the potential for improved patient outcomes with more standard ...
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