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Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
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Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny electrochemical cell, developed by researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine inside a human body. This chip ...
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New Web site promotes interoperable newborn screening data
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) today launched the Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, an important step toward efficient electronic exchange of standard newborn screening data. The new Web site was created ...
New rapid Chlamydia test could enable 'test and treat' strategy
Nov 30, 2007 |
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Wellcome Trust-funded researchers have successfully completed the clinical trial for a new rapid test for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia. The researchers believe the test, which is able to detect Chlamydia in ...
Study finds racial disparities increasing for cancers unrelated to smoking
Nov 06, 2008 |
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A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and that cancer mortality ...
New approach to screen individuals for early Alzheimer's disease
Nov 18, 2008 |
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With millions of baby boomers entering late adulthood, the number of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to drastically rise over the next several decades.
Inadequacy of current guidelines for sexually transmitted infections
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Adolescent girls reveal alarmingly high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which remain largely undetected by recommended screening guidelines. A study in Brazil, reported in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has sh ...
New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...
Drop in breast cancer incidence linked to hormone use, not mammograms
Aug 14, 2007 |
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A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening, according to a study published online August 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It is more likely ...
Alzheimer's disease breakthrough
Nov 17, 2008 |
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CSIRO scientists have developed a new system to screen for compounds that can inhibit one of the processes that takes place during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...
False test results seen in maternal screening
Jun 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A massive effort to test pregnant women for a deadly germ they can spread to their babies has yielded a bad surprise - a high rate of wrong test results that led some infants to miss out on treatment.
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