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Classifying molar pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. The related report by Murphy et al "Molecular Genotyping ...


HPV testing followed by cytology and repeat HPV testing may improve cervical cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The use of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing as an initial screening step followed by triage with a standard Pap test (cytology) and repeat HPV DNA testing may increase the accuracy of cervical cancer screening, according ...


Repeat C-section before 39 weeks raises risk of neonatal illness

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women choosing repeat cesarean deliveries and having them at term but before completing 39 weeks gestation are up to two times more likely to have a baby with serious complications including respiratory distress resulting ...


Prostate cancer gene test provides new early detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common male cancers in the Western world. Currently, early detection of PCa depends on an abnormal digital rectal examination and an elevated prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) level ...


Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers

Biology /

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers, according to a landmark study led ...