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Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

Medicine & Health / Other

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

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...


Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

Medicine & Health / Health

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

The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year ...


Exposures to metals and diesel emissions in air linked to respiratory symptoms in children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by ...


Drug for Alzheimer's disease does not appear to slow cognitive decline

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

Although there were promising results in a phase 2 trial, patients with mild Alzheimer disease who received the drug tarenflurbil as part of a phase 3 trial did not have better outcomes on measures of cognitive decline or ...


A sticky solution for identifying effective probiotics

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have crystallised a protein that may help gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract. The protein could be used by probiotic producers to identify strains that are likely to be of real benefit to people.


New York autopsies show 2009 H1N1 influenza virus damages entire airway

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

In fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, the virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, much like the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics, report researchers from the National Institutes ...


Beverage can stay-tabs pose swallowing risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three decades ago, a study revealed that beverage can pull-tabs were being swallowed by children, prompting a switch by U.S. manufacturers to stay-tabs. But a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...


Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department ...


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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 ...


Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Emergency Medicine has found that holiday decorations, particularly glass ornaments, are one more safety hazard parents must consider during the season. ...



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