News tagged with sample
Clinical study to probe genetic link to Salmonella diseases
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Depending on your genes, Salmonella can mean a lot more than food poisoning. In a new clinical study, researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital are narrowing in on the genetic link that predisposes ...
Vanderbilt Lung Cancer Trial for Never Smokers Goes Online
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the enduring mysteries of lung cancer is why so many people who never smoked develop the disease. More than 219,000 patients are diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States every ...
Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will ...
Older Americans: How they are faring in the recession
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol ...
Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and ...
How much omega-3 fatty acid do we need to prevent cardiovascular disease?
Aug 31, 2009 |
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A team of French scientists have found the dose of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) that is "just right" for preventing cardiovascular disease in healthy men. In a research report appearing in the September 2009 print issue of ...
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Clues to gigantism provided by family in Borneo Mountains
Aug 21, 2009 |
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An indigenous family living in a mountainous area of Malaysian Borneo helped Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers to discover information about genetic mutations associated with acromegaly, a form ...
Blood test can detect brain damage in amateur boxers
Aug 20, 2009 |
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A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the ...
West Nile virus researchers focus on neighborhood birds
Aug 13, 2009 |
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On a warm, breezy day in Oak Lawn, Ill., veterinary graduate student Jessica Girard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison removed a robin from a finely threaded net hidden in the shadows of a tree-lined meadow.
Research Team Designing Holographic Imaging System for Ovarian Cancer
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Two University of Arizona researchers have formed a research team to design, build and evaluate two versions of an ovarian cancer medical imaging and screening instrument that will use holographic components ...
Urine samples could be used to predict responses to drugs, say researchers
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers may be able to predict how people will respond to particular drugs by analysing their urine samples, suggest scientists behind a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Mountain Gorillas Pose No AIDS Threat, Researchers Say
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Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mountain gorillas do not pose an AIDS threat to humans, according to researchers at the UC Davis Mountain Gorilla One Health Program.
German nuns prove perfect sample for scientific study
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Scientists in Germany found a group of more than 400 nuns the perfect sample group for an investigation into links between education and senility, the lead researcher said Wednesday.
Researchers Skeptical of Claims by Online Dating Sites
Jun 15, 2009 |
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With an estimated 40 percent of the 100 million U.S. singles trying online dating, researchers at the University of Arkansas caution users that some Web sites’ claims of scientific justification may be “junk science.”
Chemical In Blood May Explain Susceptibility To Bladder Pain
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A marker in the blood of both cats and humans that was identified in a recent study might signal both species’ susceptibility for a painful bladder disorder called interstitial cystitis, a condition that is often difficult ...
