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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, ...


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Sensory deprivation can produce hallucinations in only 15 minutes

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found that even a short period of sensory deprivation is enough to produce hallucinations even in people who are not normally prone to them.


Active hearing process in mosquitoes

Active hearing process in mosquitoes

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A mathematical model has explained some of the remarkable features of mosquito hearing. In particular, the male can hear the faintest beats of the female's wings and yet is not deafened by loud noises.


Persistent pain common for many women 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly 50 percent of women surveyed indicate they experience pain symptoms 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment, with women who were younger or who received supplemental radiation therapy more likely to have pain, according ...


Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The author ...


Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...


Switching immunosuppressants reduces cancer risk in kidney

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Switching to a newer type of immunosuppressant drug may reduce the high rate of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and ...


Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems

Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated resear ...


Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis

Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at a group of 11 research centers in China are reporting for the first time assembly of the largest-ever collection of data about the proteins produced by genes in a single human organ.


New study shows brain's ability to reorganize

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do this, researchers suggest, ...



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