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Researchers engineer metabolic pathway in mice to prevent diet-induced obesity
Jun 02, 2009 |
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In recent years, obesity has taken on epidemic proportions in developed nations, contributing significantly to major medical problems, early death and rising health care costs. According to Centers for Disease Control and ...
Antimicrobial sutures reduce infections in brain shunt surgery, study finds
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Children born with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" must have shunts implanted to drain the fluid away from the brain to reduce harmful pressure.
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Study finds mixed results comparing 2 surgical strategies for infant heart defect
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Infants born with a severely underdeveloped heart are more likely to survive to their first birthday when treated with a new shunt procedure — yet it may not be the safest surgery long term, according to research presented ...
Brain tumors in childhood leave a lasting mark on cognition, life status
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Brain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems. ...
Maybe you don't have Alzheimer's after all
Jul 17, 2009 |
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She was 65 years old. "And I was a young 65, believe it or not," says Jeanne Folmer. "Oh, I did everything. I just did everything." Retired from real estate and sales, she kept busy playing golf with her sister, antiquing ...
Medicare expenditures decrease for glaucoma surgery as number of procedures increases
Jul 13, 2009 |
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The overall number of glaucoma surgical procedures appears to be increasing, but payments by Medicare for the procedures have been decreasing, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
'Lab on a chip' to measure water stress in plants
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifteen years ago, when Alan Lakso first sought to enlist Cornell's nanofabrication laboratory to develop a tiny sensor that would measure water stress in grapevines, the horticultural sciences ...
Tiny capsules can deliver drugs to targeted cells
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream.
Blood vessels made from patients' cells
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says.
Estrogen activates critical lung genes to improve lung function following preterm birth
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Estrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study.
Closure of patent foramen ovale may benefit migraine sufferers
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Reducing the frequency and severity of disabling migraines is crucial for quality of life. A new study, published in the February 2009 issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, finds significant improvement of migraine follow ...
Device could filter cancer cells from blood
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new tactic in the fight against cancer, Cornell researcher Michael King has developed what he calls a lethal "lint brush" for the blood -- a tiny, implantable device that captures and ...
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