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Most babies with uncomplicated febrile seizures can avoid spinal tap

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where their workup frequently includes a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to rule out bacterial ...





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The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 5 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is the indefinite expansion of adult cells possible without recourse to stem cell intermediates? The team led by Michael Sieweke at the Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, France has ...


Researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection

Medicine & Health / Research

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The aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although its walls are extraordinarily strong, ...


Going high-tech to track Alzheimer's patients

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(AP) -- Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?


Structured reporting software creates less complete and accurate radiology reports than free text

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As many software companies work to create programs that will give uniform structure to the way radiological test results are reported, a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that such ...


Resuscitation and survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest nearly double (w/ Video)

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Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Richmond Ambulance Authority have improved resuscitation and survival rates dramatically for cardiac arrest patients by training and equipping paramedics to begin lowering ...


Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures would save 2.5 million child lives a year

Medicine & Health / Health

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal ...


Simple test could offer cheap solution to detecting landmines

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have developed a simple, cheap, accurate test to find undetected landmines.


Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover (AP)

Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover

Technology / Telecom

created 14 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.


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New insights into the life of the Maya

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient artifacts are almost always concerned with rich and powerful religious and political leaders, but new excavations of an ancient Maya site have unearthed a pyramid decorated with murals ...


Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk

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

Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree ...



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