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Newly discovered mechanism by which blood clots form

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the prestigious ...


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


Are patients losing sleep over blood pressure monitors?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A widely used test for measuring nighttime blood pressure may interfere with patients' sleep, thus affecting the results of the test, reports a study in an upcoming issue of Clinical Journal of the American Society of Ne ...


New insight into selective binding properties of infectious HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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

Free infectious HIV-1 is widely thought to be the major form of the virus in the blood of infected persons. U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) researchers, however, have demonstrated that essentially all of the infectious ...


Should flowers be banned in hospitals?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment?


Gas improves blood flow and organ status during minimally invasive surgery

Medicine & Health / Research

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

As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through ...


Researchers work on vaccine to improve immune system in newborns

Medicine & Health / Research

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

As soon as babies are born, they are susceptible to diseases and infections, such as jaundice and e-coli. For up to a month, their immune systems aren't adequately developed to fight diseases. Although these infections are ...


See-through goldfish shows clear benefits for science, research

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With Christmas around the corner, a see-through goldfish might make a nice Christmas present for the ichthyologist who has everything.


Study highlights implications of influenza pandemics on blood supplies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of ...


Stopping a Stroke in its Tracks: Catheter Device Restrores Blood Flow to Brain by Suctioning Blood Clots

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bobbie Laird was suffering a life-threatening stroke triggered by a blood clot in her brain that was nearly half an inch long.



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