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Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist ...





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Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Improving female reproductive health and empowerment through control of NTDs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according ...


Good stress response enhances recovery from surgery, study shows

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The right kind of stress response in the operating room could lead to quicker recovery for patients after knee surgery, according to a new study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The results could ...


New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...


Scientists discover genetic pattern that indicates early-stage lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Wistar Institute researchers and collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University have identified immune system markers in the blood which indicate early-stage lung tumors in people at high risk for ...


Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Medicine & Health / Research

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Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, ...


Clearing the way for detecting pulmonary embolism

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When it comes to diagnosing pulmonary embolism—a sudden blockage in the lung artery that could be deadly if not treated—which technique is the most effective? Research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nu ...


Glucose intolerance in pregnancy associated with postpartum cardiovascular risk

Medicine & Health / Health

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Women who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study accepted for publication ...


Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance

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According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...


Severe asymptomatic heart disease may accompany narrowing in leg arteries

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Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reveal that one in five patients with narrowing or blockage in arteries that supply ...



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