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Good cholesterol not as protective in people with type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-density lipoprotein (HDL), known as "good" cholesterol, isn’t as protective for people with type 2 diabetes, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Researchers Identify Tuberculosis Strain That Thrives on Antibiotic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bacterium was identified in a patient ...


Aviation-based team training may influence clinicians' safety behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team training based on protocols originally developed for aviation crews may change safety-related behaviors and contribute to perceptions of empowerment among nurses and other surgical staff, according to a report in the ...


Gefitinib improves survival compared with standard chemotherapy in lung cancer patients with genetic mutation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Patients with the most common form of lung cancer (non-small-cell lung cancer) who have mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene have significantly improved progression-free survival if they are treated ...


NREL Evaluates UPS Hybrid-Electric Van Performance

Technology / Energy

created 4 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS’s first generation hybrid diesel ...


New tool for early diabetes detection in adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple questionnaire developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College can promote early detection of diabetes in adults so they can dramatically reduce their risk.


Best go digital in a pandemic

Medicine & Health / Other

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The use of a digital checklist for patients being administered emergency drugs during a pandemic or following a biological terrorist attack reduces the fatigue factor, according to a report in the International Journal of ...


More precise measurements of the W boson

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The W boson is one of the very few major building blocks of matter," Dmitri Denisov tells PhysOrg.com. "It is a member of a family of particles that is the most fundamental in nature. The W boson is res ...


The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor's nanorobot could be performing non-invasive surgical procedures on patients with tumors within the next decade.


Compound found to safely counter deadly bird flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night.



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