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Study pinpoints genetic variation that raises a risk linked to bisphosphonates
Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Lab-made tissue picks up the slack of Petri dishes in cancer research
New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment. Using oral cancer cells in a three-dimensional model of lab-made tissue that ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Short hospitalizations for heart attacks may increase readmissions in US
Patients treated for acute heart attacks in the United States are readmitted within 30 days more often than in other countries, a finding explained in part by significantly shorter initial hospitalizations, according to an ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Scientists develop drought-tolerant alfalfa
With much of the Southwest struggling with drought, many ranchers and dairy farmers are having difficulty finding enough hay for their livestock and making tough choices: pay up to twice as much as last year and ship it in ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Another potential risk factor for developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease in women
A hormone derived from visceral fat called adiponectin may play a role as a risk factor for development of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD) in women, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Silk microneedles deliver controlled-release drugs painlessly
Bioengineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drugs over time and without need for refrigeration. The tiny needles can be fabricated ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Hospitals invest heavily in new heart attack care programs but fail to improve access
In a new study, researchers have found a 44 percent increase since 2001 in the number of hospitals that offer definitive emergency care to patients with heart attack, but only a 1 percent increase in access to that care. ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 19, 2011 |
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'Virtual operating room' to sharpen surgeons' smarts and skills
(Medical Xpress) -- Even for highly trained physicians and surgeons, there’s no teacher like experience.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Novel mechanism regulating stress identified
Neuroscience researchers from Tufts have demonstrated, for the first time, that the physiological response to stress depends on neurosteroids acting on specific receptors in the brain, and they have been able to block that ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Researchers discover that changes in bioelectric signals cause tadpoles to grow eyes in back, tail
For the first time, scientists have altered natural bioelectrical communication among cells to directly specify the type of new organ to be created at a particular location within a vertebrate organism. Using ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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