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Napoleon died of kidney illness, says new book by Danish doctor

Other Sciences / Other

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A retired Danish doctor claimed Tuesday to have uncovered the true cause of Napoleon's death, saying the French emperor died of a lengthy kidney illness instead of the being poisoned by his enemies.





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Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. ...


New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published ...


Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks

Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, Aldo Rincon, paleontology intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Bruce J. MacFadden, curator of ...


'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...


No Asian carp found yet in Ill. fish kill (AP)

No Asian carp found yet in Ill. fish kill

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- No Asian carp have been spotted so far in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish out of the Great Lakes.


Autologous muscle-derived cells may treat stress urinary incontinence

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have confirmed that transplanting autologous muscle-derived cells (AMDC) into the bladder is safe at a wide range of doses and significantly improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with stress urinary ...


Weak bladders deter many young women from sports participation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A weak bladder is putting many young women off participating in sport, or prompting them to give it up altogether, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.


Vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections shows early promise

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Michigan (U-M) scientists have made an important step toward what could become the first vaccine in the U.S. to prevent urinary tract infections, if the robust immunity achieved in mice can be reproduced in ...


Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...


Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. ...



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