News tagged with urine collection

Investigational urine test can predict high-risk prostate cancer in men who chose 'watchful waiting'

Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fluid Dynamics Research to Make Peeing in Space More Comfortable and Sanitary (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering students at UC San Diego are studying the fluid dynamics of water in order to build a more comfortable and sanitary urine collection device for space travel.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkill

The famed "corpse flower" plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that i ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Forensic research extends detection of cyanide poisoning

Researchers have found a new biomarker for cyanide poisoning, which may extend its detection window in death investigations by weeks if not months.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Great Barrier Reef hopes on ice in Aussie Outback

The arid plains fringing Australia's desert centre are more suited to camels than blooms of coral but here, hundreds of miles from the coast, a piece of the Great Barrier Reef has been put on ice.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For diabetics not on insulin, self-monitoring blood sugar has no benefit

For type 2 diabetics who are not on insulin, monitoring their blood sugar does little to control blood sugar levels over time and may not be worth the effort or expense, according to a new evidence review.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study identifies novel markers as key indicators of future renal failure in diabetes

Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified two novel markers that, when elevated in the blood stream, can predict accurately the risk of renal (kidney) failure in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIST releases two new SRMs for monitoring human exposure to environmental toxins

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for measurements of human exposure ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Deer antlers inspire a new theory on osteoporosis

The loss of manganese could mean that calcium does not stick to bones and could cause osteoporosis. This is the new theory put forward by researchers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Spain ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Endangered orangutans offer a new evolutionary model for early humans

Starving orangutans in Borneo may be teaching us new lessons about human evolution.

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New protocols improve detection of microRNAs for diagnosis

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) that regulate processes including fertilization, development, and aging show promise as biomarkers of disease. They can be collected from routinely collected fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine. However, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rice as a source of arsenic exposure

A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses atten ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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