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Researchers find robotic repair for vaginal prolapse has significant benefits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research has found that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time. These findings are being presented this week at the North Central Section of the American ...


HIV: Male circumcision does not shield women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Circumcision of men with HIV does not reduce the risk of infection for women, according to a study published on Friday by The Lancet.





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HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the Na ...


Vaccine against chlamydia not far away

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When a woman becomes infected with Chlamydia, the first white blood cells that arrive at the scene to fight the infection are not the most effective. This is shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. This discovery ...


FDA-approved drugs eliminate, prevent cervical cancer in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice with two FDA-approved drugs currently used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis.


Nano bubble gum for enhancing drug delivery in gut

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Of the many characteristic traits a drug can have, one of the most desirable is the ability for a drug to be swallowed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the gut. Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend themselves ...


Taking NOTES: abdominal surgery without general anesthesia

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In this review, Michael ...


Progress made on group B streptococcus vaccine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have completed a Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus ...


Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...


Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually (AP)

Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 39

(AP) -- Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major ...


Stress urinary incontinence: Minimally invasive operations as effective as open surgery

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New, less invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women are just as effective as traditional open surgical approaches, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers carried out a systematic review ...


Einstein to develop anti-HIV drug delivery system

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a four-year, $7.2 million grant to develop a microbicide-releasing vaginal ring to prevent HIV transmission.



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