Keeping In Good Shape In Old Age Is Harder For Women Than Men
Women over the age of 65 years have a more difficult time preservingmuscle than their male counterparts, which probable impacts theirability to stay as strong and fit, according to new research publishedon March 26, 2008 in theopen-access journal PLoS ONE.Muscle maintenance is very important in reducing the risk of falls inthe elderly, one of the major causes of premature death.
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Retired National Football League Players At Increased Risk For Heart Problems
Screening for cardiovascular problems in elite-level football players should begin in high school and continue throughout the lives of college and professional players. Mayo Clinic physicians based that conclusion on the results of their new study of the cardiovascular health of 233 retired National Football League (NFL) players.
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Number Of Premature Births In U.S. 'Discouraging,' Opinion Piece Says
The rate of premature births in the U.S. is a "discouraging number," especially in light of a recent study that found "unanticipated consequences" of being born prematurely, Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Mike King writes in an opinion piece (King, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/27).
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Vision Loss A Key Issue For Aging Women
As the baby-boomer generation comes of age, conditions affecting vision seem to be getting more attention in doctor's offices around the country. Roughly 200,000 cases of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) get diagnosed each year, a disease that affects women more frequently than men.Age-related macular degeneration is the number one cause of vision loss in adults ages 60 and older.
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VA Reaches Out To Women Veterans
Recognizing the valor, service and sacrifice of America's 1.7 million women veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has created a comprehensive array of benefits and programs.
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Family Study Bolsters Link Between Pesticides And Parkinson's
For the first time, the association between Parkinson's disease and exposure to pesticides has been shown in patients with the neurological disorder compared with their unaffected relatives, according to a study in the online open access journal BMC Neurology.Parkinson's disease is a common neurological disorder affecting about 1 million people in the USA.
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Four Tips For Understanding Medical News
Medicine is a science. That means research should provide clear answers that stand the test of time and scrutiny from additional investigations. That's the theory behind evidence-based, data-driven scientific medicine. But in our imperfect world, things don't always turn out as they should.
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Miami Herald Examines Reduced Services At Fla. Planned Parenthood Clinics During Review
The Miami Herald on Friday examined how Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties' five clinics have reduced their services during a Planned Parenthood Federation of America review of the clinics. PPFA suspended services at the clinics after a February review found evidence of financial mismanagement (Samuels, Miami Herald, 3/28).
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The "Academy Award" Winner Of Cosmetic Dentistry Can Transform Your Smile
When it comes to your eyes, your heart, your lungs or your brain, you would want the best medical care. It should be the same with your smile. LUMINEERS? continue to set the gold standard in veneers among the most respected cosmetic dentists in the nation.
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CytRx To Present Stroke Recovery Data At The Sixth International Workshop On The Molecular Biology Of Stress Responses
CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of human therapeutics, announced that Shi Chung Ng, Ph.D.
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21st Century Stress Management - Is Litigation Feeding Changes To People's Psychology?
This meeting will review the current challenges to managing stress, the impact of legislation and good practice advice to employers in relation to fitness for work and rehabilitation.
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Annual Meeting Of The American Association For Dental Research: Eminent Scientists To Lecture In Dallas
During the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, several eminent scientists will be part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings, the meeting will feature a Distinguished Lecture designed to interest delegates from all Scientific Groups.
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Rising Australian Biotech Stars Set To Connect On The World Stage
Two of Australia's leading life scientists have been chosen from a highly competitive field of candidates to take part in an initiative by Merck Sharp & Dohme and Advance to boost the capability of the country's burgeoning biopharmaceutical industry.
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Basis Created For Directing And Filming Blood Vessels
A new method of filming blood-vessel cells that move in accordance with targeted signals has been developed by researchers at Uppsala University in collaboration with researchers at the University of California. The method can also be used to study how migration of cancer cells and nerves can be controlled. These interesting findings have now been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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Dentists Asking For Retired List, UK
Baroness Gardner of Parkes has stated her intention to table an amendment to the forthcoming Health and Social Care Bill to enable retired dentists to stay on the General Dental Council Register at a nominal cost and without CPD requirements.
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For First Time, Organism Responsible For Buruli Ulcer Isolated And Characterized
Theorganism that causes Buruli ulcer (BU) has, for the first time, beenisolated and characterized, according to an article published on March26, 2008 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Buruliulcer is a neglected disease that necrotizes flesh and sometimesproduces enormous, disfiguring ulcers that have a high social impact onthe victim.
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Dementia Risk In Old Age Linked To Belly Size In Midlife
A new study by researchers from the US and Sweden showed that having a large belly in midlife increased the risk of having dementia in old age, with overweight and obese people with large bellies having double or triple the risk.
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Treating SSRI Resistant Depression
When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action? This is the question asked by researchers in a new report scheduled for publication in Biological Psychiatry on April 1st.
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Fringe Benefit Group Announces Framework Health Plan; Launches National Branding Campaign To Support New Product Name
The Fringe Benefit Group, an industry leader in group benefit plans designed specifically for hourly and part-time workers, announced it has launched a branding campaign to support the new name of its limited medical insurance policy, the Framework Health Plan.
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Prevention Of Dangerous Corn Toxin Hinges On Defining Gene's Role
Discovery that a specific gene is integral to both fungal invasion of corn and development of a potentially deadly toxin in the kernels may lead to ways to control the pathogen and the poison.Purdue University researchers evaluated the fungal gene ZFR1 and found that it is vital to the process of the fungus growing on corn kernels.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Rejecting Arizona Abortion Access Policy For Pregnant Inmates
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday without comment rejected an appeal aimed at reinstating a Maricopa County, Ariz., policy that required deputies to transport inmates to medical facilities for abortions after obtaining court orders, the New York Times reports (Greenhouse, New York Times, 3/25).
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Group-Based Cancer Trials Found To Have Flaws In Studies' Design And Analysis
A new study reviewing 75 group-randomized cancer trials over a five-year stretch shows that fewer than half of those studies used appropriate statistical methods to analyze the results. The review suggests that some trials may have reported that interventions to prevent disease or reduce cancer risks were effective when in fact they might not have been.
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BARACLUDE Data Show Low Resistance Over 5 Years In Nucleoside-Naive Hepatitis B Patients
New BARACLUDE� (entecavir) data presented 24th March demonstrated a continued low incidence of resistance in nucleoside-naive patients through five years of treatment. In the nucleoside-naive chronic hepatitis B patients analyzed, no additional patient developed resistance in the fifth year (n=108).
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Evidence Of Periodontal Disease Leading To Gestational Diabetes Shows Importance Of Maintaining Good Oral Health In Pregnancy
A study by a New York University dental research team has discovered evidence that pregnant women with periodontal (gum) disease are more likely to develop gestational diabetes mellitus than pregnant women with healthy gums.The study, led by Dr. Ananda P.
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Branded Cellular Therapies Creating A 'Toolbox' Of Options For Cardiologists
The field of cardiology has struggled to address the problems of patients with compromised or diminished cardiovascular function - a population that represents the largest single treatable patient segment in healthcare. New drugs and innovative devices have improved patient quality-of-life, but have done little to decrease mortality and morbidity.
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FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Blue Steel and Hero Products
These products are promoted and sold over the Internet for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) and for sexual enhancement.
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ECRI Institute's 2008 Health Devices Achievement Award
ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, is now accepting submissions to its third annual Health Devices Achievement Award program. The award honors healthcare facilities for achieving excellence in health technology management. Submissions are accepted online at http://www.ecri.org/hdaward.
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GE Healthcare Launches Sterile Genderless Connector For Disposable Biopharmaceutical Production
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE), launched of a range of sterile genderless connectors as part of its ReadyToProcess? portfolio of ready-to-use bioprocessing systems. GE Healthcare has acquired exclusive rights to the Disposable Aseptic Connector (DAC) developed by BioQuate Inc, and is now a key component in GE Healthcare's fully disposable technology offering.
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Circadian Remodeling Of Neuronal Circuits Involved In Rhythmic Behavior
Circadian systems evolved as a mechanism that allows organisms to adapt to the environmental changes in light and dark which occur as a consequence of the rotation of the Earth. Because of its unique repertoire of genetic tools, Drosophila is a well established model for the study of the circadian clock.
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Greater Risk At Birth To Baby Boys Than Girls
Male infants in developed nations are more likely to die than female infants, a fact that is partially responsible for men's shorter lifespans, reveals a new study by researchers from University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern California.
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Model Offers New Understanding Of Cell Signaling
Looking for answers in the bright light of day, rather than the confined beam of a street light at night. That's how University of Michigan researcher Sofia Merajver, M.D., Ph.D., describes the power of a new mathematical model that could have far-reaching impact on how scientists study cellular signaling pathways.
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Calling Aspiring Journalists
Leading HIV charity, International HIV/AIDS Alliance is teaming up with The Guardian newspaper and seven other development agencies (NGOs) to launch a unique journalism competition. The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition is launched with the financial support of the Department for International Development (DFID).
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Healthcare Commission To Launch Investigation At Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK
The Healthcare Commission announced that it is to investigate mortality rates at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The move is in response to data suggesting that the trust's rates of mortality may be high, particularly in the area of emergency admissions. The Commission has been concerned about the effectiveness of the trust's systems for monitoring mortality rates.
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Watch Your Mouth: Michigan Association Of Endodontists Offers Four Part Series On Keeping Your Teeth Healthy
During National Root Canal Awareness Week (March 30 to April 5), a four part series of articles is available for publication courtesy of The Michigan Association of Endodontists. Topics include healthy dental tips for aging, facts about root canals and new technology that can make the procedure virtually painless.
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Mechanism In Memory Development Discovered In Flies That May Help Parkinson's Patients
Before swatting at one of those pesky flies that come out as the days lengthen and the temperature rises, one should probably think twice. A University of Missouri researcher has found, through the study of Drosophila (a type of fruit fly), that by manipulating levels of certain compounds associated with the "circuitry" of the brain, key genes related to memory can be isolated and tested.
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MAP Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results From Comparative Pharmacokinetic Trial For Its Pediatric Asthma Product Candidate
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP) announced that in a pharmacokinetic clinical trial Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) demonstrated lower systemic drug exposure when compared to the currently marketed conventional nebulized budesonide.
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Is A Vegan Diet Heart-Friendly?
People with rheumatoid arthritis could cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes by removing meat, dairy products and gluten from their diets, the Daily Mail reports. A Swedish study has found that a vegan diet reduced levels of 'bad' cholesterol (LDL) and "boosted levels of natural antibodies to fight compounds in the body that are implicated in rheumatoid arthritis," the newspaper says.
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Can EU Stop TB? ECDC Sets Out Plan Of Action As Report Shows Nearly 90,000 Cases Annually In Union
Tuberculosis (TB) has been a treatable disease since the 1950s. Why then are tens of thousands of people getting TB each year in the EU? In the run up to World TB Day (24 March), the EU funded EuroTB network has released data showing that nearly 90,000 TB cases were reported in the EU in 2006.
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RCR Welcomes START, Showing That Fewer Fractions Of Radiotherapy Work For Breast Cancer Treatment, UK
The Royal College of Radiologists welcomes the latest results from the Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy Trial (START), which has found that radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer can now be given in fewer treatments than the international standard of 25 fractions. Local recurrence in the breast has reduced markedly over the last 10 years and now only affects one woman in 25.
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Parkinson's Disease Treated By Therapeutic Cloning In Mouse Model
Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has shown that therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can be used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice. The study's results are published in the March 23 online edition of the journal Nature Medicine.
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EMEA Recommends New Contraindication For Velcade (bortezomib), Europe
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended that Velcade (bortezomib) should not be used in patients with certain severe pulmonary or heart problems (acute diffuse infiltrative pulmonary and pericardial disease).
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Mental Health Nurse Who Strangled Patient Is Struck Off, UK
A mental health nurse who attacked an ex-patient in his care was struck off the Register at a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in London on Tuesday 11th March 2008.
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International Association Of Fire Fighters Directors' Award From MDA
The Muscular Dystrophy Association awarded its highest philanthropic achievement honor, the MDA Directors' Award, to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). MDA President and CEO Gerald C. Weinberg presented the award to IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger at the Association's national headquarters in Tucson, Ariz.
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Cardinal Health, Ge Healthcare, Broaden Relationship To Offer Greater Access To Myoview(TM) Imaging Agent
Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare announced an agreement to broaden the availability of GE Healthcare's Myoview? (Tetrofosmin) cardiac imaging agent through Cardinal Health's leading network of specialized nuclear pharmacies.
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ASCO Launches New Template To Document Chemotherapy Treatment And Survivor Care For Cancer Patients
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has expanded its tools to improve documentation and coordination of cancer treatment and survivorship care by developing a "generic" chemotherapy treatment plan and summary template that can be customized for almost any cancer diagnosis.
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Breast Cancer Gene Carriers' Risk 'Amplified' By Additional Genes
Many women with a faulty breast cancer gene could be at greater risk of the disease due to extra 'risk amplifying' genes, according to research published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
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Washington Post Examines Experts' Questions On Basis Of HIV Vaccine Research, Funding Strategies
The Washington Post on Friday examined how many experts are "questioning both the scientific premises and the overall strategy of the nearly $500 million in AIDS vaccine research funded annually by the U.S. government.
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Designs For New Nuclear Power Stations Clear First Hurdle
Nuclear regulators, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA), today announced that the first step of 'Generic Design Assessment' (GDA) carried out on four designs submitted for new nuclear power stations had found nshortfalls at this stage - in terms of safety, security o
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Promising New Drug Targets Identified For Huntington's Disease
Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has provided a number of promising new drug targets for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disease. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a number of candidate drugs to investigate further which encourage cells to "eat" the malformed proteins that lead to the disease.
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On World TB Day, American Lung Association Seeking Redoubled Efforts To Protect Public Health
Initially founded to combat tuberculosis (TB) more than a century ago, the American Lung Association today urges Congress to act decisively to finally eliminate TB in America. The Comprehensive TB Elimination Act, S. 1551/HR 1532, now pending in the Congress, would propel the U.S. Public Health Service's efforts and lead international work to eradicate the infection globally.
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World Congress On Industrial Biotechnology And Bioprocessing To Highlight Pharmaceutical Production
The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing will explore industrial biotechnology's potential for cleaner, low-cost production of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients. Enzymatic and fermentation systems can produce purer products from renewable resources with less waste and energy.
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Acting Surgeon General Kicks Off 1,600 Town Hall Meetings Throughout The Nation To Address The Underage Drinking Problem
In response to the Surgeon General's Call to Action to prevent and reduce underage drinking, more than 1,600 town hall meetings will take place all across the country in March and April 2008. These meetings are designed to raise awareness about new information on the public health risk that this problem poses as well as the steps that communities and individuals can take to combat and prevent it.
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Prevalence Of Positive Potassium Sensitivity Test Which Is An Indicator Of Bladder Epithelial Permeability Dysfunction In A Fixed Group Of Women
UroToday.com - Intravesical Potassium Chloride Screening Positive In 32.
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Relief "In Sight" For Allergy Sufferers
For many of the nation's 40 million contact lens wearers, seasonal ocular allergy symptoms such as itching, tearing, and redness caused by contact lens wear, often hit them during the time that they want to be wearing their lenses for outdoor sports, exercise, and socializing.
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The Far-Reaching Role Of Nanominerals: From Ocean To Atmosphere To Biosphere
The ubiquity of tiny particles of minerals--mineral nanoparticles--in oceans and rivers, atmosphere and soils, and in living cells are providing scientists with new ways of understanding Earth's workings. Our planet's physical, chemical, and biological processes are influenced or driven by the properties of these minerals.
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Some Moms Quit Cigarettes, Marijuana, Alcohol During Pregnancy, But Dads Don't
Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a baby, according to a new University of Washington study.Men's patterns of substance use during their partners' pregnancies were even bleaker.
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New Insights Into The Diversity Of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Agents
Researchers from the United Kingdom and France have identified four separate biochemical subgroups in a selection of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The study, published March 14th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, suggests that these subgroups could represent distinct prion strains in what is the most common human prion disease.
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The Increasing Use Of Antidepressants: Some Reasons For Concern
Two articles in the March issue of the European Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics raise serious concern about the increasing use of antidepressant medications. In the first article, David Healy and collaborators (University of Cardiff) formulate a critique of many studies which try to support the use of antidepressants on the basis of variations in suicide rates.
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Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty In Children
UroToday.com - This is a study from Gujarat, India regarding transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children. This group reported their technique and outcome with laparoscopic transperitoneal dismembered pyeloplasty in the pediatric population. They had 19 patients ranging from 2-14 years of age who underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty between June 2004 and December 2006.
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Attenuated Multimutated Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Effectively Treats Prostate Carcinomas With Neural Invasion While Preserving Nerve Function
UroToday.com - In the online version of the FASEB Journal, Dr. Kelly and associates from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center report that oncolytic therapy using HSV engineered to minimize neurotoxicity holds clinical promise. Herpes oncolytic vectors are effective gene transfer agents with attenuated toxicity to normal cells.
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Nanomedicine Workshop To Be Hosted By Wake Forest
Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials will host a gathering of scientists, engineers and medical researchers at a workshop that will explore both the science and the emerging business of nanomaterials used in medicine.
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Relief "In Sight" For Allergy Sufferers
For many of the nation's 40 million contact lens wearers, seasonal ocular allergy symptoms such as itching, tearing, and redness caused by contact lens wear, often hit them during the time that they want to be wearing their lenses for outdoor sports, exercise, and socializing.
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis For The Prevention Of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection In Children With Low Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux
UroToday.com - A prospective study out of France evaluated the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing the incidence of urinary tract infections in young children with low-grade vesicoureteral reflux, Grade I through Grade III.
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Hyperactive Girls Face Problems As Adults
Hyperactive young girls are more likely to have poor school-leaving qualifications, become hooked on smoking and fall into mentally abusive relationships later in life, according to a collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) and the University of Montreal.
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Can Psychotherapy Reverse Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
A randomized controlled trial by Lyon investigators discloses the difficulties in treating chronic posttraumatic stress disorder with psychotherapy in the March issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.To date, there have been no studies comparing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with Rogerian therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder.
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DWES: Free Online Scientific Journal On Drinking Water
Researchers can now read scientific articles on drinking water treatments for free in the online DWES journal. The aim of this joint initiative of TU Delft and UNESCO-IHE is to increase accessibility to scientific publications, especially for researchers in developing countries.Anyone can read the articles in the new online Drinking Water Engineering and Science (DWES, http://www.
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A One-Step Homogeneous Immunoassay For Cancer Biomarker Detection Using Gold Nanoparticle Probes Coupled With Dynamic Light Scattering
UroToday.com - Millions of people around the world face the risk of cancer, which has been one of the leading causes of mortality. The early detection of cancer can significantly improve the treatment and survival rate of cancer patients. As tumors develop, the cells, tissues and organs can increase or decrease the release of certain chemicals in the circulatory system.
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Beyond The Abstract - Prostate Specific Antigen Kinetics In The Management Of Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has significantly impacted on the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer since its advent in the 1980s.
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