Arsenic found in infant rice cereal May 01, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Researchers say one-third of infant rice cereal in Britain contains unsafe levels of arsenic. | |
Study shows how 'horse tranquiliser' stops depression May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers have shown exactly how the anaesthetic ketamine helps depression with images that show the orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain that is overactive in depression – being ‘switched off’. | |
Molecule prompts blood stem cells to help repair heart damage in animal model April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have for the first time used drug-treated blood stem cells to repair heart damage in an animal model, results that might point to methods for healing injuries from heart attacks ... | |
Vitamin E may help Alzheimer's patients live longer April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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People with Alzheimer's disease who take vitamin E appear to live longer than those who don't take vitamin E, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting ... | |
Celebrex-Lipitor combo may halt prostate cancer April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy have shown that administering a combination of the widely used drugs Celebrex (celecoxib, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and Lipitor (atorvastatin, a cholesterol ... | |
Blood urate levels associated with the progression of Parkinson's disease April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Higher blood levels of the compound urate, a salt derived from uric acid that is associated with gout, may be associated with a slower progression of Parkinson’s disease, according to an article posted online today that will ... | |
Tree-lined streets mean lower rates of childhood asthma May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Children who live in tree lined streets have lower rates of asthma, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. | |
Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. | |
Gene therapy improves vision in patients with congenital retinal disease April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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In a clinical trial at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers from The University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young adults with a rare form of congenital blindness. ... | |
Incubator electromagnetic fields alter newborns' heart rates May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The electromagnetic fields produced by incubators alter newborns’ heart rates, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood. | |
New findings may help prevent stomach cancer May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Prompt treatment of a microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other ailments can reverse damage to the lining of the stomach and ultimately prevent one of the most lethal forms of cancer from developing there, MIT researchers ... | |
Blocked brain enzyme decreases appetite and promotes weight loss May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to tone down appetite and promote weight loss, while improving the body’s ability to handle blood sugar levels. That’s just what Tony Means, PhD, and his team at the Duke University Medical Center were ... | |
UCI scientists study people who can't forget May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to recall every moment of your life, beginning around age 10. Given a date, you remember what day of the week it was, what happened in the world, even what you ate for lunch or what you did at school. | |
New cancer gene found May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears in Nature’s cancer journal Oncogene. | |
New details presented in outbreak in pork processing plant workers April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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New details on the neurological illness that has affected workers at several pork processing plants will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12–19, 2008. The ... | |
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