70 people sickened during San Francisco conference May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread ... | |
Folic acid, B vitamins not linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk women May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Women at high-risk of cardiovascular disease who took a daily supplement of folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 for seven years did not have an overall reduced rate of cardiovascular events, despite a significant lowering of ... | |
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. | |
Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies (Update) May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Doctors in hazardous materials suits swarmed a passenger train in Canada's outback on Friday to contain a possible outbreak after one person died and several fell ill, officials said. But the emergency was soon deflated after ... | |
End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. | |
Genetic links to impaired social behavior in autism 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show profound deficits in social interactions and communications, and display repetitive behaviors and abnormal responses to sensory experiences. One aspect of an autistic ... | |
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