Crawling the Internet to track infectious disease outbreaks July 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Could Internet discussion forums, listservs, and online news outlets be an informative source of information on disease outbreaks? A team of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School thinks so, ... | |
Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers. | |
Angiotensin receptor blockers are lower incidence, progression of Alzheimer's disease July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)—a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines—are associated with a striking decrease ... | |
Living with a partner reduces risk of Alzheimer's July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Living with a spouse or a partner decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases. This according to a study by Krister Håkansson, researcher in psychology at Växjö University and Karolinska Institutet, ... | |
Old eyes can learn new tricks; findings offer hope for adults with 'lazy eye' July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most ... | |
 New schizophrenia genes uncovered July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered new genes linked to schizophrenia, it has been revealed. In two papers published in Nature today (July 30), scientists identify four mutated gene regions ... | |
ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday. | |
Malaria Millennium Development Goal 'unlikely to be met' July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria globally is unlikely to be met, according to Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Bob Snow. The statement comes in ... | |
PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg? July 19, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter ... | |
Pandemic mutations in bird flu revealed July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Scientists have discovered how bird flu adapts in patients, offering a new way to monitor the disease and prevent a pandemic, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of General Virology. ... | |
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