 Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights 'cutting' girls August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters. A year ago, she had few qualms about female genital mutilation, the practice ... | |
Robotics research: Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students from Rochester Institute of Technology. | |
 Once common on skin, anthrax is deadly in lungs August 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Seven years ago, Americans learned to fear anthrax as a white powder in the mail that claimed lives, forced the post office to change the way it handles letters and sparked contamination scares across ... | |
Post-partum suicide attempt risks studied August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Although maternal suicide after giving birth is a relatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American ... | |
Researchers study diet and autism August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have embarked on one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as parents ... | |
New implant device remotely monitors heart failure patients at Northwestern Memorial August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Chest pain and shortness of breath are common symptoms that send tens of thousands of heart failure (HF) patients into U.S. hospitals each month. Cardiologists at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial ... | |
Researchers Combine Technologies to Heal Patients, Virtually August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arkansas researchers seeking new ways to make health care more efficient and cost-effective have built a new kind of hospital: one that uses location aware systems, sensors, smart devices, radio-frequency ... | |
The Schiavo case: Are mass media to be blamed? August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
In 1990, Theresa Schiavo, an American citizen, had a cardiac arrest that caused irreversible brain damage which led to a persistent vegetative state diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a source of conflict ... | |
TORC at UH turns to virtual world of Second Life for new study August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The University of Houston department of health and human performance is launching an international effort to recruit 500 participants for a study promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity. The study will take ... | |
Gastrointestinal bleeding after stroke may increase risk of death August 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
People who have gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after a stroke are more likely to die or become severely disabled than stroke sufferers with no GI bleeding, according to a study published in the August 6, 2008, online issue ... | |
Coronary CTA costs less than standard of care for triaging women with acute chest pain 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, according to a recent study conducted ... | |
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