Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug August 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ... | |
Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Robert Mackie trembles with rage when he describes how he and his wife were kept in the dark about his HIV infection - and how doctors published his medical data in journals years before they gave him the devastating ... | |
Pre-school age exercises can prevent dyslexia August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A typical characteristics of children's linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to ... | |
Researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. | |
Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their idea of masculinity ... | |
 Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their ... | |
Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths. | |
Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ... | |
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