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China fights animal disease spread in quake areas
BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed at least 29,000 people in China also badly hurt livestock and crops in Sichuan province, and disinfection teams are spreading out to prevent more damage, officials said on Saturday.
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Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours.
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Soccer fans warned of tick danger at Euro 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - If you are a soccer fan going to watch Euro 2008 it could be worth having a vaccination to prevent catching a little known, but potentially fatal illness that is spread by ticks, a leading scientist warned on Saturday.
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'Dirt-Powered' Microbial Fuel Cells Developed By Undergraduates To Light Africa
A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank's Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana. The innovation, microbial fuel cell-based lighting systems suitable for Sub-Saharan Africa, netted the group a $200,000 prize.
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Ning Wong Of Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives ASCO Cancer Foundation Career Development Award
The American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation has selected Yu-Ning Wong, M.D., M.S.C.E., of Fox Chase Cancer Center, as one of 13 clinicians to receive a 2008 Career Development Award. Career Development Awards are presented to physicians in their second, third or fourth year as full-time faculty members in an academic setting.
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New Formula Connects Optical Quality With Visual Acuity With Potential To Provide Automatic Eyeglasses Prescriptions
For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses.
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Factors In Delaying Or Declining Total Knee Replacement Surgery
A study led by Dr. Ann F. Jacobson, associate professor in Kent State's College of Nursing, unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery and emphasizes the need for better patient education before and after the procedure.
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World's Largest Conference On Evolution To Be Hosted By University Of Minnesota
University of Minnesota to host world's largest conference on evolution; author, columnist Olivia Judson headlines.More than 1,400 of the world's top experts on evolution will gather in Minnesota June 20 through 24 for "Evolution 2008," the world's largest annual gathering of evolutionary biologists.
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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureteroureterostomy: Description Of Technique
UroToday.com - This study out of Boston Children's by Passerotti, et al described the group's technique utilizing robotics for ureteroureterostomy in patients with mid ureteral obstructions. The group had 3 patients, 2 who were boys and 1 girl with their ages being 4.7, 9.6 and 14.3 years. These patients all had mid ureteral strictures and obstruction.
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First Electrophysical Recording Of Sleep In A Wild Animal
In the first experiment to record the electrophysiology of sleep in a wild animal, three-toed sloths carrying miniature electroencephalogram recorders slept 9.63 hours per day - 6 hours less than captive sloths did, reports an international team of researchers working on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
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AIDS Action Urges Everyone To Help End The AIDS Epidemic By Being Part Of The Search For An HIV Vaccine
Twenty-six years into the AIDS epidemic, someone is newly infected with HIV every 13 minutes in the U.S.
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World AIDS Vaccine Day 2008
Twenty-five years since the discovery of HIV, the world has made considerable advances in addressing the AIDS pandemic. Scientists have learned a tremendous amount about HIV, perhaps more than any other pathogen, and have developed more drugs to treat AIDS than all other viral diseases combined. But this progress is not enough.
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Suicide Prevention Group Delivers Much Needed Message To Pennsylvania's Elderly
This month, in recognition of National Mental Health Month and Older Pennsylvanians Month, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council (SPC) will offer an important message to senior citizens through a public service announcement.
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Scientist Unravels Deadly Pathogens
A scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia Health System has deciphered the metabolic properties of two dangerous pathogens discovering how they thrive and which genes, when knocked out, cause them to weaken. Jason Papin, Ph.D.
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Fibroids Common, But Women Have Options
Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don't cause major complications, according to a new study.The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal.
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New Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled
New research findings from a top clinical investigator at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer, which is expected to claim more than 15,000 lives nationwide this year, with 480 in New Jersey.
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Only About 1 In 10 Adult Americans Are Health Literate
Just 12 percent of America's 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care proficiently, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research. These skills, known collectively as health literacy, describe people's person's ability to obtain and use health information to make appropriate health care decisions.
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Disabling Mouse Enzyme Increases Fertility
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. The change appears to alter a reproductive "thermostat," unveiling part of an intricate regulatory system that may one day be used to enhance human fertility.
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Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval Of New Heart Failure Lead
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its ACUITY(R) Spiral left ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P), both of which treat heart failure.
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Bone Drug Could Help Prevent The Spread Of Breast Cancer
Maintaining bone density could be a key to decreasing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.Bones are common sites for the spread, or metastasis, of breast cancer.
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Analysis: Control Reduces Cardiovascular Risk By 42%
Results of a new analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study show that intensive low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol-lowering in patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) whose systolic blood pressure was less than 140 mmHg reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, includ
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Prospective Study Of The Long-Term Effects Of Shock Wave Lithotripsy On Renal Function And Blood Pressure
UroToday.com - The debate regarding the long-term effects of SWL on patient hypertension and diabetes continues.These researchers from Egypt prospectively randomized 100 patients with a single, 2 cm or less renal stone and similar BMI's, treated with unilateral SWL on an electrohydraulic (Dornier MFL 5000) or an electromagnetic (Dornier Lithotripter S) lithotripter unit.
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Nexavar Significantly Improves Overall Survival By 47 Percent In Asia Pacific Liver Cancer Study
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) announced that Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets significantly improved overall survival by 47.3 percent (HR=0.68; p-value=0.014) in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or primary liver cancer versus those receiving placebo.
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Bayer Schering Pharma Starts Global Awareness Campaign - Mastering MS
The results of an international survey presentedby Bayer Schering Pharma shows that many people face the same fears andconcerns when they are first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). In thesurvey, 71 percent of people with MS had at least one concern about how thedisease would affect their relationships; 64 percent said being diagnosedhad a negative impact on their career.
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4th International AMAM Symposium: Animal Behavior Turned Into Robots And More
Building a machine that moves like a cockroach, salamander, fish or another creature is no easy task.
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Combination Of Genomics And Proteomics Yields A Surprising Finding: Silencing Foreign DNA In Bacteria
Compared to humans, bacteria have a much tidier genome. The tiny microorganisms pack their genes closely together, and don't carry around a lot of extraneous DNA, so-called junk DNA that fills in the gaps between genes. Some 90 percent of the complete genome sequence of the bacteria E.
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New Gene Methylation Test For Prostate Cancer Available
Veridex, LLC announced that its licensing collaborator, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp), has commercially launched a new gene methylation test for prostate cancer. The new assay uses the biological specificity of 'DNA methylation' in prostate cancer, detecting the methylation of the gene GST-Pi.
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Rosetta Genomics To Present Multiple Posters At The 44th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (Nasdaq:ROSG), a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, announced that it will present multiple posters at the upcoming ASCO annual meeting in Chicago. The company also has three publication only abstracts available on ASCO's website. The event will take place from May 30 to June 3 at the McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
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Pharmacopeia's First-in-Class Investigational Therapy PS433540 Achieves Statistically Significant Reductions In Blood Pressure In Hypertensive Patient
Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced that PS433540, its first-in-class Dual Acting Receptor Antagonist (DARA), showed statistically significant blood pressure reductions in a Phase 2a study in patients with mild to moderate hypertension.
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Significant Anti-Tumor Activity Of NKTR-102 In Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors; Interim Data Published In ASCO 2008 Proceedings
Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) announced initial results from a Phase 1 study of NKTR- 102, PEGylated irinotecan. The data shows significant anti-tumor activity in patients with refractory solid tumors.
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Recurring Symptoms Experienced By Nearly 40 Percent Of GERD Patients Taking PPIs
Despite daily use of doctor-recommended proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to control gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms, nearly 40 percent of patients who take them continue to experience breakthrough, which is a return of GERD symptoms, such as acid regurgitation and heartburn.
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Questioning The Risk Of Death From Higher Salt Intake
Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S.
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Pulmo BioTech Announces Details Of The Methodology For Its Phase I Human Trials
Pulmo BioTech Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLMO.OB) has announced details of the methodology and purpose of its Phase I Human Trials with its PulmoBind Molecular Imaging technology for the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension. The work will be carried out by the Pulmo BioTech subsidiary, PulmoScience Inc.
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AMA Congratulates The Flying Doctors On 80 Years Of Saving Lives, Australia
The Australian Medical Association congratulated The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) on 80 years of providing emergency and primary health care to people in the bush.The RFDS celebrates its 80th anniversary today.AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that without the extensive health care network flown in by the RFDS, much of outback and rural Australia would be left exposed.
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Memory Pharmaceuticals Highlights Progress With Key Programs At Its R&D Day
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: MEMY) announced progress with several key development programs at its R&D Day meeting with the investment community. The Company reported new clinical data for MEM 1414, its lead PDE4 inhibitor, demonstrating the compound's CNS activity in humans.
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