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Medical News Today: 02-10-2005
A first-of-its-kind application of a novel statistical method of analysis to African Americans has identified regions on chromosomes 6 and 21 that likely harbor genes contributing to high blood pressure in that group... click link for more info.
Britain's Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority on Tuesday granted a license to a team at the... click link for more info.
Women who have type 2 diabetes are more likely to have poor pregnancy outcomes than nondiabetic women or women with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the February issue of... click link for more info.
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Alan List, MD, leader of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, recently conducted a phase I/II trial of the experimental drug Revlimid showing promise as an innovative way to treat patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of pre-leukemia... click link for more info.
On May 25, 2005, new FDA guidelines for the donation of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps), will go into effect... click link for more info.
That sought-after trait in a mate -- "good sense of humour" -- is more complex than originally thought... click link for more info.
UK - The Royal College of Practitioners (RCGP) has published a new book designed to help GP appraisers measure and improve their competence in carrying out appraisals... click link for more info.
Rumaisa Rahman was the smallest surviving baby ever when she was born, weighing in at 260 grams (under 9 ounces)... click link for more info.
There is a compound found in carrots, called 'falcarinol', that seems to have an effect in the development of cancer, say scientists from the UK and Denmark... click link for more info.
Clinical Trial Demonstrates Improved Sexual Desire in Women with Low Libido After Treatment with VIVUS' Testosterone Spray - Phase 2 Study Shows Number of Satisfactory Sexual Events more than Doubled... click link for more info.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new simplified mechanism for all research institutions that receive HHS funding or support to obtain an assurance of compliance with HHS regulations for the protection of human subjects... click link for more info.
Rugby union, a full-body-contact team sport played in the United States but more popular in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, France, Italy, Ireland and Argentina, has much in common with US football... click link for more info.
PCRM petition spurs investigation into 'Cruelty 101' lab course - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has notified the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that it will investigate charges by PCRM that Ohio State University has violated federal animal welfare regulations as part of its controversial Spinal Cord Injury Techniques Training Course... click link for more info.
Millions of people at risk of becoming blind could one day be helped by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology originally intended to understand semiconductor defects... click link for more info.
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US residents with chronic conditions such as diabetes tend to lose insurance coverage more frequently and are uninsured longer than healthy beneficiaries, according to a new report by researchers at the... click link for more info.
Health care spending in the United States has increased by $621 billion since 2000 to $1... click link for more info.
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The new Medicare prescription drug benefit will cost more than $720 billion over its first 10 years, with costs reaching $100 billion annually by 2015, according to new estimates released Tuesday by... click link for more info.
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Researchers at New York University have determined the location in the brain where involuntary attention enhances visual processing... click link for more info.
Russia has registered slightly more than 305,000 HIV-positive people since 1987, a Russian official said Monday,... click link for more info.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday spent the Lunar New Year with HIV-positive people in the country's Henan province... click link for more info.
Wales - A national bowel cancer trial has been launched in Cardiff today, 10 February... click link for more info.
The adult male zebra finch knows only one scratchy tune learned in its youth, which it performs repeatedly and intensely when females are listening... click link for more info.
Infotrieve, Inc, a provider of content software technology and information services, today announced its acquisition of GenSys Software, Inc, provider of the GenSys/ELN? electronic laboratory notebook for life sciences, chemistry, and other research-intensive industries... click link for more info.
List, MD, leader of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the H... click link for more info.
Manhattan personal injury firm Weitz & Luxenberg has launched an aggressive marketing campaign seeking patients injured by the arthritis and pain medication Celebrex after the drug's manufacturer acknowledged that a 1999 clinical trial showed clear cardiovascular risks in elderly patients taking the drug... click link for more info.
The world of advertising and public relations has brought physicians' names to the public on a continuing basis... click link for more info.
The American Council on Exercise Reminds the Nation that Exercise Improves Sexual Function in Men and Women - Want to heat up your sex life and don't know how? This year for Valentine's Day forget the box of chocolates or flowers and head to the gym for a workout with your partner... click link for more info.
The (US) Government Accountability Office (GAO) study reflects statistically the experience of our clients... click link for more info.
Although many of today's women are putting marriage and pregnancy on hold for their careers, their "biological clocks" can't afford to take a pregnant pause... click link for more info.
Hopkins scientists discover that emotional shock can trigger sudden, reversible heart failure that is not a classic heart attack - Shocking news, such as learning of the unexpected death of a loved one, has been known to cause catastrophic events, such as a heart attack... click link for more info.
A new cost-effectiveness analysis has led researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Health Care System to recommend that routine voluntary screening for HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), should be expanded well beyond current guidelines to include health care settings where the incidence of the virus would be expected to be low... click link for more info.
Potential for replacing damaged tissue... click link for more info.
Pregnant women who have asthma, psoriasis or allergies are more likely than women who do not have these disorders during pregnancy to give birth to children who are subsequently diagnosed with autism, according to a study published in the Feb... click link for more info.
Expanded HIV screening can increase patient life span, prevent the spread of the disease, and is cost effective, researchers at Yale, Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital report in the February 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... click link for more info.
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