Archive: 05/02/2012
Simple method for reducing active HIV in breastmilk
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team led by UC Davis researchers has found that mothers in sub-Saharan Africa could successfully follow a protocol for flash-heating breastmilk to reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency ...
Pediatrics
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Real-time monitoring of cellular signalling events
(Medical Xpress) -- Phosphorylation is one of the most important and ubiquitous cell regulatory events. EU-funded researchers assessed the dynamic events of intracellular phosphorylation in two model systems with important ...
Cancer
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Improving detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis
(Medical Xpress) -- European researchers are developing new assays to detect drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Viewing the lungs in 4D
(Medical Xpress) -- A new lung imaging method has the potential to revolutionise the study of lungs in both normal and diseased states.
Medical research
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Students more likely to be fit when physical education is mandatory
Fifth graders in California public school districts that comply with the state’s mandatory physical education requirement are more likely to have better fitness levels than students in districts that don’t comply, ...
Pediatrics
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Eye expert leads calls for blindness warnings on cigarettes
An eye expert based at Southampton’s university hospitals has called for new health warnings on cigarettes to highlight smokers’ increased risk of blindness.
Ophthalmology
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AgriLife Extension safety expert: Pickups rock! Unfortunately, they also roll
Texans have a love affair with pickups, and while residents of the Lone Star State think these vehicles ‘rock,’ they also need to know that they roll, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service safety expert.
Health
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Health, prognosis not taken into account when treating older lung cancer patients, study finds
In a study of patients 65 and older with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), younger patients were more likely to receive treatment than older patients, regardless of overall health and prognosis.
Cancer
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Biological roots to domestic violence?
In an experiment carried out with rats at EPFL, it was observed that aggressive behavior passed from one generation to the other, even without any contact between the parent and its offspring. Researchers ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Can't get more satisfaction
Young people in Scotland are more satisfied with life than many of their counterparts in Europe, according to a major new study into inequalities in health.
Health
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Breast cancer risk can be seen years before it develops
A person’s risk of breast cancer could be decided many years before it develops, according to a new study.
Cancer
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Stanford scholar tracks meditation's migration from ancient monasteries to modern yoga
For many Americans, "yoga" conjures up mental images of athletic-minded people engaging in a simultaneous "warrior pose" while being told to focus on their breathing.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Suicide risk for older people who self-harm
Older people who self-harm are at much greater risk of suicide than both the general population and younger adults who self-harm, a new study has found. Researchers from The University of Manchester studied 1,177 people over ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Two-year-old dies of bird flu in Indonesia
A two-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, the health ministry said, bringing the country's death toll from the virulent disease this year to seven.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Anti-HIV drug use during pregnancy does not affect infant size, birth weight
Infants born to women who used the anti-HIV drug tenofovir as part of an anti-HIV drug regimen during pregnancy do not weigh less at birth and are not of shorter length than infants born to women who used anti-HIV drug regimens ...
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