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Referring cancer patients to more experienced, successful hospitals for surgery could save lives
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Rice University report that referring cancer patients to hospitals with better track records for surgery could save lives and not raise the cost to patients. The study was reported online ...
Cancer
Oct 18, 2012 |
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State deregulation of open-heart surgery beneficial to patients
(Medical Xpress)—Certificate of Need, a form of state government regulation designed to keep mortality rates and health care costs down, appears to do neither for heart bypass surgery, according to a health economics researcher ...
Cardiology
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Theory: Music underlies language acquisition
(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and the University ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Experts propose 'cyber war' on cancer
In the face of mounting evidence that cancer cells communicate, cooperate and even engage in collective decision-making, biophysicists and cancer researchers at Rice University, Tel Aviv University and Johns ...
Cancer
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Precautions against West Nile virus recommended
"Fight the bite!" was the advice Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby gave to Rice students, faculty and staff in an email Wednesday about precautions against the West Nile virus.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 24, 2012 |
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Precautions against West Nile virus recommended
"Fight the bite!" was the advice Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby gave to Rice students, faculty and staff in an email Wednesday about precautions against the West Nile virus.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 24, 2012 |
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Brain wave-reading robot might help stroke patients
(Medical Xpress) -- What comes naturally to most people – to think and then do – is difficult for stroke patients who have lost the full use of their limbs. New research by Rice University, the ...
Medical research
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Researchers aim to grow salivary glands using patient's own cells
Biologists, surgical oncologists and regenerative medicine specialists from Rice University, the University of Delaware and the Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., have begun a four-year program ...
Cancer
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Study shows stagnating life expectancies in US
Despite modest gains in lifespan over the past century, the United States still trails many of the world's countries when it comes to life expectancy, and its poorest citizens live approximately five years ...
Health
Jun 21, 2012 |
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African-American women can lose weight and keep it off
(Medical Xpress) -- Understanding cultural influences on African-American women may be important in helping them achieve long-term weight loss, according to researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Protein pathways provide clues in leukemia research
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have successfully profiled protein pathways found to be distinctive to leukemia patients with particular variants of the ...
Cancer
May 31, 2012 |
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Alternative approach to medical education may increase interest in and meet demand for careers in geriatric health
(Medical Xpress) -- Medical education that focuses on attitude-based learning may increase interest in geriatric health careers, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of Pittsburgh and ...
Other
May 11, 2012 |
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Helping Hands reaches out to patients with cerebral palsy
With the aid of multiple force sensors and a digital dinosaur, a team of Rice University seniors known as Helping Hands hopes to restore strength and flexibility to the hands and wrists of children with cerebral ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2012 |
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Rice students work on weighty problem for doctors (w/ Video)
The best doctors strive to relieve their patients' burdens. A physician in Houston asked Rice University students to help him do so in the most literal way.
Medical research
May 09, 2012 |
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Skin no barrier for cardiac charger
Heart-failure patients may someday get a life-saving charge from technology developed by students at Rice University.
Medical research
May 03, 2012 |
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