Archive: 12/03/2012
Study finds how to correct human mitochondrial mutations
Researchers at the UCLA stem cell center and the departments of chemistry and biochemistry and pathology and laboratory medicine have identified, for the first time, a generic way to correct mutations in human mitochondrial ...
Mar 12, 2012
Network approach improves outcomes in IBD despite lack of new treatment options
Many children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis who received treatment through ImproveCareNow, a national quality improvement and research network, ceased to have symptoms and no longer needed to take steroids for ...
Mar 12, 2012
Preemies still receive inhaled nitric oxide despite lack of supporting evidence and standards
Many premature infants throughout the United States continue to receive inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) during their NICU stay, despite the lack of evidence to support its use. Whether or not a preemie will receive iNO treatment, ...
Mar 12, 2012
Canadian trial against Big Tobacco starts
Nearly two million Canadians claimed $27 billion from leading tobacco companies at a trial that opened Monday for allegedly failing to adequately warn them about the danger of smoking.
Mar 12, 2012
Russia HIV infections rise 5% in 2011: official
Russia in 2011 saw a rise of five percent in the number of new HIV infections to 62,000 cases amid worrying signs that heterosexuals and women are increasingly at risk, its chief doctor said Monday.
Mar 12, 2012