Archive: 07/16/2007
Combating counterfeit Rx from China
Agencies worldwide are cracking down on counterfeit pharmaceuticals, and much of the focus has been on China, where an official was recently executed for approving fake medicines. While most of these drugs reach consumers ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 16, 2007 |
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6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
Family doctors don’t always feel that they can achieve healthy cholesterol levels in their patients even though they are aware of the dangers of cardiovascular disease, according to an international survey of practitioners ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 16, 2007 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
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Stem cell specialists face questioning
A top panel of experts will face questions of public and scientific concern on stem cell research during an international conference being held at The University of Manchester this week.
Jul 16, 2007 |
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Pediatricians say advice to obese kids and families falls on deaf ears
Pediatricians who talk to obese patients and their families about losing weight feel their conversation makes little difference in encouraging a lifestyle change, a small Saint Louis University study finds.
Jul 16, 2007 |
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Nano propellers pump with proper chemistry
The ability to pump liquids at the cellular scale opens up exciting possibilities, such as precisely targeting medicines and regulating flow into and out of cells. But designing this molecular machinery has proven difficult.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2007 |
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Extreme weather monitoring boosted by space sensor
The first soil moisture maps with a spatial resolution of one km are available online for the entire southern African subcontinent. As soil moisture plays an important role in the global water cycle, these maps, based on ...
Jul 16, 2007 |
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NRL scientists demonstrate efficient electrical spin injection into silicon
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have efficiently injected a current of spin-polarized electrons from a ferromagnetic metal contact into silicon, producing a large electron spin polarization ...
Jul 16, 2007 |
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Clues to future evolution of HIV come from African green monkeys
Monkey viruses related to HIV may have swept across Africa more recently than previously thought, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 16, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (20) |
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Vaccine trials inject hope into koala's future
The first Australian trials of a vaccine developed by Queensland University of Technology that could save Australia's iconic koala from contracting chlamydia are planned to begin later this year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 16, 2007 |
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