Archive: 01/22/2009
New tools can better predict successful kidney transplant outcomes
Kidney transplants are the best available therapy for end stage renal disease. Because of the shortage of deceased organ donors, living donor transplantation is rapidly growing and has the advantage of improved outcomes over ...
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Inflammation worsens danger due to atherosclerosis
Current research suggests that inflammation increases the risk of plaque rupture in atherosclerosis. The related report by Ovchinnikova et al, "T cell activation leads to reduced collagen maturation in atherosclerotic plaques ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Trust me, I'm a journalist
Trust in the media promotes health. A study of people from 29 Asian countries, reported in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that individuals with high levels of trust in the mass media tend to be healthier.
Jan 22, 2009 |
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