Archive: 05/23/2008
Understanding autumn rain decline in SE Australia
According to a report from a CSIRO Wealth From Oceans Flagship study – published this week in the science journal Geophysical Research Letters – since 1950 Victoria has suffered a 40 per cent decline in aut ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2008 |
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Will polyclinics deliver real benefits to patients?
Government proposals to establish polyclinics are intended to reshape NHS services, but will they deliver the more patient centred care they propose, or do they risk becoming an expensive mistake? Michael Dixon, Chair of ...
May 23, 2008 |
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Anti-HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss
A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Inserm U848, France, as a result of their work in a mouse ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 23, 2008 |
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What identifies cancer cells causing relapse and metastasis? Not CD133
New data, generated by Shahin Rafii and colleagues, at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, through analysis of human colon cancer cells and mice, have shed doubt on the recently proposed designation of ...
May 23, 2008 |
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Miracle leaves that may help protect against liver damage
Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) berries are well known for their cholesterol busting properties, but scientists in India say that its leaves are also rich in anti-oxidants and may help ward off liver disease, according ...
May 23, 2008 |
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A trial of removing food additives should be considered for hyperactive children
A properly supervised trial eliminating colours and preservatives from the diet of hyperactive children should considered a part of the standard treatment, says an editorial in this week’s BMJ.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 23, 2008 |
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More intensive dialysis does not improve outcomes among patients with acute kidney injury
No significant difference in death rates or other outcomes was found between a group of patients with acute kidney injury that received intensive dialysis and another group that received a more standard regimen of dialysis, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 23, 2008 |
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New method reveals ancestry surprises
A statistical approach to studying genetic variation promises to shed new light on the history of human migration.
Biology /
May 23, 2008 |
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