Archive: 09/30/2009
Masitinib -- targeted therapy for cancers, inflammatory diseases and neurological indications
In new research published in the open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, Dr Patrice Dubreuil and colleagues characterise the pharmacological profile of masitinib (AB1010), a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) ...
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Less than 50 percent of men and women with depression see a doctor for treatment
Less than half of men and women in Ontario who may be suffering from depression see a doctor to treat their potentially debilitating condition, according to a new women's health study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Bing ads to warn of online scams
Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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No major role for fish in the prevention of heart failure
'No major role for fish' in the prevention of heart failure; only a possible beneficial effect in those with diabetes
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Electronic medical records could be used as a predictor of domestic abuse
Doctors could predict a patient's risk of receiving a domestic abuse diagnosis years in advance by using electronic medical records as an early warning system, according to research published on BMJ.com today.
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Obesity in middle aged women cuts chance of a long, healthy life by 80 percent
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a large study population of women who lived until at least age 70, being overweight in mid-life ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Small mammals have a 'Celtic fringe' too
The origin of the 'Celtic fringe' of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Researchers develop an integrated treatment for veterans with chronic pain and posttraumatic stress
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a growing number of soldiers evacuated to the United States for comprehensive care for physical and psychological trauma. Given the number of physical injuries often experienced ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Fruit fly sperm makes females do housework after sex
The sperm of male fruit flies are coated with a chemical 'sex peptide' which inhibits the female's usual afternoon siesta and compels her into an intense period of foraging activity.
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The 'Jewels in Our Genes' Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes ...
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