Archive: 07/31/2008
Liver damage in Hepatitis C patients could be treated with warfarin, says new study
The drug warfarin may help prevent liver failure in thousands of people with Hepatitis C, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Protein made by fat cells may increase risk of heart attack in older adults
Adiponectin, a protein produced by fat cells, may play a pivotal and counterintuitive role in cardiovascular health for older Americans according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Simple lab test for bone disease linked to risk of death in dialysis patients
Among patients receiving dialysis for chronic kidney disease (CKD), high levels of alkaline phosphatase—a routinely measured laboratory marker of bone disease—may signal an increased risk of death, reports a study in the ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Timing is everything: How vulnerable to flooding is New York City?
A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will b ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Cholesterol-lowering drug boosts bone repair
Lovastatin, a drug used to lower cholesterol and help prevent cardiovascular disease, has been shown to improve bone healing in an animal model of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The research, reported today in the open access ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Like eavesdropping at a party
Cells rely on calcium as a universal means of communication. For example, a sudden rush of calcium can trigger nerve cells to convey thoughts in the brain or cause a heart cell to beat. A longstanding mystery has been how ...
Biology /
Jul 31, 2008 |
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