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Mathematics taking guesswork out of plastic surgery tissue transfer

Plastic surgeons are turning to mathematics to take the guesswork out of efforts to ensure that live tissue segments that are selected to restore damaged body parts will have enough blood and oxygen to survive the surgical ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Oldest pregnant lizard fossil discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper published in Naturwissenschaft reveals a fossil from 120 million years ago that proves that some lizards were not laying eggs but rather giving birth to live y ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Pulled teeth stored for stem cells

Naidelys Montoya didn't wait for her son's baby teeth to fall out. She took the boy to an oral surgeon to have two of the loose ones extracted.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom

(AP) -- The natural gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

EU-India trade deal could limit generics supply

(AP) -- AIDS patients in Africa are nervously awaiting the outcome of talks launched Friday between Europe and India on a new trade deal that could slash the world's supply of cheap generics.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bioactive peptides found to promote wound healing

Newly-created bioactive peptides promote wound healing through the growth of new blood vessels and epithelial tissue, such as skin. These wound-healing peptides, synthesized by researchers at the Tufts Center for Innovations ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: A bit more vitamin D is good, not too much

(AP) -- Got milk? You may need a couple cups more than today's food labels say to get enough vitamin D for strong bones. But don't go overboard: Long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses prevent ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Early role of mitochondria in AD may help explain limitations to current beta amyloid hypothesis

Before Alzheimer's patients experience memory loss, the brain's neurons have already suffered harm for years.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds beta blockers reduce risk of death after surgery

Surgical patients with known heart disease risks who are given beta blockers around the time of surgery have a significantly reduced risk of post-operative death compared with patients not given beta blockers, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spiriva as good as Serevent in asthma study

(AP) -- Researchers say they've found a possible new treatment for adults with hard-to-control asthma. Their discovery, however, came at a price.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Worldwide shortage of isotopes for medical imaging could threaten quality of patient care

Twenty million medical scans and treatments are done each year that require radioactive isotopes and scientists today described a global shortage of these life-saving materials that could jeopardize patient ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 22, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2


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