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Debunking myths about warm-ups, eggs
There are so many things to worry about these days. Wouldn't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, ...
May 29, 2009 |
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New device holds promise of making blood glucose testing easier for patients with diabetes
People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by Arizona State University engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Study offers clues to beating hearing loss
Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Genetic tests may improve dosing of widely used anti-clotting drug
Doctors can use a patient's genetic information to more accurately prescribe doses of a commonly used blood-thinning drug whose potency and side effects vary greatly from one person to the next, reports an international team ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Air quality improving in many U.S. cities: report
(HealthDay) -- Air quality in America's most polluted cities has improved significantly over the past decade, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on
To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe -- despite the official line.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 01, 2012 |
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In pilot study, screening detects potentially serious heart conditions in healthy children
A pilot study in healthy children and adolescents shows that it is feasible to screen for undiagnosed heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Adding a 10-minute electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and ma ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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High-spending hospitals may save more lives
Studies have shown that regions spending more on medical care, such as Miami, do not have better health outcomes than regions that spend relatively less, such as Minneapolis. However, less is known about how medical spending ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Study sheds light on deadly GI disease in infants born with complex congenital heart disease
Infants born with complex congenital heart disease are not only at risk for serious heart-related complications, but also for developing a deadly bowel disease, regardless of the type of surgical intervention they receive ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2010 |
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India studies yogic power for life without food
A team of military doctors backed by India's national defence research centre is studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent seven decades surviving without food or water.
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Diabetes patients rank health concerns differently than their doctors, survey shows
About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Unique Heart Beat Signature Device Could Revolutionise Healthcare
An innovative cardiac scanner will dramatically improve the process of diagnosing heart conditions.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2010 |
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New tool for helping pediatric heart surgery
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Stanford University has developed a way to simulate blood flow on the computer to optimize surgical designs. It is the basis of a new tool that may help ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Smoke from Va.'s Lateral West Fire
Today, the GOES-13 satellite captured a visible image of the thick brown smoke streaming from the Lateral West Fire burning in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDSBWR) in southeastern Virginia.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2011 |
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