News tagged with innocent bystanders
New research links platelets to sepsis-related organ failure
Scientists at Children's National Medical Center have identified a previously unknown contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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The art of telling it like it isn't
There are certain things in life we'd rather not conjure up too vividly, and for this we have at our disposal a range of linguistic deodorisers, smokescreens and fig leaves. These are euphemisms. They are ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2012 |
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Smartphones, laptops easy to trace but hard to recover
The stolen laptop sent its owner a hopeful message just hours after it had been spirited out of his south Minneapolis home. The message included the exact spot where the laptop had been taken and, conveniently, a photo covertly ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Stray-bullet shootings most often harm innocents
In the first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings, Garen Wintemute, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, quantifies ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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'Last resort' antibiotics use on the rise, study shows
A large, multi-year study of antibiotic use in Veterans Health Administration's acute care facilities demonstrates dramatically increased use of carbapenems, a powerful class of antibiotics, over the last five years. These ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Google's new search formula results in some unhappy websites
Google Inc. can give websites a lot of traffic. It can also take it away. That's what Valerie Whitmore found out recently.
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Parkinson's disease may be caused by microtubule, rather than mitochondrial complex I, dysfunction
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer a specific loss of dopaminergic neurons from the midbrain region that controls motor function. The exact mechanism of this selective neurodegeneration is unclear, ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Stroke rate rises for patients with HIV infection
While the overall hospitalization rate for stroke has declined in recent years, the numbers have jumped dramatically for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), suggesting they may be up to three times ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Novel imaging technique may reduce lymphedema in breast cancer patients
With guidance from a specialized scan, radiation oncologists at Mayo Clinic were able to reduce by 55 percent the number of lymph nodes critical for removing fluid from the arm that received damaging radiation doses.
Dec 12, 2010 |
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People apply principles inconsistently, study finds
Is it morally appropriate to sacrifice the life of an innocent person to save the lives of several others? David Pizarro, Cornell assistant professor of psychology, put a fresh spin on this classic question from philosophy.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Not just an innocent bystander: Unusual suspect holds the secret for new approach to treat severe sepsis
Severe sepsis, a disease characterised by a sudden drop in blood pressure and progressive organ dysfunction following infection, remains one of the most common causes of mortality in intensive care units worldwide. Even under ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 29, 2010 |
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