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Antipsychotic drugs associated with high blood sugar in older adults with diabetes

Older patients with diabetes who take antipsychotic medications appear to have an increased risk of hospitalization for hyperglycemia (elevated blood glucose level), especially soon after beginning treatment, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Nobel laureate William Lipscomb dies at 91

A Harvard University professor who won the Nobel chemistry prize in 1976 for work on chemical bonding has died. William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. was 91.

Chemistry / Other

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Neutron analysis reveals '2 doors down' superconductivity link

Neutron scattering analysis of two families of iron-based materials suggests that the magnetic interactions thought responsible for high-temperature superconductivity may lie "two doors down": The key magnetic ...

Physics / Superconductivity

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Women with diabetes having more C-sections and fetal complications: study

Nearly half of women with diabetes prior to pregnancy have a potentially-avoidable C-section and their babies are twice as likely to die as those born to women without diabetes, according to the POWER study.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Researchers pinpoint neural nanoblockers in carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Safer Triggers and Training Decrease Nail Gun Injuries

Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Sensitive testing reveals drug-resistant HIV with possible consequences for treatment

Drug-resistant HIV at levels too low to be detected by standard tests is not unusual and may contribute to treatment failure, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Medicare costs estimated to top $21.1 billion for 5 years of care for elderly cancer patients

The cost of cancer care for elderly Medicare patients varies by tumor type, stage at diagnosis, phase of care, and survival, according to a new study published online April 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The 5- ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Scientists make major advance in structural biology

Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University have discovered a new way to analyze the moving parts of large proteins – a breakthrough that will make it easier for structural biologists to classify ...

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created Apr 30, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Neuroscientists explain inner workings of critical pain pathway

Whether they're fighting postoperative soreness or relieving chronic discomfort from conditions such as cancer, morphine and other opioids are powerful weapons against pain. Now, in research published online in Nature Ne ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The 2005 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday evening, October 6, at the 15th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre. The Igs are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- ...

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