News tagged with medical center
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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Rice U. parlays sun's saving grace into autoclave (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University senior engineering students are using the sun to power an autoclave that sterilizes medical instruments and help solve a long-standing health issue for developing countries.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 03, 2011 |
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Mosquito hunters invent better, cheaper, DIY disease weapon
Emory University researchers believe they have come up with the cheapest, most efficient way yet to monitor adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to West Nile Virus. Emory has ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions
Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Study: Docs overtesting for cervical cancer virus
(AP) -- Too many doctors are testing the wrong women, or using the wrong test, for a virus that causes cervical cancer.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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1 in 4 parents believes vaccine-autism link
(AP) -- One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children should be vaccinated.
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines' effects
(AP) -- Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Study: 'Smart drug' Provigil may be habit-forming
(AP) -- A so-called "smart drug" popular with young people may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests. Scans of 10 healthy men showed that the prescription drug Provigil ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Swimmer's ear medical costs total $500M a year
(AP) -- The first national estimates of swimmer's ear say it causes about 2.4 million trips to doctors and hospitals in a year.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 19, 2011 |
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Accountable care at Academic Medical Centers: Lessons learned
Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) must adjust and adapt to the new health care reform laws or risk marginalization in the new health care arena, according to a New England Journal of Medicine Perspective article published online ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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States linking prescription databases, fight abuse
(AP) -- Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Bangladesh kids who lose mother more likely to die
(AP) -- For children in Bangladesh, losing a mother - but not a father - can be deadly, a new study says.
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Pneumonia vaccine does not protect against heart attacks or strokes
The pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination is not associated with a reduced risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that followed 84,170 ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Mecca-bound pilgrims prompt swine flu precautions
(AP) -- Some of the millions who travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual hajj will be greeted with face masks, hand sanitizer and fever checks as health officials strive to stem the spread of swine flu during the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program
Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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