News tagged with medical establishment

Revealed: 48-hour 'scramble' to discredit MMR concerns

A series of denials and a failure to formally investigate allegations of misconduct in Andrew Wakefield's MMR research meant the public was misled about the credibility of the paper for six years.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Growing debate in SKorea over traditional medicine

(AP) -- Kim Nam-soo has stuck needles into generals, actors, tycoons and at least one president for more than six decades as South Korea's acupuncturist to the stars.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New York doctors testing heated chemo for rare cancer

Long Island cancer doctors have borrowed a page from medicine's past to write a new chapter on how to address a rare malignancy by infusing heated chemotherapy directly into the abdomen using a heart-lung machine.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Developing technologies to protect security and privacy of electronic health information

Information sharing requires that partners establish broad electronic trust among the caretakers of critical information and those who need and are authorized to use that information.

Technology / Other

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules

When researchers conduct experiments on the way cells grow and respond to outside cues, they tend to use solutions that are much more dilute than the crowded environments found inside living cells. Now, new ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wearable electronics - the next fashion fad?

(Phys.org) -- When most of us think of electronics, we think of the sturdy stability of silicon and plastic. Flexibility is a trait that belongs to the organic world, where materials come in all shapes and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An incisive design solution: The spider's venomous fang

(Phys.org) -- Although their armor consists of the same material as their predator’s fangs, flies, grasshoppers and other insects that are the usual prey of spiders have little to offer by way of defence ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Control of gene expression: Histone occupancy in your genome

When stretched out, the genome of a single human cell can reach six feet. To package it all into a tiny nucleus, the DNA strand is tightly wrapped around a core of histone proteins in repeating units—each ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat

The House ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and private companies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Discovery of earliest life forms' operation promises new therapies for key diseases

Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Orangutans sit still for heart ultrasound at zoo

(AP) -- The 9-year-old patient sits still, munching on popcorn and sipping grape juice while he gets an ultrasound of his heart.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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