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Researchers offer new insight into effectiveness of procedure to stop heavy menstrual bleeding

Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause. A new, less invasive procedure called global endometrial ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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As air pollution from fracking rises, EPA to set rules

The rush to capture natural gas from hydraulic fracturing has led to giant compressor stations alongside backyard swing sets, drilling rigs in sight of front porches, and huge flares at gas wells alongside country roads.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Japanese disaster one year later

As the world remembers the horrors of the disaster on its one-year anniversary, experts at the Mailman School take stock of disaster response, nuclear fears and lessons learned

Technology / Other

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biological computer destroys cancer cells

Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Recycling of Alzheimer's proteins could be key to new treatments

The formation of abnormal strands of protein called amyloid fibrils -- associated with two dozen diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to type-2 diabetes -- may not be permanent and irreversible as previously ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bugs emerge to bug us, and a few pose health risks

(AP) -- It's that time of year when the bugs emerge to bug us.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Synthetic drugs send thousands to ER

(AP) -- Until he tried a marijuana look-alike product called "K2," David Rozga's most dubious decision was getting a Green Bay Packers tattoo on his shoulder.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Potential treatment found for debilitating bone disease in wounded soldiers and children

Promising new research reveals a potentially highly effective treatment for heterotopic ossification (HO), a painful and often debilitating abnormal buildup of bone tissue. HO comes in two main forms—one that appears ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interventional radiologists take lead on reducing disability from dangerous blood clots

Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT: it's more than just a one-time complication from taking a long plane ride. The Society of Interventional Radiology wants individuals to know the risk factors for this very serious condition, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis

The immune system recognizes and neutralizes or destroys toxins and foreign pathogens that have gained access to the body. Autoimmune diseases result when the system attacks the body's own tissues instead. One of the most ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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