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New bioengineering prof uncovers cancer metabolism insights

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from a new member of the bioengineering faculty at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering demonstrates that our cells metabolize nutrients in a very different manner than has ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toxic chromium found in Chicago's drinking water

Chicago's first round of testing for a toxic metal called hexavalent chromium found that levels in local drinking water are more than 11 times higher than a health standard California adopted last month.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

US Supreme Court allows cholesterol drug suit

The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a class-action suit by alleged victims of the anti-cholesterol drug Baycol, which was taken off the market in 2001 by German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research brings new hope of renal recovery for cancer patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham has identified a 21 day treatment threshold to facilitate renal recovery and significantly improve survival rates of myeloma or Kahler's ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon forest and the price of gold

Ellen Silbergeld keeps the price of gold posted on the door to her office at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. The price is now at a record high (better than $1,500 an ounce) ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low carbohydrate diet may reverse kidney failure in people with diabetes

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time determined that the ketogenic diet, a specialized high-fat, low carbohydrate diet, may reverse impaired kidney function in people with Type 1 and Type ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

HIV-infected organs can save lives, doctors say

The nation has a huge need for kidneys, livers and other organs for transplant, but federal law has one absolute rule for donors: no HIV infections.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Device drops blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension

A device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional three or four drugs, on top of this subgroup's ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Could HIV-infected organs save lives?

If Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants within months, rather than the ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Device could help liver failure patients, extend options for transplant

For patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH), inflammation of the liver can result in a multitude of symptoms, including jaundice, fluid accumulation in the abdomen and hepatic encephalopathy -- impaired brain function ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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