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Genetic Technology and Eugenics

'The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress'. // ...ISAAC ASIMOV The desire to strive towards betterment is an inborn human trait that has transformed man from a long-tailed, tree-s...

Hormone-based Heart Pill to Control High Blood Pressure

...gy’s 56th Annual Scientific Sessions. The first advance supports the feasibility of developing a peptide-b... is a technological accomplishment that really can advance the field," says John Burnett, Jr., M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Cardiorenal Research Lab who led...

Plavix Safe During and After Heart Bypass

... "The new off-pump strategy is a proven surgical advance in the treatment of heart disease," Dr. Whellan says. "Improving outcomes for patients undergoing bypass surgery and keeping the new bypass grafts open is a critical issue. One possible strategy is to use clopidogrel, but there have been safety conce...

Novel Methods in Diagnosing Oral Cancer

...sible molecular probes, this modality will greatly advance cancer diagnostics. Source-Eurekalert AN...

Tuberculosis, A Challenge To The Political Will Of Governments, Says Veteran Crusader

...radigm of economic development where some sections advance much faster. So one has to be skeptical about labels like progressive, witness the horrid suicides in the cotton belt of Maharashtra. That apart in Tamil Nadu the official patronage of drinking is a matter of serious concern, says Deivanayagam. Con...

Harmful Effects Of Glucocorticoids On Newborns Owing To Prenatal Exposure

... In the study, which appears online on March 22 in advance of publication in the April print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, they show that although the birth weight of offspring born to nonhuman primate African vervet monkeys treated with dexamethasone from mid-gestation onward did not diffe...

Inflammation Promotes Metastasis of Prostate Cancer

...ing. The research, appearing online March 19 in advance of publication in the journal Nature, was conducted by Michael Karin, Ph.D., and colleagues, identifies a mechanism which triggers metastasis, which is the spread of cancer in late stages of prostate cancer development. Furthermore, this new work m...

eSie Touch Elasticity Imaging, and a Promise of Avoiding Breast Biopsies

... breast biopsies. The software for this diagnostic advance is offered with the 5.0 release of the Acuson Anta...e tissue elasticity with ultrasound is an enormous advance in the diagnosis of breast cancer". While ultrasound examinations do not eliminate biopsies in gen...

Researchers Discover Proteins That Protect Against Skin Cancer

...t skin cancer. // The study, which appears in the advance online edition of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, indicates that two proteins, named Timeless and Tipin, form a complex that regulates the rate at which DNA is replicated after exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation in...

Computers Better Decision Makers Than Surrogates

...uld also be used to allow the patient to decide in advance their treatment preferences. JYT...

Stem Cell Finding Could Help Reduce Transplant Rejection

...lated from.” The study appears online March 8 in advance of publication in the April print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. MSCs are widely seen as a potential source of therapies for numerous diseases and conditions, such as heart disease, cystic fibrosis, graft-versus-host disease, musc...

Health Care Systems for Critically Ill Patients Need Restructuring

...an system failure most need disease management and advance planning, while those with long-term dementia or frailty most need support services rather than intensive treatment. Customising and reengineering care to match the needs, rhythms, and situations of these three trajectories offers a promising way t...

Care During Last Phase of Life Needs to Be Uplifted

...an system failure most need disease management and advance planning, while those with long-term dementia or frailty most need support services rather than intensive treatment. Customising and reengineering care to match the needs, rhythms, and situations of these three trajectories offers a promising way ...

Busting the Exam Blues

...le to all ? Confirm all exam details well in advance ? Avoid procrastination, causing unnecessary delay ? Do things that you can handle; Otherwise say 'no' ? Identify your peak study time ? Learn to relax when you are unable to concentrate Learn to Relax ? In betwee...

HL7 Announces Industry’s First Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S

...her challenges that make it difficult to adopt and advance health information technology. The HL7 EHR Funct...uable tool as LTC providers and IT vendors work to advance technology that enhances: patient safety; quality of care; efficiency; and continuity of care as pat...

Single Slice MRI- Handy Tool to Identify Children at Risk

...accurately measure abdominal fat may substantially advance strategies for achieving healthy weights in children," she said. Source-Eurekalert...

Mozambique: Half of Tuberculosis Cases Go Undiagnosed

...d, "so that the Tuberculosis Control Programme can advance and we can have better results". Garrido welcomed the cooperation from foreign partners in the fight against TB - but stressed that it is the government, and not well-intentioned outsiders, that determines the country's health policies. "There ar...

Autism Gene Identified by Yale and Global Consortium

...etic disorder—this study helps us to significantly advance research on genetic mechanisms,” said Volkmar, study co-author, Yale Child Study Center Director and the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology. “The concerted effort of multiple agencies bringing together numerou...

Cancer Drug can Extend Survival in Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors

...mparative therapies. Three months is a significant advance when dealing with these aggressive tumors, Vredenburgh said; common current treatment normally offers only six to 12 weeks of halted growth before the tumor grows and spreads, ultimately destroying cognitive and physical function and leading to death...

Diabetes Risk Factors Develop Earlier in Women Than Men

...iabetes clock' may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of the disease, according to a new// research. Epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo in New York have found that newly identified risk factors for diabetes found in the blood, such as markers of endothelial dysfunction...

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