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Minorities, Uninsured Less Likely to Receive Care at High-Volume Hospitals

...health care policy experts in improving quality by directing patients to high-volume hospitals, policy development should include explicit efforts to identify the patient and system factors required to reduce current inequities in the receipt of care at such hospitals,” the authors conclude. Source-Newswise ...

Regrowth of Zebrafish's Tail Fin may Offer Clues for Treating Human Injuries

...ation, much like the conductor of an orchestra. By directing cell communication, these few cells grow into an organ or body part, in this case, a tail fin. “It is most likely the inability of humans to form a blastema in the first place that renders us unable to re-grow arms and legs,” said Cristi Stoick-Co...

Ceramide Directs Stem Cells in Embryo

...found. It seems to help in organizing// tissues by directing stem cells to their respective positions. They found that in the first few days of life, ceramide helps stem cells line up to form the primitive ectoderm from which embryonic tissues develop, says Dr. Erhard Bieberich, biochemist at the Medical Col...

India, China Trying to Fight Disease With Nanotechnology

...l developing countries, and that these nations are directing their nanotechnology innovation systems to address their more pressing needs. "Countries like Brazil, India, China and South Africa have significant nanotechnology research initiatives that could be directed toward the particular needs of the poor,...

Government Tries To Change Nursery Admission Cut Off Age

...ondary Education chairman Ashok Ganguly. The order directing him to examine the issue of appropriate age of admission to nursery classes and submit his report to the court by March 31. The bench asked the committee to have a discussion with the education department of the Delhi government, before finalising...

Younger Siblings of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Score Low

... weaker performance in non-verbal problem-solving, directing attention, understanding words, understanding phrases, gesture use and social-communicative interactions with parents, and had increased autism symptoms, relative to control siblings," the authors write. The pattern of scores on tests suggested that ...

Rajasthan Directs Doctors to Prescribe Medicines by Generic Names

...eric names.// An official letter has been issued directing doctors in all government medical colleges, hospitals, primary health centres, community health centres and dispensaries to prescribe only the generic names of medicines and not the branded ones. "In spite of our constant reminders, doctors are not...

Texas Lawmakers Give The Boot To Cervical Cancer Vaccine

...2011. The governor had signed an executive order directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules requiring all 11- and 12-year old girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, starting in September 2008. The order allowed parents to let the...

Mutant Parasites, Unable to Infect Hosts, Highlight Virulence Genes

...pointed a gene that acts as a nuclear traffic cop, directing molecular traffic in and out of the parasite's nucleus, where the DNA resides. Mutations in the gene, called RCC1 (Regulator of Chromosome Condensation 1), disrupt the flow of molecules, causing a trafficking breakdown that likely underlies the mutan...

Gene Thought to Help Kill Cancer Cells may Actually Help Them Thrive

... P53 has long been recognized as a key player in directing chemotherapy-damaged cancer cells to self annihilate, but less attention has been paid to p53s role in repairing damaged cells, said John McDonald, chair of Georgia Techs School of Biology and chief research scientist at the Ovarian Cancer Institute....

Autistic Individuals can Be 'trained' to Comprehend Visual and Vocal Cues

...ize' activity in this region in the ASD group by directing their attention to these important social cues ...ocial brain' in individuals with autism by simply directing their attention to these important social cues," Dapretto said. The study, that is available onl...

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...es to stem cell research reliant on human embryos, directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to ensure than human stem cell lines are "prodcued in ways that do not create, destroy or harm human embryos." Those that follow such orders "will be eligible for feder...

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