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Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...ompleted by each horses owner to gather background information on breed, gender, health history, feed, and exercise. Ponies, minis, donkeys, draft breeds, and their crosses were excluded from the study, as were pregnant and lactating mares, and horses undergoing treatment for medical problems. While laborat...

Size and Position of Floral Anther Plays a Vital Role in Pollination

...es if it acquires new pollinators. This type of information is becoming ever more critical as we struggle to understand, maintain, and modify the plant and pollinator systems that we depend on for life. Evo-Devo, or the linking of evolution and development is a shift in the paradigm of how organisms evolved...

Delay in Cancer Diagnosis for Children

...hood cancers. Specifically, the authors conclude, information on factors that influence delays independently of each other and the individual impact of patient and provider delays on disease severity and prognosis would be useful to form effective policies and programs aimed at eliminating obstacles in the canc...

Government Policies and Booming Economy Keep Indian Healthcare in Top Shape

...utionize the delivery of healthcare services using information and communication technology with its implementati...conometric, demographic, political, and regulatory information for specific countries by industry. It produces research services, economic impact articles, and eco...

Specific Protein is Instrumental in Myelination

...s injured or defective, the essential functions of information relay are impaired. Underdeveloped white matter or white matter injuries are linked to conditions including mental retardation, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. Childrens National Medical Center is the ideal environment for complex research, ...

Eyeglass Guide Launched That Aids in Choosing the Right Eyewear

...cross the country, this resource provides critical information to lead consumers through the process of selecting... short-and long-term vision. Eyeglassguide offers information about UV-blocking lenses, visiting your eyecare professional, understanding your prescription, and c...

Online Counterfeit Pills Kills Woman

...ron," the report said. "We are trying to get more information from her computer to see if we can find out what she thought she was getting,'' Stanton said.The website that sold the pills has since shut down. But health experts say fake pharmacies are an ongoing scam. The report makes no recommendations, but c...

Scientists Find New Way to Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

...and expensive to cure, according to the background information in an article published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. When a person takes an antibiotic, any bug having a protective mutation against the drug survives. These drug-resistant microbes quickly accumulate useful mutat...

Scientists Identify New Genetic Mutation Behind Common Dementia

...y in the early stages, according to the background information in an article published in the journal Neurology. The genetic form of the disease is rare, and most cases occur randomly, says the write-up. "We are hopeful that this finding (new genetic mutation) will help us better understand how this disease wo...

FDA Says Tomatoes Unlikely to Cut Cancer Risk

...oduct processors asked permission to include label information about the anti-cancer benefits of tomatoes....

Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer

...nd Israeli institutions, has yielded important new information in the search for the genes that make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. The link was found by detailed comparisons of genetic material from thousands of colon cancer patients and non-patients, and by evaluating the incidence of colon ca...

Americas Best Hospital Reduced Heart Attack Rates

...e most well known, the authors write as background information in the article. Despite their prominent role in the public arena, the ability of the U.S. News & World Report rankings to identify hospitals with excellent survival rates for common cardiovascular conditions is not known. Oliver J. Wang, M.D., o...

Clinicians Ordering Inappropriate Prostate Screenings

...o live less than 10 years, according to background information in the article. To our knowledge, there is currently no solid evidence that PSA screening provides any health benefits for these patient populations, the authors write. Rather, it imposes substantial psychological and financial costs and may lead...

Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

... bad handwriting, make it easier to follow patient information over time and enable physicians to easily share pa...National Center of Health Statistics that provides information on patient visits to office-based physician practices. The researchers found that electronic healt...

HIV Prevention Programs on a Massive Scale Turn Out Economical

...an NIH-funded research project designed to provide information to help increase the efficiency of HIV prevention programs. PANCEA has studied prevention in five countries. PANCEA analyzed output, cost, and quality data from 200 prevention program sites. The AIDS Research Institute, http: ari.ucsf.edu/, coordi...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...vestigators had collected the dietary carbohydrate information we needed to do our analyses," says Taylor, who is also a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts and the Tufts University School of Medicine. "Our findings suggest that 20 percent of the cases of advanced AMD might ...

Understanding the Mechanism Underlying Embryo Development

...terpreted within the cell, and this means that the information must pass along a pathway of signalling molecules....studies using models such as the fruit fly provide information about these same processes in humans and other animals. The Developmental Biology of Drosophila Gro...

Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...prevent diabetes mellitus, according to background information in the article. In vitro and animal studies indicate that antimalarials improve insulin secretion and peripheral insulin sensitivity. Mary Chester M. Wasko, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Pittsburgh, Pa., and colleagues examined the association ...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...e or nutrients in the gut, according to background information in the article. In October 2006 the Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral incretin enhancer, sitagliptin, a selective DPP4 inhibitor (a class of oral hypoglycemics), for use as monotherapy or in combination with other medications. Th...

Urine is a Rich Source of Phosphorus

...uality and production, according to the background information in the report published in the journal. Mitchell insists that the Government has failed to address the issue of recycling urine because of a "poo taboo". She will call for a "revolution in sanitation" across Australia when she gives a public lec...

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