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Storing Medical Info Under Your Skin

...ed with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation's largest doctors group said in a report. The association adopted a policy Monday stating that the devices can improve the "safety and efficiency of patient care" by helping to identify ...

SKorean Scientists Develop Technology for Cheap Biosensor

...d new technology to use transistors in devices for quick diagnosis of diseases such as diabetes. The biosensor technology was developed by a research team at the state-run Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. "We proved that transistors can be used not only for computers but also for de...

Fast Food Chains Face Ban from Malaysian Children's Television

... and Burger King, which are a popular choice for a quick lunch and often serve as venues for children's parties and weekend family dinners. Many weekend children's programmes on terrestrial television networks are sponsored by fast-food giants....

Autistic Kids can Understand Other People Through Stereotypes

...ased knowledge in situations where we have to make quick decisions and don't know anything at all about the other person. We hope teachers and carers will consider using concepts about groups of people to help autistic children integrate better into society by playing to their strengths," she said. The stu...

WAG Wedding Extravaganza for England Footballers

...y magazines as four England stars tied the knot in quick succession. Footballers often moan about a congested fixture list, and it seems the problem doesn't even go away during the close-season. England and Chelsea captain John Terry eased the scheduling problem by kicking off early, marrying his long-ter...

Scientists Have Invented New Device to Reap Fresh Water from the Air

...h approach requires only low-cost materials and is quick and is easy to deploy. WatAir can be built locally, but is durable enough to be dropped by parachute from a plane. The cost could be offset by printing sponsor logos or advertisements onto the canvas sheets, said Cory. "It is simple, practical, a...

Indian Weather Station Near Glacier to Study Global Warming

...gauge. He said the station would be able to give quick forecasting, onscreen graphics, view icons, weather warnings and forecasts on its built-in LCD console. The system also includes a solar panel to power it and a data logger that can record sensor data of six months for retrieval later. It will help...

Alcohol may Help You to Be Cool

...on in a somewhat stressful game that required very quick responses. Every time they lost a round, they received a shock varying in intensity. Likewise, when they won a round they gave their opponent a shock. The idea was to see how alcohol affected the mens belligerence, as measured by the kinds of shocks ...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...d be carried out only on stubborn fat and is not a quick cure for weight gain, warned Mrs. Dale. Earlier this year, the Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said a record 177 men have had liposuction in the past year to reduce the size of their breasts - eight times the figure of three years ago. O...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...sion of the street drug, gamma hydroxybutyrate, a quick anesthetic with serious risks of overdose, including coma and death. Xyrem's active ingredient is also federally classified as a date-rape drug because it can be easily slipped into a person's drink to render them unconscious. Federal authoriti...

Researchers Develop Tool to Gauge Quality of Life of Hepatitis B Patients

...ability and transmissibility. We hope that this quick questionnaire can become a vital sign taken in the doctors office to help see how the patient is doing, added Spiegel. Spiegel notes that the questionnaire could also be used in clinical trials to help measure outcomes and also to equip patients wi...

Paris Set for Pedal Power Revolution

...rging system designed to encourage short rents and quick turn-over. There is also a small subscription fee. Registered bikers pay 29 euros (38 dollars) a year while occasional cyclists can use a credit card to pay a one-off daily fee of one euro or weekly charge of five euros. Children under 14 are not...

FDA Approves Phase I Clinical Trial of Topaz Pharmaceuticals' New Head Lice Treatment

...d kid friendly formulation of a naturally derived, quick acting ingredient which is lethal to head and body lice....

Ban on Hookah Smoking Should Stay, Argue Doctors

... smoking, particularly if smaller hookah pipes and quick lighting commercial charcoal are used. There is also some evidence that hookah smoking causes chromosomal damage. When used for smoking tobacco, the hookah is included in the legislation that came into force in England on 1 July 2007 banning smokin...

The Hospital Superbugs

... ClosTron technology now makes gene knock-out very quick and easy. Once we know what factors are important we should be able to develop methods of preventing C.diff causing disease. As well as knocking out genes the ClosTron technology can be used to insert them. Professor Minton hopes this will improv...

Those Who Cure can Kill Dire Prophesy of the doctors Plot

... anything to me about the leave, so maybe it was a quick decision to go to India." The Indian national has been employed at the hospital as a junior doctor on a temporary visa since last September. He had been hired by the Queensland government from Liverpool under a much-hyped overseas recruitment dri...

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