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Radio-frequency Ablation Offers Hope for People With Inoperable Kidney Tumours

...dney cancer that begins in the cells that line the small tubes within the kidney. In comparison with the surgical removal of kidney tumours that results in hospital admissions of 7 to 10 days and postoperative recovery time of 6 to 8 weeks, RFA is minimally invasive with a short recovery time, allows fo...

Computerized Doctors Order Reduce Prescription Errors

...more common. Its a growth industry, Kane said. A small handful of institutions, including Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, have been leaders in integrating computerized prescriptions, experts say. It takes 12 to 36 months to implement computer...

Fishes Use Threat of Punishment in Mating Process

...f the Royal Society of London Series B. Studying small goby fish at Lizard Island on Australias Great Barrier Reef, Dr Marian Wong and colleagues from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and, the Biological Station of Donana, Spain, have shown the threat of expuls...

New Oz Road Safety Campaign Hits Speeding Youngsters Below the Belt

...the derogatory gesture which traditionally means a small penis, because they thought it would be more effective than showing gory mishaps. Apparently, there seems to be apathy towards conventional toad safety campaigns that carry images of blood curdling accidents due to increased watching of violent fil...

Researchers Reverse Mental Retardation Symptoms in Mice

...connections found in the FXS mice. In the brain, small protrusions called dendritic spines on the branch-like dendrites of one neuron receive chemical signals from other neurons and communicate them to the main cell body. The numbers and shapes of dendritic spines are key to normal brain function. FXS ...

Human Trafficking Booming in Eastern Europe, but Governments Dont Seem to Care

...f the churning. On a per capita basis Modolva, a small piece of territory near Ukraine, has earned the in...ked internally from rural areas to Chisinau. The small breakaway region of Transnistria in eastern Moldova is outside the central government's control and ...

US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors

... state said. The number most likely represents a small fraction of drug makers total marketing expenditur... there is a great deal of money being spent in our small state on marketing pharmaceutical products, said William H. Sorrell, the Vermont attorney general. ...

Underage Youth Get Alcohol from Social Sources

...ne who appeared to be 21 to 30 years old. Only a small percentage eight percent of the general adult population entering alcohol establishments are willing to purchase alcohol for individuals who appear under age 21, said Toomey. This is an encouraging finding. However, we also found that a higher perc...

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy is Linked With Increase in Breast Cancer Rates

...tumor. Sentinel lymph node biopsies often detect small numbers of tumor cells that do not necessarily indicate that the cancer has spread. While the use of [sentinel lymph node biopsy] in community practice continues to increase, it is expected that cases with [lymph node] metastases also will continue...

China Uncovers Thousands of Dangerous Foods

... of China's one million food-processing plants are small operations, according to the quality watchdog....

Research Shows Way for Drug Therapy for Autism

...n, these connections between neurons are formed by small protrusions called "spines", which are spread on branches of neurons called "dendrites". The numbers and shapes of dendritic spines are crucial for normal brain function. FXS patients have higher numbers of dendritic spines in their brains, but eac...

Study of Bacterial Pathogen may Give Insight to Cancer Development

... provokes human epithelial cells (cells lining the small intestine) into ingesting bacteria,' said Ireton, an expert on Listeria monocytogenes, a cause of food poisoning. 'When Listeria contacts an epithelial cell, the bacterium causes changes in the cells cytoskeleton that allow the cell to swallow up t...

Meningitis Shots for Teens

...rd member Tama Lee. Bruising and a rash resembling small pin marks help distinguish the disease, which, if left untreated, can lead to brain damage, hearing loss, organ failure, loss of limbs and - sometimes - death. It is spread through the exchange of respiratory droplets, or by sharing drinks or utens...

British Scientists Develop Artificial Skin

...s growths cut out. Scientists have transplanted small pieces of the artificially grown skin - less than an inch-square - onto the arms of six people paving the way for larger scale trials. It quickly knitted with the patients' own skin, and, after a month, the wounds healed up with relatively little ...

Angioplasty may Damage Kidneys

...tion system was still in place, researchers took a small sample of blood trapped by the protection device. ...ood sample many of them large enough to block the small vessels in the kidney. The more particles collected from a patient, the worse their kidney functio...

Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures

...five days they have lain on crude wooden beds in a small alcove off one of the clinic's wings. Saline drips are tied to metal posts and the windowsill next to their cots is piled high with cooking pots and dirty plates. Chhiv Thy says she has not worked since bringing her children to hospital. The medica...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...te cancer therapy, this is achieved by introducing small tubes into the prostate at specific points, and then inserting a radioactive isotope either temporarily (HDR) or permanently (tiny implants) into each tube to deliver the appropriate dose. Until recently, the precision of HDR brachytherapy was dete...

Highly Effective Method for Screening Drug-resistant Forms of HIV Developed

...esist drugs. Under the pressure of drug treatment, small populations of resistant viruses can quickly grow ...ing techniques are not sensitive enough to analyse small populations of drug-resistant strains of HIV. With a view to increase the sensitivity of HIV scre...

New Engineered Drug Shows Promise in Treating Lymphocytic Leukaemia

... The agent represents a new class of agents called small modular immunopharmaceuticals. This agent, which is called CD37-SMIP, targets a protein called CD37 on the surface of these leukemia cells. The study shows that the agent can successfully attach to the protein on the leukemia cells and destroy the...

Australian Grape Glut Dries Up as Drought Bites

...ast. For winemakers like Terry Dolle, who has a small vineyard near the cool-climate town of Orange west of Sydney, the past year has been a "series of disasters". "We got a really big frost in November. Then it was so dry we couldn't keep any moisture on the vines. Then, because there was not a blade...

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