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Quitting smoking reduces risk of lung cancer mortality by 70 percent

...n the Asian region. Project partners included many medical institutions across the Asia Pacific region. The Collaboration's primary goal is to provide direct, reliable evidence about the determinants of stroke, coronary heart disease, and other common causes of death in Asia-Pacific populations. It aims ...

Stem cell identity in culture may strongly depend on the cellular microenvironment

...nd large scale culture of stem cells for potential medical applications is a major challenge in cell biology. In an upcoming PLoS ONE paper, researchers, including Andras Paldi, in Genethon (Evry, France) report, on the basis of experimental observations and computer simulations, that the stem cell identity ...

Organic is healthier: Kiwis prove that green is good

...core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, an...

1/3 of sexually active older adults with HIV/AIDs has unprotected sex

...IV/AIDS cases in the United States by 2015 because medical intervention has extended the lifespan of those infected with HIV. Additionally, drugs such as Viagra have made it possible for older adults to remain sexually active longer. Past studies have shown that up to 65 percent of older adults ages 60 t...

Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool

... DNA from surfaces. When used to coat implantable medical devices, the films offer a novel way to route usef...stents, small metal-mesh cylinders inserted during medical procedures to open blocked arteries. While similar in concept to currently available drug-coated st...

Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain

...ues collected questionnaires from 577 people whose medical and prescription records showed a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis. Participants were asked about the severity and type of allergy symptoms they had, and whether or not they had seen a physician for treatment. The researchers placed participant resp...

A revolution in the monitoring of unborn babies

...ience which will place us in good stead for future medical products that we have on our horizon.? Currently...y helpful in monitoring fetuses whose mothers have medical conditions like diabetes, autoimmune conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s s...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

...icipants received free HIV testing and counseling, medical care, tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, condoms and behavioral risk counseling during periodic assessments throughout the study. The clinical trial found that 47 of the 1,391 uncircumcised men contracted HIV, compared to 22 ...

Plastic that degrades in seawater could be boon for cruise industry and others

... a year to take care of premature babies and their medical complications. Given the immeasurable societal and family costs associated with preterm birth and having a sick baby or child, treatment with nitroglycerin may result in major cost saving and longer-term health benefits for these babies." In an ac...

Improving outcomes in premature births

... a year to take care of premature babies and their medical complications. Given the immeasurable societal and family costs associated with preterm birth and having a sick baby or child, treatment with nitroglycerin may result in major cost saving and longer-term health benefits for these babies." In an ac...

Nanoparticles can track cells deep within living organisms

...ers and physicians to directly track cells used in medical treatments using unique signatures from the ingest...any background signal, which often interferes with medical imaging. Moreover, the lack of interference means we can measure very low amounts of the labeled cel...

Protein found that slows hepatitis C growth in liver cells

...itis C Research Center at UTMB and of the academic medical center’s Institute for Human Infections and Immunity. Lemon, senior author of the Journal of Biological Chemistry paper, added, “Understanding this better is likely to suggest new approaches to therapy for this difficult to treat disease." Hepatit...

Drug treatment improves learning in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, Stanford/Packard study shows

...thing that could be one part of the many different medical and environmental interventions that may allow kids with Down syndrome to live more normally." ...

Syphilis rate on rise in US gay, bisexual men

...said study lead author James Heffelfinger, M.D., a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Contro...ll easy to cure syphilis, but it can cause serious medical problems, including death if untreated. In addition, officials worry that gay men will get syphilis ...

Opening windows may be the best way of preventing transmission of airborne infection

...lation rooms, TB wards, respiratory wards, general medical wards, outpatient consulting rooms, waiting rooms, and emergency departments with 12 mechanically ventilated negative-pressure respiratory isolation rooms built after 2000. Even at the lowest of wind speeds, natural ventilation exceeded mechanica...

Novel laboratory technique nudges genes into activity

...rocess formally called gene expression. In any medical specialty, Dr. Janowski said, there are conditions where increased gene expression would prove beneficial. "In some disease states, it’s not that gene expression is completely turned off, but rather, the levels of expression are lower than they s...

Brain works more chaotically than previously thought

...r, they might contribute to the development of new medical drugs. The study is due to appear shortly in the p... research team's discovery that is of considerable medical interest. It has long been known that in the event of oxygen deficiency or a severe epileptic fit, l...

'Exercise pill' switches on gene that tells cells to burn fat

...e get an ideal amount of exercise, some because of medical problems or excess weight that makes exercise difficult. Having access to an "exercise pill" would improve the quality of muscles, since muscles like to be exercised, and increase the burning of energy or excess fat in the body. And that would resul...

Music genes and musical geniuses

... possible applications for patients with different medical problems as well as potential treatments based on ...dation, on initiative of Professor Giovanni Romeo, medical geneticist at the University of Bologna: “We realized how music is in itself an extraordinary commun...

Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it

...rotect humans who suffer periods of hypoxia due to medical emergency or accidents. Mark Krasnow, of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, will speak on “Developmental responses to hypoxia in the insect tracheal system.?Krasnow has studied the development of the tracheal system...

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