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New GI technologies improve internal organ visualization

...ndoscopy, the patient swallows a small camera that records images of the intestinal tract. To complete a double balloon enteroscopy, doctors use a scope fitted with two balloons to navigate the entire small bowel. When inflated with air, the balloons can expand sections of the small intestine to allow the ...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

...y and Infection study, researchers analysed public records on red squirrel populations in Cumbria and Norfolk...aks. The team compared these figures with similar records from red squirrel strongholds in Scotland and Italy that have not been affected by the virus. The ...

Wild bees and the flowers they pollinate are disappearing together

... the Netherlands and Germany compiled biodiversity records for 100s of sites, and found that bee diversity fe...uralists in Britain and the Netherlands, comparing records from before and after 1980. The results showed bee diversity had declined consistently in both coun...

Antarctic Treaty Meeting moves to protect frozen continent from non-native species

...rriving in Antarctic waters, and plan for and keep records of all ballast water operations. According to Dr John Shears of British Antarctic Survey, "In the past, Antarctica was isolated with a very harsh and cold environment, which made it very difficult for non-native species to establish. However, more a...

Suicide risk does not increase when adults start using antidepressants, study finds

.... It is based on computerized medical and pharmacy records for more than 65,000 patients who filled prescriptions for antidepressants from 1992 to 2003. Deaths by suicide were determined from death certificates and suicide attempts were identified from hospital discharge data. Group Health researchers foun...

Research tracks whales by listening to sounds

... "off-season" population. "There are a handful of records of people spotting sperm whales in the region ?and...inger said. "Likewise, all of the historic whaling records are from the summer. The Gulf of Alaska is not a place you want to be in the winter. But apparently,...

Big hips, big belly? It's in your genes, Joslin-led study shows

...arch, Oakland, Calif., and colleagues examined the records of patients who joined a health plan between 1965 ...en 1995 and 1999, the researchers searched medical records maintained by the health plan and selected 42 individuals with MS who had blood samples in storage. ...

Epstein-Barr virus may be associated with multiple sclerosis

...arch, Oakland, Calif., and colleagues examined the records of patients who joined a health plan between 1965 ...en 1995 and 1999, the researchers searched medical records maintained by the health plan and selected 42 individuals with MS who had blood samples in storage. ...

Scientists discover new genetic subtypes of common blood cancer

... k2 When these subgroups were checked against the records of the patients from whom the samples were taken, it showed that those with the k1 pattern had a longer survival than those with k2.Digging still deeper, the scientists found evidence suggesting that certain molecular signatures within the subgroups ...

The diversity of marine life in the Gulf of Maine region is much greater than previously thought

...mined literature dating back 100 years for species records and assured that the list is presented using stand...new species, but most certainly will provide first records of plants or animals found in other parts of the world, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge or the easter...

Climate change drives widespread amphibian extinctions

... this emerging threat to species survival." Using records of sea-surface and air temperatures, Pounds and colleagues show that harlequin frogs are disappearing in near lockstep with changing climate. According to the scientists, the Earth's rising temperatures enhance cloud cover on tropical mountains, lead...

Multi-million pound UK Biobank underway

...people anywhere in the world and it keeps detailed records from birth to death. From these records we can identify men and women to invite who are aged between 40 and 69. This age group includes many...

Oceans are 70 percent shark free

...20 years of exploration, combined with analysis of records over the past 150 years, has convinced the team of scientists that the world's oceans are 70% shark-free. Their findings are published in Proceedings of The Royal Society, Biological Series. The average depth of the oceans is 4,000m and bony fishes...

You will remember this

...ks like a swimming cap covered with electrodes and records electrical brain activity on the scalp. The scanners, popular since the 1960s, are used in hospitals to detect epilepsy in people and are an important tool to show not just what bits of the brain are lighting up but also what triggers it to light up ...

Tropical Atlantic cooling and African deforestation correlate to drought, report scientists

...mperature changes in the ocean. In analyzing these records for the past 10,000 years, the scientists found th...oling periods found by the scientists correlate to records of low lake levels. These clearly were times of drought; the land became more arid. The authors sta...

Similar Stem Cells In Insect And Human Gut

...biological spring that drives Vorticella would set records for speed and power in the nano world of cellular engines. It might also power future generations of nano devices and materials, according to biological engineer Danielle Cook France and colleagues at MIT, the Whitehead Institute, the Marine Biologi...

Are U.S. Flu Death Figures More PR Than Science?

...biological spring that drives Vorticella would set records for speed and power in the nano world of cellular engines. It might also power future generations of nano devices and materials, according to biological engineer Danielle Cook France and colleagues at MIT, the Whitehead Institute, the Marine Biologi...

Nano springs eternal; Protozoan 'engine' posts nano records

...biological spring that drives Vorticella would set records for speed and power in the nano world of cellular engines. It might also power future generations of nano devices and materials, according to biological engineer Danielle Cook France and colleagues at MIT, the Whitehead Institute, the Marine Biologi...

Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food

... murrelets in the same region. The researchers had records of when and where all the feathers they sampled were obtained. Measures of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes ?derived from food ingested at the time the birds create feathers and preserved into the feathers ?give clues to the birds' diet. More nut...

Lethal needle blight epidemic may be related to climate change

...and the University of Alberta investigated climate records in the area of the outbreak. The records provided no evidence of warming in the affected area in recent years, but they did reveal a clear in...

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