Tag: "updates" at biology news

What does the public really know about HPV?

...being presented with new health care research that updates previous knowledge, might conflict with prior knowledge, or provides entirely new options for diagnosis and treatment," said Jasmin A. Tiro, Ph.D., MPH, in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, Md. "With limited awar...

One-third of adults with diabetes still don't know they have it

...detects undiagnosed diabetes and IFG. "This study updates and generally corroborates earlier analyses that were based on 2 years of NHANES data," said lead author Catherine Cowie, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). "We're seeing a rising prevalence of di...

Study: Paramedics save more lives when they don't follow the rules

...ly much less than 10 percent. In spite of periodic updates of standardized international guidelines, survival rates have remained more or less unchanged over the last couple of decades. Survival rates are better only if an automated external defibrillator (AED) is available and is used soon after the cardiac...

High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers

...al for collecting oceanographic data and giving us updates on ocean conditions in the California Current," Costa said. The electronic tags are essentially miniaturized computers with various sensors on them. They can be fixed harmlessly onto the fur of a seal or sea lion, and will stay on for several month...

To translate touch, the brain can quickly rearrange its sense of the body

...mic than had been previously thought and that such updates can happen very quickly, altering within a matter ...erent bodily senses show that the brain constantly updates its internal map, and they shed light on the dynamic and flexible nature of the body map that is use...

Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance

... obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Affymetrix' expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statements are based. ...

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