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Increasing ventilation within aircraft cabins can reduce the spread of infectious diseases in-flight, suggests a review published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Mark Gendreau (Lahey Clinic Medical Centre, MA, USA) and colleagues reviewed data from studies looking at the transmission of diseases during commercial air travel. They found that while commercial airlines are a suitable envi...Molecular cabal contributes to stroke damage
In the neural train wreck that is stroke, the cutoff of oxygen kills brain cells through a buildup of acid, as well as by overexciting receptors on the surface of brain cells. Now, researchers exploring the detailed mechanism of this excitotoxicity and acidotoxicity have discovered how an insidious chain of molecular events contributes to its damage. In an article in the November 23, 2005, issue...Cable (20 mtrs) from Thermo Scientific
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Is the advertised high-speed Internet access you're paying for actually what you're receiving? Two weeks ago, the simple issue of whether DSL and high-speed cable providers should supply bandwidth speedometers to customers got many people talking nationwide, writes adjunct Northwestern professor James Carlini. Since this topic was suggested, quite a bit of feedback rolled in on a DSL Rep...Demise of SkyCable is opportunity for TDS Telecom
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MILWAUKEE Despite the encroachment of wireless technology, broadband Internet access over cable lines will only become more popular with business and home users, according to Dan Conrad, vice president of commercial services for In his keynote address Wednesday at the ITEC conference in Milwaukee, he laid ou...Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer
Researchers made a new study which suggests hormone suppression therapy could increase substantially an advanced prostate cancer patient's chances of living free of the disease.Michel Bolla, a professor at Grenoble University Hospital, examined the potential benefits of suppressing the male hormone androgen, similar to the more commonly known male hormone testosterone, among 400 patients...Changes in cabin pressure pose risks for moms-to-be
One of the more intriguing observations about pregnancy is that births are sometimes reported to increase right about nine months after major weather events, such as hurricanes or snowstorms. While some have speculated that the sudden changes in barometric pressure that precede a storm could boost conception rates, no research has proved any such link. Air pressure changes during air trav...Depression doubles mortality risk after CABG
Patients with depression are more than twice as likely to die after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) than patients without this mental illness, according to researchers.// Other studies examining the link between depression and CABG outcomes have been unable to reach solid conclusions either because of small sample size or short follow-up. Dr. Blumenthal and colleagues, fr...Non-Communicable Diseases Mounting Up At An Alarming Rate in India
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba - (May 31, 2007) Medicure Inc. (TSX:MPH;Amex:MCU), a cardiovascular focused biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the results from its Phase 2 MEND-CABG trialare featured in a peer reviewed article in the June edition of TheJournal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, published by theAmerican Association of Thoracic Surgery. The article, titled, "Effects of...