Bacteria collection sheds light on urinary tract infections
Food of animal origin, contaminated with E.coli, can lead to urinary tract infections in women, according to a team of bacteriologists. Senior author, Dr. Lee W. Riley, Uni...Automatic extraction of gene/protein biological functions from biomedical text
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Malaria remains a devastating problem in Africa and understanding the factors affecting its transmission remains a crucial part of the effort to combat the disease. A new study published in the premier open access journal PLoS Biology conducted in Western Kenya by Jacob Koella and colleagues now reveals that mosquitoes are more attracted to children with the infectious stages of malaria than to t...Superconducting magnet attracts molecular research
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Controlling pain in patients following surgeries has been effectively taken care of by a new therapy called distraction therapy. Doctors at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the US have distracted patients with images and sounds from nature and have successfully controlled pain in patients following a painful procedure called bronchoscopy, which involves inserting the tube into t...Staff Nurses Contract Measles from the Patient
In UK outbreak of measles occurred among the kids which were later contracted by the staff nurses. The outbreak at the Central Middlesex Hospital in north-west London// began after two children were admitted with measles last week. Now hundreds of hospital staffs are being vaccinated against measles. The vaccination was given to all those who were exposed to the hospital scena...The phenomenon of sexual attraction
Romance has long been described as a process of bewitchment, but scientists have found that there may be more truth to this than meets the eye. They say female chemical messengers known as pheromones may help dupe men into thinking plain women are more attractive and beautiful women are less attractive than they actually are.// Pheromones - the colourless, odourless chemical signals g...Herbal extract aids in rheumatoid arthritis
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PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After afirst childhood urinary tract infection (UTI), daily antibioticsmay not prevent another such infection, and may actually increasethe risk that the next urinary tract infection is caused byresistant bacteria, according to a new study in the July 11 issueof the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the first larg...VIVUS Announces Abstract Published at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - VIVUS, Inc.(NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to thedevelopment and commercialization of novel therapeutic products,announced that Abstract #2209-PO, Evaluation of Glycemic Parametersin Obese Diabetic Patients Treated with Phentermine and Topiramate:Outcomes in a Private Practice Setting has been published in theAmerican...OXiGENE Abstracts Published in ASCO Program
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 1, 2007 - OXiGENE, Inc.(NASDAQ: OXGN, XSSE: OXGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceuticalcompany developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eyediseases, announced today the publication of two abstracts in the2007 Annual Meeting program distributed this afternoon at theAnnual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)in Chicago, IL.<p...