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Scientists have determined the detailed structure of an essential piece of the telomerase enzyme, an important contributor to the vast majority of human cancers. Understanding the physical shape of the protein has led to a better understanding of how it acts to immortalize cells ?and should help scientists design broadly effective cancer drugs. Until now, the lack of detailed structural in...New tool helps blood specialists improve patient care
The American Society of Hematology (ASH In response to a change in requirements to maintain ABIM certification, ASH and ABIM have co-developed the Hematology Practice Improvement Module (PIM), a web-based tool physicians u...Historic lists - The greatest rock bands, rock guitarists of all time
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New study suggests that people could be putting their health at risk by failing to check the credentials of physiotherapists, chiropodists, dieticians and other health professionals.// The survey of more than 2,100 adults in the UK conducted by the Health Professions Council (HPC), found that about 81% of people who had used the services of a health professional were oblivious to wheth...Supercomputer Grid Enlists PCs To Combat AIDS
A new project, launched with the aim to combat AIDS will exploit the unused power of thousands of individual and business computers around the world to aid research and identify drugs used to combat the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).// The Internet-based initiative, called FightAIDS@Home, aims to enlist about 100,000 computer users to donate the use of their machines via a sec...Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists
In Scotland new measures are being undertaken by the health officials to reduce the waiting list of patients who have been referred by their General Practioner. // Hence new methods are being adopted by increasing the wages of the Surgeons three times their normal wages. Consultants receive more than £1,500 a day from officials to cut on the waiting list. In the near future pa...Rural Canadians travel far for specialists: study
Canadians living in rural areas have to undertake long treks to receive medical treatment from specialized physicians, a new study says//. Nine per cent of all physicians in Canada worked in rural areas in 2004, home to about 20 per cent of the population, according to a report issued by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. That's unchanged from the mid-1990s, despi...Journalists Blamed For Bird Flu Spread Across Israel
Journalists, more specifically press photographers have been suspected of spreading the deadly bird flu in Israel. This suspicion was unveiled// by a health official belonging to the agriculture department. 'It's one of our working hypotheses. Bird flu can be transmitted on clothing, footwear, the wheels of cars and even on cameras. The journalists who came to cover the outbreak then...