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Smoking out the mediators of airway damage caused by pollutants
... smoke damage airways has been provided by Pierangelo Geppetti and colleagues, at the University of Florence, Italy, who studied the effects of such chemicals on guinea pig airways. As discussed, in ...Subtle nervous system abnormalities appear to predict risk of death in older individuals
... , are more likely to become physically or mentally impaired. Marco Inzitari, M.D., of the University of Florence, Italy, and colleagues studied 506 individuals (average age 72 ...Long-term secondary prevention program may help reduce cardiovascular risks after heart attack
... M.D., of the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri Research Center, Florence, Italy, and colleagues conducted the Global Secondary Prevention Strategies to Limit Event Recurrence After ...Looking through Galileo's eyes
... curators from the Arcetri Observatory and the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, both in Florence, Italy, are recreating the kind of telescope and conditions that led to Galileo's world- ...Early detection of second breast cancers halves women's risk of death
... either breast. The current study looked at 1,044 women who had attended one clinical centre in Florence (Italy) between 1980-2005 and who had developed a second breast cancer. In that time 455 women ...Multi-colored uniforms improve perceptions of hospital nurses among children and parents
... to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers from the University of Florence, Italy, surveyed a total of 112 children before and after nurses on two paediatric wards ...Study links increased risk of suicidal behavior in adults to sleep problems
Florence, Italy: Adults who suffer chronic sleep problems may face an increased risk of suicidal behaviour, new research indicates. In a study to be presented on April 1, 2009 at the World ...Research moves a step closer to possibility of brain scan-assisted diagnosis for PTSD
Florence, Italy: Preliminary research examining the difference in brain activity between soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and those without it moves scientists a step closer to the ...International team tracks clues to HIV
... and the Freie Universitat, Berlin; Claudiu Supuran of the University of Florence, Italy; T. Amanda Strom, Nadjmeh Doostdar and Mananjali Kumar of Rice; and Thomas Mavromoustakos of the ...No DNA link between Etruscans, Tuscans
FLORENCE, Italy, July 3 (UPI) -- Modern Tuscans show no genetic relationship to the Etruscans who occupied the area during the Bronze Age, Italian researchers have found.Missing Galileo fingers discovered
FLORENCE, Italy, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The director of a museum in Florence, Italy, said two fingers taken from Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1737 have been rediscovered.
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