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Resistance to antibiotics: When 1+1 is not 2
The evolution of multiple antibiotic resistances is a global and difficult problem to eradicate. Isabel Gordo, a group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal, reports in the...
Brain Develops Motor Memory For Prosthetics
A new study shows that the brain can develop a stable, neural map of a how to control a prosthetic device, providing hope that physically disabled people can one day...
Infected swine-flu inspector flew twice on April 29: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency disclosed for the first time Thursday that one of its inspectors flew on two commercial flights one day after contracting swine flu at a quarantined...
New Method For HIV Testing Holds Promise For Developing World
A new technique that detects the HIV virus early and monitors its development without requiring refrigeration may make AIDS testing more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa.
Drug-dispensing Contact Lens
Taking eye drops multiple times a day can be difficult to do, and as little as 1 to 7 percent of the dose is actually absorbed by the eye. Now,...
'Single-Shot' Vaccines May Protect Against H5N1 Influenza Virus
Two newly developed "single-shot" H5N1 influenza vaccines protected ferrets against lethal infection with the H5N1 influenza virus and may allow for mass vaccination in humans in the event of a...
Women With Cystic Fibrosis Can Have Safe And Successful Fertility Treatment
Women with cystic fibrosis can have fertility treatment to help them have babies without any long-term adverse effects on either themselves or their children, researchers have found. Women with cystic...
Cell Division Find Prompts Overhaul Of Immune Response Modeling
New research into the mechanics of how two types of white blood cells grow and die is fundamentally changing the development of computer models that are used to predict how...
Common Cold Virus Efficiently Delivers Corrected Gene To Cystic Fibrosis Cells
Scientists have worked for 20 years to perfect gene therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, which causes the body to produce dehydrated, thicker-than-normal mucus that clogs the lungs and...
World H1N1 death toll rises above 700
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of deaths globally from the H1N1 virus has doubled in the past three weeks, rising to over 700 from about 330...
Misdiagnosis of disorders of consciousness still commonplace
A sixteen-month study of consensus-based diagnosis of patients with disorders of consciousness has shown that 41% of cases of minimally conscious state (MCS) were misdiagnosed as vegetative state (VS), a...
Anti-epilepsy drug risk on cognitive function for unborn children
Interim results of a study being conducted by scientists at the University of Liverpool suggest that children aged three years and younger, who are born to women taking the anti-epileptic...
When children have breathing problems
Increasing numbers of children around the world are suffering from respiratory problems - coughing, wheezing and asthma attacks. Although the key external causes of these diseases were identified a long...
Can The Relationship Between Doctors And Drug Companies Ever Be A Healthy One?
Should the financial ties between doctors and drug companies be completely cut, or are healthy alliances between the two possible with the common aim of improving human health? A debate...
River blindness could be wiped out by drug: study
The worldwide eradication of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is feasible with treatment involving an anti-parasite drug now being used to control the disease, according to a new UN study.
Individual Health Insurance Market Failing Consumers, Report Suggests
The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried...
First Model Motor Nerve System That's Insulated And Organized Like Human Body
Researchers report on the first lab-grown motor nerves that are insulated and organized just like they are in the human body. The model system will drastically improve understanding of the...
'Go to the doctor? Only if I'm really sick...'
African American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity. Because they prove their masculinity through...
Skin-like tissue developed from human embryonic stem cells
BOSTON (July 21, 2009) -- Dental and tissue engineering researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have...
Glimmer of hope in fight against iron deficiency
According to the World Health Organisation, approximately two billion people suffer from iron deficiency. They tire easily, experience problems in metabolising harmful substances in their bodies and eventually suffer from...
New global subsidy for malaria medicines must ensure quality of care
A new subsidy designed to increase access to life-saving antiretrovirals must remain focused on quality patient care if it is to succeed, argues Tido von Schoen-Angerer and colleagues in this...
Aussie swimmers struggle with swimsuit scenarios
Few countries have been more affected by the rapid approval of the new generation of swimsuits than traditional powerhouse Australia.
Rates of secondhand smoke exposure high among college students
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is not only a nuisance, but a potential health concern for many college students, and administrators should be taking steps to reduce students' exposure, according to a...
Green Tea: Mixed Reviews For Cancer Prevention
Lifestyle choices are pieces of the cancer prevention puzzle, but exactly which steps to take remain unclear, even to scientists. Still, more and more individuals are incorporating small changes into...
Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor...
UT Southwestern Earns Grant for Cardiac Myogenesis Research Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers Drs. Jay Schneider, Joseph Hill and Eric Olson have been awarded a $2 million grant from the American Heart Association to study the development and...
Healthcare reform needs better choices: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telemedicine, workplace clinics and finding ways to help people stay healthier may be more important for reforming the U.S. healthcare system than insuring everyone, according to a...
Heart disease: Research off the beating patch
TUCSON, ARIZ. -- It is an amazing sight: What looks like a tiny beating heart is actually a piece of synthetic, gauze-like mesh, barely the size of a fingernail,...