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Employers’ Strategies to Safeguard Employees During H1N1

The poll was conducted April 21 to May 13, 2010 among a nationally representative sample of 1,491 employees from private sector businesses outside of education…

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Filtering Donor Blood Reduces Heart, Lung Complications

The study is published online in the journal, Transfusion. It is the latest in a large body of work led by Neil Blumberg, M.D., who for 25 years has been…

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New Lung Cancer Drug Shrinks Tumors in Early Trials

“The results of the first two trials have been very encouraging,” said Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, assistant clinical professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine…

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Mothers' high blood sugar in pregnancy is linked to children's reduced insulin sensitivity

“We know that children born to women with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes, or who have high blood sugar during pregnancy are at risk of becoming…

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Effective Monitoring: A Smart Choice for Local Prostate Cancer

How local prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has not spread outside the prostate gland, should be treated is a controversial issue. In many cases such…

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Noninvasive Technique Reduces Breast Biopsies Using Imaging

“The goal of our study was to investigate the potential of diffuse optical tomography in the near infrared spectrum with ultrasound localization as a means of…

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BPA Exposure in Early Life Linked to Adult Testis Changes

“We are seeing changes in the testis function of rats after exposure to BPA levels that are lower than what the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental…

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Exploring Innovative Tanning Products Harnessing UV Rays

“This is the first evidence that oral micronized progesterone, which is molecularly identical to the natural hormone, is effective for women with symptomatic…

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BPA Levels Linked to Hormone Imbalance in Women with PCOS

The study found that BPA, a known hormone disrupter, is elevated and associated with higher levels of male hormones in the blood of women with PCOS compared…

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More than skin deep, tanning product of sun's rays

“The variation of ultraviolet radiation, especially in the middle and high latitudes is great,” said Nina Jablonski, professor of anthropology and chair of…

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New Method to Assess Appendicitis Severity Unveiled

“We don’t know what causes appendicitis. There is evidence that the cause may be multi-factorial, since some patients gets a perforated appendix while the…

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Flame Retardants Impact Thyroid Hormones in Pregnancy

“This is the first study with a sufficient sample size to evaluate the association between PBDE flame retardants and thyroid function in pregnant women,” said…

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New model suggests feared side effect of Alzheimer's drugs is unlikely

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Merck & Co. Inc studied the effects of a class of drugs known as gamma secretase…

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Why do certain diseases go into remission during pregnancy?

During pregnancy, many women experience remission of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and uveitis. Now, scientists have described a biological…

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Probiotic Therapy Halves VAP Risk for ICU Patients

The study was published on the American Thoracic Society's Web site ahead of the print edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care…

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New Therapy Launched for Late-Onset Pompe Patients in US

The first commercially available treatment in the United States for patients with late-onset Pompe disease was administered today (Wednesday, June 16) at the…

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