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Traffic Pollution Aggravates Asthma Symptoms in Children

A Mexican research team led by Dr Isabelle Romieu of the Institute Nacional de Sauld Publica, correlated pollutants associated with exacerbation of respiratory…

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100,000 Lives Saved from Tuberculosis: A Landmark Achievement

During her doctoral degree studies she became President of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease as the first African and the first…

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UPC Student Advances Collagen Nanofibers for Synthetic Knee Cartilage

Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications. The work is part of a macroproject coordinated by the…

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Prostate Health Insights: Link to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

The REDUCE (Reduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) trial is a 4-year, phase-III placebo-controlled study that evaluates whether the drug…

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Anxiety Disorders: Misconceptions About Physiological Symptoms

In other words, although many patients with anxiety disorders have orally reported very intense physiological symptoms in surveys and questionaires, they are…

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Placebo Acupuncture Boosts IVF Success Rates, Study Finds

The study, published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today (Thursday 13 November), looked at real and placebo…

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EPFL Opens Neuroprostheses Center to Advance Brain Tech

This Lausanne-based pioneering facility, to be inaugurated in January, 2009, will include five Chairs and is situated at the crossroads between fundamental…

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Over 50% With High Blood Pressure Unaware of Their Condition

Professor Franco Cappuccio from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick led the only UK team to participate in a European study examining…

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Osteoporosis Care Challenges: Medicare Reimbursement Cuts

According to a paper published in the November issue of the Springer journal Osteoporosis International, Medicare reimbursement for dual-energy X-ray…

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Innovative System Design for Better Influenza Control

This research, in which other European partners are also participating within the EU VII Framework Programme, has been earmarked a budget of nearly four…

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Brain scans demonstrate link between education and Alzheimer's

Scientists at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that some study participants who appeared…

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New Insights on Sleep: Brain Parts Can Be Asleep Together

That’s because parts of your brain are actually asleep, according to a new theoretical paper by sleep scientists at Washington State University.Contrary to…

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Study Enhances Recovery for Mothers Facing Depression

Although depression is a major health problem world-wide, experts say its impact is greatest in developing countries where 80% of the population live. Often…

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Cost-Effective NHS Policy Insights from New Simulation Study

In her inaugural lecture on Wednesday 12th November, Dr Clare Gillies of the Department of Health Sciences will reveal the results of her simulation study…

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Tumors Thrive Without Key Blood-Supply Molecule Insights

The findings partly explain why drugs designed to treat cancer by strangling its blood supply have been disappointing when used alone and why those treatments…

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Blood Vessel Rhythms Linked to Morning Heart Attack Peaks

Endothelial cells serve as the interface between the blood and the arteries, controlling arterial tone and helping to prevent clots that lead to strokes and…

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