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Antenatal HIV Innovations by South Africa’s Medical Research Council

Lungiswa Nkonki, of the Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, worked with colleagues from University of the Western Cape (UWC), Health Systems…

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Prioritizing Research Questions in Breast Cancer Innovation

A team led by Professor Mitch Dowsett, Head of Biochemistry at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, based in London and Surrey, together with colleagues…

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Ulster Research Focuses on Ankle Injury Prevention Methods

The study, which will be carried out in partnership with the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, will look at different methods of applying ice to the injured…

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SARS: Lessons Learned from a Model Disease Outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) spread rapidly in 2002-2003, revealing just how vulnerable we might be to emerging diseases and how global…

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Should Sleep Apnea Be in Driving Standards? A Growing Debate

Breathing stops despite frantic efforts and oxygen drops… until sleep is interrupted, the throat pops open with a loud snoring, breathing resumes and sleep…

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Boosting Cardio-Vascular Research: Insights from EuroBioForum

The European Vascular Biology Institute (EVBI) is being presented at the annual EuroBioForum conference in Lisbon in December 2007 with a specific brief to…

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Dogs Detect Diabetes: Join Our Research for Type 1 Diabetics

Dr Deborah Wells from the School of Psychology at Queen’s and Dr Shaun Lawson from the University of Lincoln are appealing for 100 Type One diabetics to…

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Trauma’s Long-Term Impact on Stress Response Explained

Now, Cornell researchers report that rapes, sudden deaths of loved ones, life-threatening accidents and other such traumas may result in long-term changes even…

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New Virus Linked to Pediatric Respiratory Infections in Germany

The research team used MassTag PCR to investigate 97 samples, collected over a three-year period, from children with hospital-admitted, acute respiratory…

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Regular Exercise Lowers Blood Clot Risk, Study Finds

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands evaluated 7,860 people aged 18-70. Patients who had suffered their first blood clot in a…

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Pedometers Boost Walking Motivation for People with Diabetes

The use of a pedometer and a Web site that tracked physical activity levels proved to be powerful motivators for people with diabetes who participated in a…

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Is the test – tube conception dangerous?

But how safe are the auxiliary reproductive technologies (ART)? Having summarized the data accumulated by the world science, specialists of the Research…

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New AUA and EAU Guidelines for Ureteral Stone Management

The Guideline is an update to the 1997 AUA guideline on this topic, as well as an update of a section of the EAU’s Guidelines on Urolithiasis (last updated in…

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Researchers Discover a Mechanism to Explain Biological “Cross-Talk” Between 24-Hour Body Cycles and Metabolism

It’s well known that the body’s energy levels cycle on a 24-hour, or circadian, schedule, and that this metabolic process is fueled by oxygen. Now, researchers…

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Combining Medications for Effective Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

An article based on the report was posted on-line Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Researchers reviewed published evidence to compare the benefits and…

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Underdiagnosed Tinea of the Nails in Children: Key Insights

In Europe, Tinea unguium has an incidence rate between 0 and 2.6% (average 0.3%) in general population. The symptoms of tinea of the nails are generally well…

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