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Surgeons' Role In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Mortality Examined
03.07.2008 04:15
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The impact of surgeons' annual aortic volume and other prognostic indicators have been revealed in early outcomes of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) repair in a recent study from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Details of the study have been published in the July issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Fourteen different surgeons performed consecutive open RAAA repairs on 170 patients between January 2001 and June 2007 at the Center.
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Cardiology
Damning Report Published On The Dental Contract Today
03.07.2008 04:15
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Reacting to the Health Select Committee's report on dentistry published, Susie Sanderson, Chair of the BDA's Executive Board, said: "This is a damning report which highlights the failure of a farcical contract that has alienated the profession and caused uncertainty to patients. "For the past two years, dentists and patients have told the Department of Health that it got it wrong. Now MPs have agreed with the BDA.
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Dentistry
Gender Differences And Heart Disease
03.07.2008 04:15
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Women may respond less favorably than men to cardiovascular disease (CV) drug-treatments for enlarged heart, according to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists. For the first time, researchers have uncovered that women derive a lesser benefit than men from two common high-blood-pressure-lowering drugs -- losartan and atenolol -- for the reduction of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).
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Cardiology
Scientists Predict Three Quarters Of Children With Leukaemia In The UK Will Be Cured
03.07.2008 04:15
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Around three-quarters of children diagnosed with leukaemia will be cured of their disease, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer* .
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Cancer
Mediterranean Diet Cuts Cancer Risk
03.07.2008 04:15
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Adopting just two aspects of the Mediterranean diet can cut the risk of developing cancer by 12 per cent - research published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals.
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Cancer
New York City Restaurants Enter Final Phase Of Trans Fats Ban
03.07.2008 04:15
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Yesterday, 1st July, New York City restaurants entered the final phase of the ban on artificial trans fats introduced a year ago. The City's restaurants must now clear trans fats rom their menus. Trans fats are made by hydrogenating plant oils to make them easier to use, for instance in baking, and to increase shelf life. They raise "bad" LDL and lower "good" HDL cholesterol, thereby increasing the risk for coronary heart disease.
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Cardiology
Pharmacists Urge Consumers To Seek Advice About Sunburn Safety
03.07.2008 04:15
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With the incidence of skin cancer annually on the rise, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) encourages consumers to talk to their pharmacist about sunburn prevention, sunburn treatment and medications that increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun. Besides being medication experts, pharmacists are also knowledgeable about how to prevent and treat common summertime ailments, such as sunburns.
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Cancer
Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact Of New Interventions
03.07.2008 04:14
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Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer
$950,000 In Seed Grants Awarded By The Parkinson's Disease Foundation
03.07.2008 04:14
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The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) is pleased to announce awards of $950,000 toward its 2008-2009 International Research Grants and Fellowship Program (IRGFP). The funding will support the research of 19 Parkinson's scientists, chosen on April 11 from a group of almost 100 candidates by a scientific review committee led by Stanley Fahn, M.D., PDF's Scientific Director.
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Biology
ERMA's Recommendation To Continue The Use Of Endosulfan In New Zealand Dismays Breast Cancer Network
03.07.2008 04:14
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Breast Cancer Network NZ is very disturbed that ERMA has not recommended a ban on the use of the pesticide endosulfan in New Zealand. This acutely toxic organochlorine chemical has been used so widely that it is found in our food and water and is a contaminant of the environment and animal tissues all over the world. Not only is endosulfan toxic, it is an endocrine-disrupting compound which may be implicated in breast cancer.
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Cancer
Survival After Extreme Blood Loss Significantly Improved By 'Hibernation-On-Demand' Drug
03.07.2008 04:14
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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide, or H2S - the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench - significantly improves survival from extreme blood loss in rats. Cell biologist Mark B. Roth, Ph.D., and colleagues in the Basic Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in collaboration with surgeon Robert K. Winn, Ph.D.
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Biology
Newly Discovered Checkpoint Process Decides Between Death, Division Or Cancer
03.07.2008 04:14
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Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it is one of the hallmarks of cancer.
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Biology
Small Protein May Have Big Role In Making More Bone And Less Fat
03.07.2008 04:14
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"The pathways are parallel, and the idea is if you can somehow disrupt the fat production pathway, you will get more bone," says Dr. Xingming Shi, bone biologist at the Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics. He's found the short-acting protein GILZ appears to make this desirable shift and wants to better understand how it does it with the long-term goal of targeted therapies for osteoporosis, obesity and maybe more.
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Orthopedics
New Genome Research Provides Insights And Raises New Questions About How Multi-Cellular Organisms Evolved
03.07.2008 04:14
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What do humans and single-celled choanoflagellates have in common? More than you'd think. New research into the choanoflagellate genome shows these ancient organisms have similar levels of proteins that cells in more complex organisms, including humans, use to communicate with each other.
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Biology
Illegal Wildlife Trade Threatening Healthcare Resource
03.07.2008 04:14
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Two reports from TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network, on traditional medicine systems in Cambodia and Vietnam suggest that illegal wildlife trade, including entire tiger skeletons, and unsustainable harvesting is depleting the region's rich and varied biodiversity and putting the primary healthcare resource of millions at risk.
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Biology
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