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New Therapeutic Options For Diabetes-Related Tissue Injury
06.07.2008 15:11
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Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by altered glucose tolerance and impaired lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and is associated with a number of complications directly resulting from hyperglycemiainduced inflammation. Vascular changes in diabetes lead to increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke due to atherosclerosis, retinopathy, end-stage renal disease, debilitating neuropathies, poor wound healing, enhanced risk of infection, and periodontal disease.
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Diabetes
Dentin Regeneration Employing Novel Hydrogel Systems
06.07.2008 14:12
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Dental caries, or tooth decay, continues to be the most prevalent infectious disease in the world, presenting significant public health challenges and socio-economic consequences. It leads to the loss of the hard tissues of the tooth, followed by inflammation and necrosis of the subjacent dental pulp. In the U.S. alone, over 20 million dental restorations are placed each year, with failure rates of up to 60%.
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Dentistry
Dental Referrals By Primary Care Physicians
06.07.2008 13:10
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Young children from low-income families experience high levels of tooth decay and face many barriers to getting dental treatment and preventive services. Because these children usually visit their pediatrician or other primary care provider far more frequently than a dentist, the primary care medical setting is gaining popularity as a place to provide preventive dental services.
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Dentistry
Fighting The Plague With Pathogens That Mimic The Infection
06.07.2008 12:10
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Bacteria that cause pneumonic plague can evade our first-line defences, making it difficult for the body to fight infection. In fact, a signature of the plague is the lack of an inflammatory response. Now, scientists have discovered a way to protect against death following infection with plague bacteria, by using molecules that can mimic the pathogens.
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Infectious Diseases
Potential Treatment For TB Solves Puzzle
06.07.2008 11:11
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Scientists have uncovered a new target for the potential treatment of TB, finally resolving a long-running debate about how the bacterial cell wall is built. The research, published in the July issue of Microbiology reveals several molecules that could be developed into drugs to treat tuberculosis.
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Infectious Diseases
Disclosing Violence To Primary Care Or Obestetrics / Gynecology Physicians Most Beneficial
06.07.2008 10:11
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that patients who disclose intimate partner violence (IPV) to their clinicians of any type did not experience serious harm. However, those who disclosed IPV in a primary care or obstetrics/gynecology setting received the most benefit.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Decreasing Radiographic Screening Burden Of Testis Cancer Patients
06.07.2008 10:10
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) The main thrust of the presentations concerned decreasing the radiographic screening burden of patients with testis cancer. Chamin, et al, used SEER data to evaluate the risk of secondary malignancy in men with testis cancer who did or did not have a RPLND. After 14 yrs follow-up, men on a surveillance protocol for their testis cancer had a 1.
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Cancer
Resveratrol Found To Improve Health, But Not Longevity In Aging Mice On Standard Diet
06.07.2008 09:10
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Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. This study, conducted and supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is a follow-up to 2006 findings that resveratrol improves health and longevity of overweight, aged mice.
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Cardiology
Red Wine Ingredient Wards Off Effects Of Age On Heart, Bones, Eyes And Muscle
06.07.2008 08:10
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Large doses of a red wine ingredient can ward off many of the vagaries of aging in mice who begin taking it at midlife, according to a new report published online on July 3rd in Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. Those health improvements of the chemical known as resveratrol - including cardiovascular benefits, greater motor coordination, reduced cataracts and better bone density - come without necessarily extending the animals' lifespan.
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Eyesight Disorders
No Scope For 'Gentlemen's Agreements' With Existing Rules, UK
06.07.2008 07:10
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MPS responds to Health Minister Ben Bradshaw's suggestion that some GP practices have made agreements with other GP practices not to take on each other's patients. MPS regularly advises GPs on the rules and regulations surrounding the acceptance and removal of patients to their practice lists.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Visualizing Atomic-Scale Acoustic Waves In Nanostructures
06.07.2008 06:14
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Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be useful probes of nanostructures such as LED lights. However, detecting them isn't so easy.
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Medical Equipment
Surgical Skills Training For Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP) For Residents And Fellows
06.07.2008 05:13
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) Three studies showed that surgical skills training for robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) for residents and fellows can be done effectively with no adverse impact on patient outcomes.
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Urology
Teaching And Mentoring: A Multi-Center Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Experience
06.07.2008 05:13
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Canadian investigators created a teaching and mentoring method called "block" surgery to simplify and improve time efficiency and safety while maintaining acceptable oncological and functional outcomes during the learning curve of a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). The LRP was broken down into 10 key "blocks" assigned different levels of difficulty. Practicing urologists were recruited from multiple centers.
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Urology
Primary And Community Care Report - UNISON Reaction, UK
06.07.2008 05:13
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UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, raised concerns over the consequences of introducing individual budgets outlined in today's "Primary and Community Care" report. The union welcomed the drive towards transferring care and resources to community settings and to promote quality alongside the wide-ranging consultation, but issued a health warning over the use of individual budgets.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Light Shed On The Molecular Basis Of Crib Death By New Research
06.07.2008 05:13
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that unexpectedly and unexplainably takes the lives of seemingly healthy babies aged between a month and a year. Now researchers of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, have developed a mouse model of the so-called crib or cot death, which remains the leading cause of death during the first year of life in developed countries.
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