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Researchers Report That Thymosin Beta 4 Improves Neurological Function After Stroke
08.03.2010 08:15
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RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:RGN) announced that a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI reported that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), administered to rats one day after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals...
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Neurology
Xhale Innovations To Demonstrate The HyGreen Hand Hygiene System At The Fifth Decennial International Conference On Healthcare-Associated Infections
08.03.2010 08:15
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Xhale Innovations (XI) announced today that it will showcase its hand hygiene system, HyGreen™, at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections to be held March 18 - 22, 2010. This real-time hand hygiene recording and reminding system is designed to assist healthcare facilities with their infection control programs. According to XI CTO, Dr...
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Infectious Diseases
Women's Support Groups Make Dramatic Improvements On Neonatal Survival Rates
08.03.2010 08:14
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Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a study published in the journal the Lancet. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women...
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Depression
Stentys Self-expanding Stent Receives CE Marking To Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
08.03.2010 08:14
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Medical device pioneer Stentys announced that it has received CE Marking for its self-expanding and disconnectable stent to treat acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...
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Cardiology
University Of Chicago And Ataxia Foundation Team Up For Annual Scientific And Patient Meetings
08.03.2010 06:19
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The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), in conjunction with the University of Chicago program in pathobiology and translational neuroscience, will hold its third annual Ataxia Investigators Meeting March 9-11, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, in Rosemont, Ill. A three-day meeting for patients, caregivers and families will follow at the same location...
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Neurology
Ritalin Boosts Learning By Increasing Brain Plasticity
08.03.2010 06:19
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Doctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning. In animal research, the scientists showed for the first time that Ritalin boosts both of these cognitive abilities by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine deep inside the brain...
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Neurology
Major Depression More Than Doubles Risk Of Dementia Among Adults With Diabetes
08.03.2010 06:18
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Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a study published in the recent Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dementia is the progressive decline of thinking and reasoning abilities...
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Depression
Reducing Pain In Hospitalized Patients Using Non-Drug Techniques
08.03.2010 06:18
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Non-traditional therapies relieve pain among a wide range of hospitalized patients as much as 50 percent, according to a first-of-a-kind study in the Journal of Patient Safety...
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Alternative Medicine
Senators To FDA: Lift Ban On Gays Donating Blood
08.03.2010 04:19
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The Associated Press: "The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday. ... The lawmakers stressed that the science has changed dramatically since the ban was established in 1983 at the advent of the HIV-AIDS crisis...
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HIV/AIDS
New Insights On A Fundamental DNA Repair Mechanism
08.03.2010 04:19
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Adding a new link to our understanding of the complex chain of chemistry that keeps living cells alive, a team of researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM), the University of Utah, Vanderbilt University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated for the first time the specific activity of the protein NEIL3, one of a group responsible f...
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Genetics
First-Of-Its-Kind Project Will Sequence Difficult Breast Cancers To Provide Insight Into Treatment Strategies
08.03.2010 04:18
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Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) has announced that it is collaborating with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and US Oncology to sequence the genomes of 14 patients afflicted with triple negative breast cancer whose tumors have progressed despite multiple other therapies...
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Cancer
Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against Chikungunya
08.03.2010 04:18
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Imagine a mosquito-borne virus that has already infected millions of people in recent outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, the islands of the Indian Ocean, Africa and northern Italy. Although seldom fatal, it causes highly painful arthritis-like symptoms that can linger for months or even years. It's capable of adapting to spread through a mosquito species common in much of North America...
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Biology
'Evolutionary Biologist' Studies The Co-Evolution Of Humans And Diseases
08.03.2010 04:18
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Harmit Singh Malik, Ph.D., an evolutionary biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received the 2010 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. He received the honor, which carries a $25,000 cash prize, for his research on the co-evolution of humans and diseases. The annual Vilcek Foundation awards celebrate "immigrant achievement in biomedical science and arts...
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Biology
CDC Confirms 11 Malaria Cases In People Who Traveled To Haiti
08.03.2010 04:17
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The CDC on Thursday said it confirmed that 11 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria "among emergency personnel and Haitian residents who traveled to the U.S.," the Miami Herald reports. "The cases include: seven emergency responders, including six military personnel; three Haitian residents who traveled to the U.S., including one Haitian adoptee; and one U.S...
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