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For the better part of the last 150 years, scientists have been trying to figure out exactly why inhaling anesthetic compounds causes unconsciousness. Researchers in the United States say that they may have found at least a part of the correct answer in a new study. People take the fact that anesthesia works as a gi... |
21 March 2012
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For many years now, surgeons have been putting artery-opening brain stents in the brains of patients who were at risk of suffering from repeating strokes. Now, a multi-center clinical trial reveals that implanting these devices tends to lead to a higher risk of stroke and death in patients.
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8 September 2011
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An ample research effort has just been set in motion in the United States. Four governmental agencies are cooperating to support the Obama Administration's National Robotics Initiative, which calls for the development of advanced robots to augment the nation's capabilities. The robots would work side by sid... |
25 June 2011
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Muscle deterioration is a process that can be found in people who suffer from conditions such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or who have been confined to bed rest in old age, and now find it impossible to recover their muscle mass. Now, a new type of cells is used as a therapeutic target.Researchers with the US... |
18 April 2011
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Each year, the flu and cold epidemics strike in the general population without warning, but always around the same time. The pathogens spread like wildfire, and yet researchers still don't know precisely how this happens. A new research has recently taken a closer look at the issue. The situation is especially w... |
14 December 2010
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Biological sciences could soon take a new leap forward, as the US National Institutes of Health just announced new grants to support three major studies on the International Space Station.The investigations could lead to impressive breakthroughs in a number of research fields, and the new grants therefore come at a v... |
17 September 2010
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Speaking out against the recent Federal District Court injunction blocking all federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) reiterates its support for this field of research. The AACR is the oldest and largest cancer research organization in the world today, an... |
26 August 2010
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Experts recently managed to develop two new, different approaches of attacking the MRSA, and destroying it for good. Their findings could help save countless lives. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that is among the leading causes of deaths from hospital infections around the w... |
17 August 2010
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For better defining changes in the human immune system in response to infection or to vaccination, the United States will grant a total of $100 million to six US-based Human Immune Phenotyping Centers for research using human and not animal studies.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act supports the first year of... |
12 August 2010
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A new program to treat depression in patients, devised by scientists at the Henry Ford Health System Behavioral Health Services division, managed to avoid any of the patients taking their own lives for more than 30 months. Unfortunately, in spite of the increased efficiency depression treatments have today, healthcar... |
19 May 2010
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A while back, researchers at the University of Missouri presented their MULTICOM system. The advanced computer software was touted as being capable of predicting the structure of proteins, a feat that made it of great interest to scientists. Being able to infer what a protein might look like is of incredible importan... |
19 May 2010
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In a new scientific study, researchers detail the discovery of a new series of genes and associated pathways that appear to exert considerable influence on the brain wave patterns individuals' cortices exhibit. The new finding could be used as a surrogate marker, the team behind the study says, such as for insta... |
27 April 2010
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More than four decades ago, the work a researcher tried to get published seemed so far-fetched that scientific journals turned her down. The paper was focused on how the estrogen affects the brain, but at the time, the scientific community was simply to accept this idea, that went against the “dogma” of t... |
12 April 2010
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has been conducting research into how obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is related to stroke risks in the general population for quite some time. Recently, experts managed to conclude and publish their report, which... |
8 April 2010
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As the allergies season is starting, you should expect to see more people than usual sneezing on the street or at work, and much more tears all around. According to official statistics, the number of allergies of all kinds is on the rise, and has been engaged in this trend for many years. Oddly enough, this only seem... |
26 March 2010
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In addition to sacking NASA's plans to go to the Moon by 2020, the new budget proposal that the White House forwarded to the Congress also includes more funding for basic science. Despite the federal freeze that has been proposed on all non-defense discretionary spending, American science agencies and organizati... |
3 February 2010
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For many years, a large number of experts have argued that repeated exposures to radiation may be be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer for the general public. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently decided to engage in a new study that will seek to gauge this risk, based partial... |
1 February 2010
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A new scientific study has revealed that about 50 percent of all Americans who suffer from depression do not get treated for their conditions. Of those who do receive medication or other forms of therapy, only a small portion are treated according to their actual needs. The investigation has also determined that some... |
5 January 2010
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At this point in time, the basis of nanomedicine is placed on tiny, small-scale structures, which are constructed in such a way that they target a specific chemical that a certain group of cells emits. The ultimate goal is to make the nanoparticles zoom in on the disease cells and then penetrate them. The nanostructu... |
9 December 2009
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'Back to Sleep' was an initiative devised by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) some years ago, to make parents aware of the fact that they needed to put their babies to sleep on their backs. This was extremely important, NIH officials said at the time, because it was the only known way to reduce th... |
8 December 2009
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Bioengineers and geneticists in the United States are currently worried that, under the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines currently under development, none of the existing lines of stem cells could benefit from federal funding. The strict informed-consent provisions in the new documents would make it... |
27 May 2009
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that low-intensity and low-key anti-smoking public service announcements (PSA) were more likely to incite an effect in the brains of smokers than their more flashy or shocking versions. A new study also reveals that different brain areas are activated by ... |
16 May 2009
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A collaboration between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), yielded an early warning device for people who are at risk of developing cataract, a clouding in the lenses of the eyes, which affects a very large pa... |
9 January 2009
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Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax), the parasite that causes relapse in malaria, has been fully analyzed and all its components classified. Researchers say that understanding the parasite's genome could one day help doctors develop a more effective cure to the disease that threatens more than 2.5 billion people worldwi... |
9 October 2008
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