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| | | | | | Twenty Connecticut towns are reported to have West Nile Virus positive mosquitoes, Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. J. Robert Galvin informs. Connecticut's Mosquito Management Program announced that a resident of Clinton recently tested positive for WNV (West Nile Virus) and has been admitted to hospital... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing image processing technology that will improve surveillance of abandoned luggage in public places Numerous CCTV systems are in use in public places which have the capacity to gather large amounts of image material... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Videoconferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely from Montreal... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Critical challenges remain in the centuries-old battles against infectious diseases, particularly as bacteria and viruses mutate and as the threat of bioterrorism grows. Responding to this need, America's biopharmaceutical research companies this year have 395 new medicines and vaccines in the pipeline to fight infectious diseases... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Five Americans, two of them doctors, two nurses and an organizer who worked with AIDS patients and orphans in Zimbabwe have been arrested for not having appropriate medical licenses, according to their attorney, Jonathan Samukange... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | As the new school year starts, California Department of Public Health's (CDPH's) director, Dr. Mark Horton, urges parents and caregivers to ensure that their kids are fully vaccinated. He also urges other groups, especially those who live or work around babies to be vaccinated against whooping cough (pertussis)... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Scientists say they may have found a way of knowing how the human brain changes and develops as the child gradually matures into an adult. All it appears to need, they say, are periodic 5-minute brain scans, according to an article published in the journal Science, 10 September issue. The authors say that a child's mental development could be monitored in a similar way their height and weight are... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Due to increasing life-spans and improved health many populations are 'aging' more slowly than conventional measures indicate... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | People are more likely to remember specific information such as faces or words if the pattern of activity in their brain is similar each time they study that information, according to new research from a University of Texas at Austin psychologist and his colleagues... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | For cancer patients, who have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a hyperactive blood coagulation system, there is now an enhanced risk model to predict their chance of developing blood clots, according to a recent study published in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Chest compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR may be at least as effective as electrical defibrillation after cardiac arrest, researchers wrote in a report published in BMC Medicine. Current guidelines for advanced cardiac life support, which were set out in 2005, recommend immediate defibrillation for cardiac arrest which occurs out of hospital... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Abiraterone Acetate plus prednisone was undergoing Phase 3 clinical trials on patients with metastatic advanced prostate cancer (castration-resistant prostate cancer) when an Independent Data Monitoring Committee recommended unblinding the study - this means the patients who were not receiving the Abiraterone Acetate should be offered it, Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Devel... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Kathleen Sebelius, US Department of Health and Human Service Secretary, has told AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans) members to stop using scare tactics and half truths to place the blame for 2011 premium increases on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act. Sebelius stressed that the Affordable Care Act should have a minimal impact on premiums for the majority of Americans... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Approximately 10% of American children live with a grandparent, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, which analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data. Over the last ten years, the number of children living with a grandparent has been steadily increasing, with a slight acceleration during 2007-2008 when the recession hit... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) should carry new warnings on the labels informing about the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a potentially fatal skin condition, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced. Magnevist, Omniscan, and Optimark will be described as unsuitable for use among patients with chronic severe kidney disease or acute kidney injury... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | A 15-year old boy ordered a handheld laser pointer online. He wanted it to pop balloons from a distance and play around with, this included burning holes into paper cards and his sister's shoes... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | If you have a firm handshake, can walk and chew gum at the same time, leap from your chair during a scary movie or always win the three legged race at the family reunion, then well, you just live longer than your fellow human. New studies from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) formed by UK researchers have discovered the relation between basic physical tasks and mortality... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Philip Morris has filed suit against Uruguay, as the country looks to enlarge health warnings on packaging up to 80%, and require the tobacco giant to adjust packaging to plain or solid colors. Uruguay is one of the most economically developed countries in South America, with a high GDP per capita and the 50th highest quality of life in the world... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | There is no safe exposure to lead. Period. A report by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) in this week's edition of the Lancet reiterates this not so well known or publicized fact. Dr... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), in a draft guidance has recommended Liraglutide (Victoza) 1.2mg injectable daily for some patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. NICE does not, however, recommend the 1.8mg daily dosage, saying there does not appear to be any significant additional benefit over the 1.2mg dose. NICE recommends Liraglutide 1... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day, aimed at promoting a global commitment and action to prevent suicides. According to WHO (World Health Organization), nearly 3,000 people commit suicide each day worldwide - out of every 20 people who attempt to end their lives, one dies... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Using high-resolution microscopy, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have shown how insulin prompts fat cells to take in glucose in a rat model. The findings were reported in the Sept. 8 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism. By studying the surface of healthy, live fat cells in rats, researchers were able to understand the process by which cells take in glucose... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | An international study has discovered the reason why some people who eat a high-fat diet remain slim, yet others pile on the weight... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | A type of neuron that, when malfunctioning, has been tied to epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia is much more complex than previously thought, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report in the Sept. 9 issue of Neuron. The majority of brain cells are called excitatory because they ramp up the action of target cells... | | | | | |
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| | | | | | New research into how music conveys emotion could benefit the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain. Using an innovative combination of music psychology and leading-edge audio engineering the project is looking in more detail than ever before at how music conveys emotion... | | | | | |
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