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Making radiography imaging safer
1 November 2009Curtin University of Technology researchers have found a new way to minimise the radiation exposure patients are subjected to when undergoing computed radiography (CR), which has already attracted ... - more
Exercise for lower prostate cancer risk, less aggressive disease
1 November 2009A moderate amount of exercise most days of the week may contribute to a lower risk of prostate cancer, and lower grade tumours among those men who are diagnosed with the disease following biopsy, say ... - more
Non-incision, endoscopic ulcer repair
1 November 2009Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. The goal is to advance the use of an endoscope – which ... - more
Is the person next to you washing their hands with soap?
1 November 2009People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, according to a study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. - more
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Gene mutation may reveal clues for treating lung diseases
31 October 2009A genetic mutation found in four children born with multiple abnormalities may provide insight into potential treatments for newborn lung distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). - more
Recommended treatment for heart failure often underused
31 October 2009Less than one-third of patients hospitalised for heart failure and participating in a quality improvement registry received a guideline-recommended treatment of heart failure, aldosterone antagonist ... - more
Food-based strategies improve toddlers' low iron status
31 October 2009Toddlers who increase their red meat intake or drink iron-fortified milk can successfully avoid the falling iron levels commonly affecting this age group, according to latest University of Otago ... - more
The genome's new clothes
30 October 2009A major breakthrough study, published in Nature, has provided a complete roadmap of the human epigenome and has major implications for the treatment of human diseases and development of ... - more
Skin cells may provide early warning for cancer risk elsewhere in body
30 October 2009While some scientists have argued that cancer is such a complex genetic disease that you'd have to sequence a person's complete genome in order to predict his or her cancer risk, a University of ... - more
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'Molecular trigger' for sudden death in epilepsy
30 October 2009The most common gene for a syndrome associated with abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death triggers epileptic seizures and could explain sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, said researchers from ... - more
