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Study Shows High Gum Disease Rates in Rural Appalachia, Sheds Light on Reasons for Tooth Loss
Source: West Virginia University Health Sciences Center
Iowa State Wins $18.5 Million Grant to Create NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemi
The third-generation Engineering Research Centers are designed to create university and industry partnerships in research and education that promote innovation, transform engineered systems, advance technology and produce engineering gradua
Study of Cervical Cancer Survivors Suggests Hormones' Role in Sexuality Is Limited
The University of Southern California-Yale University study is significant because researchers documented the sexual experiences of women who presumably had no hormonally-motivated sexual behavior or interest.
Creating Lung Cancer Risk Models For Specific Populations Refines Prediction
" Development and Validation of a Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Model for African Americans ": Co-authors with Etzel and Spitz are: Sumesh Kachroo, M.S., Mei Liu, M.S., and Anthony D'Amelio, B.S., of M.D. Anderson's Department of Epidemiology
UNC Spin-off Company Receives $2 Million Grant to Market Cancer Treatment Technology
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Recovery Efforts Not Enough for Critically Endangered Asian Vulture
Biological Conservation paper: " Temporal genetic analysis of the critically endangered oriental white-backed vulture in Pakistan": http:// dx.doi. org/10 .1016/ j.biocon. 2008.07 .001 U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: htt
U.S. Healthcare System in Crisis: Achieving Universal Coverage
Laura Morlock, PhD Professor, Health Policy Management Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Computerized Reminder System Drove Up Colon Cancer Screening Rates
Additional study authors: Mack T. Ruffin IV, M.D., M.P.H., professor of family medicine; Michael S. Klinkman, M.D., M.S., associate professor of family medicine and psychiatry; Masahito Jimbo, M.D., Ph. D., M.P.H., assistant professor of fa
Michigan Integral to World's Largest Physics Experiment
For more information: CERN: http:// public.web. cern. ch/Public/ Welcome. html Homer Neal: http:// www.lsa. umich. edu/physics/ peopleprofile/0, 2708,, 00. html? ID = 245 Bing Zhou: http:// www.lsa. umich. edu/physics/ peopleprofile/0, 2708
Hospital Implements National Comprehensive Stroke Center Model Criteria
With 18 beds, the Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center at The Methodist Hospital in Houston is the largest dedicated stroke unit in Texas and designated a certified primary stroke center by The Joint Commission.
Theory of the Sun's Role in Formation of the Solar System Questioned
Now scientists from UC San Diego and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have eliminated one model proposed to explain the anomaly: the idea that light from the early Sun could have shifted the balance of oxygen isotopes in molecules that
Vulvar Cancer: A Hidden Disease
Newswise- Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common cancer of the female genital tract.
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry September 2008 Table of Contents
BRIEF REPORTS Perceived Participation Restriction in Middle-Aged and Older Persons with Schizophrenia, Christine L. McKibbin, Ph. D., Elizabeth Twamley, Ph. D., Thomas L. Patterson, Ph. D., Sharokh Golshan, Ph. D., Barry Lebowitz, Ph. D., L
Free Drug Samples May End Up Costing Uninsured More
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ( www.wfubmc. edu) is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest University Physicians, and Wake Forest University Health Sc
African Americans Have Unique Lung Cancer Risks from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Etzel and colleagues analyzed data from 491 African Americans with lung cancer and 497 African Americans without lung cancer to identify risk factors for the disease.
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Goodbye Condoms, Hello Gel
Carrageen, an ingredient common in toothpaste, ice cream, shampoo and champagne, is the key component in Carraguard, an experimental vaginal gel that contains microbicides that paralyze sperm and attack HIV and other viruses. The substance is in the final testing phase and could be avaiable in a year.
Can colored dots help patients make medical decisions?
Until doctors and patients learn to speak the same language, patients need all the help they can get to understand their treatment options. Why not use graphics to help clear away the confusion?
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