New Medical Techniques Will Help Detect Heart Defects in Newborns

New Medical Techniques Will Help Detect Heart Defects in Newborns

Posted by on April 4, 2011 · 0 Comment

In Trondheim, scientists at the Medical Imaging Laboratory are getting closer to improved methods of ultrasound and magnetic resonance. One benefit that these new techniques would yield is the ability to find heart defects in newborn children. “Making the correct diagnosis is the greatest challenge facing paediatric cardiologists,” explains Siri-Ann Nyrnes, Consultant at the Paediatric [...]
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Relax With Andrew Johnson Now Available Free Of Cost on iTunes

Relax With Andrew Johnson Now Available Free Of Cost on iTunes

Posted by on April 3, 2011 · 0 Comment

Life as we know it today is as fast as it could possibly ever get. At the end of the day when you come home and need to take all that stress off your shoulders, the pace of life and change can be overwhelming. Sometimes you need to to slow down, to relax, to unwind and yet after a hectic day at work, a terrible commute, or a nightmare shopping trip it may seem impossible. Recently, I have gone though [...]
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Scientists Working on Vaccine to Cure Asthma Resulting from House Dust Mite Allergies

Scientists Working on Vaccine to Cure Asthma Resulting from House Dust Mite Allergies

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 2 Comments

House dust mite allergies are a significant cause of asthma in many people. Now researchers in Monash University are working on a vaccine that will potentially cure patients in about 3 doses. Allergies to house dust mites is a leading cause of Asthma and the respiratory condition affects more than 2 million Australians and costs more than $600 million in health expenditure each year. Currently, people [...]
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Hormone Combination Increases Height in Turner Syndrome Girls

Hormone Combination Increases Height in Turner Syndrome Girls

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment

A team of researchers that was led by Thomas Jefferson University, has concluded that low doses of estrogen increases the height and offers other advantages to girls suffering from Turner syndrome. This study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study, which took more than 20 years to complete, will change the practice of treating girls with Turner syndrome, says the study’s [...]
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Scientists Study Behavior of a Component of Potential HIV Vaccine

Scientists Study Behavior of a Component of Potential HIV Vaccine

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Creating an HIV vaccine has been quite a challenge for medical scientists. Now an international research team has discovered how an important component of a potential HIV vaccine operates – it opens up like a flower. This finding is expected to reveal new targets for HIV and AIDS vaccines. The research paper was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the new [...]
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10 Ways You Can Cure Impotence/Erectile Dysfunction

10 Ways You Can Cure Impotence/Erectile Dysfunction

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 7 Comments

More than 10% of men, in the recent studies have shown do not seek help, with their Impotence. as Dr Sally Christopher, Medical Director at the Burnett Sexual Health Centre, says: “There are so many myths attached to male sexuality and sexual performance, that men perceive their ‘masculinity’ may be at stake if they admit to experiencing impotence.” Erectile Dysfunction (ED) [...]
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New NSF and BBSRC Awards Will Encourage Efficient Sunlight Harvesting Methods

New NSF and BBSRC Awards Will Encourage Efficient Sunlight Harvesting Methods

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

To help come up with more efficient ways to harvest sunlight through biological photosynthesis, in the United States and the United Kingdom scientists have been awarded funding totaling more than $10.3 million. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) collaborated in issuing these jointly funded awards. Photosynthesis allows [...]
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Cancer Drug Discovered at University of Michigan heads to Clinical trials

Cancer Drug Discovered at University of Michigan heads to Clinical trials

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

At-406 is a drug developed by scientists at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. This drug has the potential to treat multiple types of cancer. The drug is now in its early testing. A study, published this week in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, showed that AT-406 effectively targets proteins that block normal cell death from occurring. Blocking these proteins caused tumor cells [...]
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