The extra risk of dying from diabetes has fallen hugely in the UK and Canada since the mid-1990s, according to a new study in the journal Diabetologia. The study shows that the gap in death risk between those with and without diabetes has narrowed substantially...
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To comply with a statewide “fair pricing” law, hospitals throughout California have significantly lowered prices to uninsured patients, with nearly all even going beyond the state mandate and offering free care to those below the poverty line, according to a USC study published today in Health...
I was actually surprised to hear that birth rates for teens have dropped dramatically in the past 20 years. I guess I read too many Teen Mom stories. The statistics are very encouraging. More »
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Using bacteria to ferry radioisotopes commonly used in cancer therapy directly into pancreatic cancer cells in mice, researchers in the US were able dramatically to reduce the number of secondary tumors that arise when the cancer spreads to other parts of the body (metastases). Claudia...
Imagine suddenly being able to hear the words and tone of the person across the table from you in a crowded restaurant when once you only heard overwhelming noise. Or speaking on the telephone with confidence because what you hear is now crisp and clear. Longtime cochlear implant users are...
Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of deaths amongst pregnant women. In an analysis of 25 years' worth of data, in 50,981 women, from antenatal clinics at the...
Automated breast ultrasound takes an average three minutes of physician time, allowing for quick and more complete breast cancer screening of asymptomatic women with dense breast tissue, a new study shows. Mammography misses more than one-third of cancers in women with dense breasts, said Rachel...
A new RAND Corporation study concludes that eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance...
Researchers of the University of Granada and Edimbourgh have developed a new therapy for cancer based on nanotechnology that might improve significantly chemotherapy, as it has not cause side effects. This therapy is based on the encapsulation of a catalyst (palladium) into microspheres, to...
I'm currently studying The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I need to hand in a essay on it by tomorrow. Whilst my class were studying The Crucible, I was in hospital recovering from a knee operation but I didnt get any sympathy by my teacher. She straight out told me that she wasnt allowed to give...
What (in detail) can one do to their older (FORD, CHEVY, GMC) full sized car, truck or medium sized box truck, that only get 10 or less MPG on a good day, to be able to drive it long distances constantly or short distances in busy cities, while getting good MPG (20 mpg or more) without...
If you want to reduce the frequency and severity of symptoms of colds you should do exercise at least five times a week and remain physically fit, US researchers report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. They stress that not only do fit people have much fewer colds, but also when they do...
I am running a high speed connection (not sure of the actual speed as this is my parents' connection and they do not know, oy...) but regardless of the details, the download speed averages out at about 0.5 kb/s. I am not kidding. The upload speed is at about 100 kb/s. I am trying to download a...
Recently prayed for my cousin who has recently stabbed her husband. My family was very concerned & I didn't know how I could help her. So I told my bible study leader & she said she would pray about it.
But I don't have anyone to pray with about it. I'm not in a prayer group right now.
So...
I host a show on BlogTalkRadio, but have found that running Skype through my computer into BTR causes a lot of breakups and delays in my broadcast. As a result, I have used my Palm Pre to call in directly to host the show, but it has that tinny phone quality as opposed to a regular microphone...
Age dramatically delays the time it takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. When old rats received nerve injuries similar to ones that can occur in ear or dental surgery, their taste buds took essentially twice as...
Age dramatically delays the time it takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. When old rats received nerve injuries similar to ones that can occur in ear or dental surgery, their taste buds took essentially twice as...
Age dramatically delays the time it takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. When old rats received nerve injuries similar to ones that can occur in ear or dental surgery, their taste buds took essentially twice as...
Age dramatically delays the time it takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. When old rats received nerve injuries similar to ones that can occur in ear or dental surgery, their taste buds took essentially twice as...
Age dramatically delays the time it takes to recover the sense of taste following a significant nerve injury, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. When old rats received nerve injuries similar to ones that can occur in ear or dental surgery, their taste buds took essentially twice as...