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Chinese scientists give cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any human tissue, just like embryonic stem cells.
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Reuters reports that, due to the difficulties in getting or paying for health insurance, "countless workers in the United States are trapped in jobs they would like to leave ... calcifying innovation and mobility in the world's largest economy.
A study in the June 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found that waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) are consistent, independent risk factors for all severity levels of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children, suggesting that as with adult SDB, metabolic factors are important risk factors for childhood SDB.
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G-20 leaders pledged to provide the International Monetary Fund with $500 billion to help struggling economies, sparking global controversy.
Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, research suggests.
The New York Times on Tuesday examined how botched abortion procedures contribute to maternal mortality in Tanzania, in the second of a three-part series on pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths in the country.
Tosoh Bioscience has posted online immunoassay testing training videos for operating the AIA-600 II Automated Immunoassay Analyzer at Immunoassay Testing (http://www.immunoassaytesting.com) Hosted by Tosoh Technical Trainer Bill Bevington, the six part video seminar covers the same topics as an intensive, on-site Tosoh instrument training course. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/immunoassay/testing/prweb2464024.htm
Tory Burch partners with Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation to raise money for pediatric cancer and blood diseases. (PRWeb Jun 3, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2486114.htm
Child trampolinists are getting hurt because too many people, including drunk adults, are piling onto the equipment.
A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. Researchers have shown that people who consume the largest quantities of alcohol (equivalent to > 7 drinks per week) have 60% greater risk of developing the cancer, compared with non-drinkers.
Older people in Britain are being drugged and robbed when they need care. Alzheimer's Society accused the government of 'daylight robbery' and warned of a 'Granny Crunch' unless swift action is taken to change the system. Speaking today at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Chief Executive, Neil Hunt will call on the government to publish its review of the use of antipsychotic drugs and its green paper on adult funding of social care.
Nearly one percent of the population suffers from bleeding disorders, yet many women don't know they have one because doctors aren't looking for the condition, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. That's about to change, now that an international expert consortium specifically outlined the definitive signs that may signal the presence of a bleeding disorder in women.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to meet with key senators today as Republican leaders indicate that they will try to slow her confirmation process over the summer, the Washington Post reports.
Focusing on Tanzania, the New York Times examines maternal mortality and abortion access in Africa. According to the New York Times, "[p]regnancy and childbirth are among the greatest dangers that face women in Africa, which has the world's highest rates of maternal mortality - at least 100 times those in developed countries. Abortion accounts for a significant part of the death toll.
Informing men that a new vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) would also help protect their female partners against developing cervical cancer from the sexually transmitted infection did not increase their interest in getting the vaccine, according to a new Florida State University study.
Men are planning for their financial security in retirement but not for their happiness, according to a survey revealing that more women than men plan for their health and leisure interests before they stop working. Published in the Journal of Psychology and Aging, the survey suggests men could find retirement lonely and isolating unless they build social and leisure networks before they leave the workforce, says the report's co-author, UNSW psychologist, Dr Joanne Earl.
Men are planning for their financial security in retirement but not for their happiness, according to a survey revealing that more women than men plan for their health and leisure interests before they stop working. Published in the Journal of Psychology and Aging, the survey suggests men could find retirement lonely and isolating unless they build social and leisure networks before they leave the workforce, says the report's co-author, UNSW psychologist, Dr Joanne Earl.