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• Special ultrasound accurately identifies skin cancer

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  High-frequency ultrasound with elastography can help differentiate between cancerous and benign skin conditions, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). read more
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• Mammography may increase breast cancer risk in some high-risk women

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening may increase breast cancer risk in women with genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). read more
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• Abortion statistics for US states

  
  American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum — Authority: 162
  Latest figures showing data from Arizona to Wyoming - and how the total has changed since 1970 LINK TO ORIGINAL
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• UAB physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly identified and potentially dangerous culprit as the source of that infection. read more
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• Scripps research study describes new tool in the fight against autoimmune diseases, blood cancers

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific type of immune cells from attacking their host. The findings add a powerful new tool to the ongoing search for potential treatments for autoimmune diseases, such ...
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• Pancreatic tumors are marked for immunotherapy

  
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  Pancreatic tumors can be identified by a readily detectable marker that shows promise as a basis for immune therapy against the disease, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. read more
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• Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ER, according to research from Johns Hopkins Childrens Center published in the December issue of ...
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• Scientists reveal malaria parasites tactics for outwitting our immune systems

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the hosts immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . read more
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• Research sheds new light on epilepsy

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease. read more
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• Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health

  
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  Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. read more
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• Diet Pills and Their Side Effects

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  Normally slimming pill should help you to lose weight leaving concerns about side effects of diet pills behind, but careless and shallow choice making could leave you with product which isnt risk free and which can cause irreversible health problems.
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• Sugary cola drinks linked for first time to higher risk of gestational diabetes

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Researchers from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Womens Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that drinking more than 5 ...
  13 hours ago

• Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  The University of Navarra Hospital has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines —produced from healthy and tumour cells from the patient him or herself— and designed to combat glioblastomas, ...
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• Availability of vaccine no guarantee public will want it

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Just because a vaccine is available doesnt mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new UofT research published amid widespread public confusion around the merit of H1N1 flu shots. read more
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• Research highlights need for national HIV strategy

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected are minorities and do not have health insurance, and highlights the need for a national ...
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• Happy holidays from the groaning board; Western diets turn on fat genes

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Those extra helpings of gravy and dessert at the holiday table are even less of a help to your waistline than previously thought. According to a new research report recently appearing online in The FASEB Journal ( http://www.fasebj.org ), a diet that is high in fat and in sugar actually switches on genes that ...
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• JUST WHAT EVERY PATIENT WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE DOC. A LECTURE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

  
  Barking Moonbat Early Warning System — Authority: 512
  Not that I think this will take off. But it is bizarre, no, it’s STUPID! First .... Unless it’s some kind of emergency you get exactly ten minutes and often less, when you see a doctor here. That has been my experience anyway.  I can’t see them taking time to give a talk on my carbon footprint.  But the ...
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• The pill for him: Scientists find a hormonal on-and-off switch for male fertility

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal could one day give men similar type of control over their fertility that women have had since the 1960s. Thats because scientists have found how and where androgenic hormones work in the testis to control normal sperm production ...
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• Hospital noise initiative reduces average peak decibel levels by 20 percent

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  Patients often complain that getting a good nights sleep or a bit of peace and quiet in hospital can be difficult. But a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing has shown that adopting some simple measures can reduce peak noise levels on hospital wards by just under 20 per cent. ...
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• New stem cell technology developed at Hebrew University

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 583
  A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.. read more
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