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• National Institute of Virology 2010 Entrance Exam

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 156
  Entrance Exam to Master of Science in Virology (M.Sc. Virology) M. Sc Virology is a focused, unique, need oriented and flexible postgraduate course for cultivating and developing adequately trained human resource in virology for academy, industry and health sectors. Virology is an important interdisciplinary ...
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• Beating the diabetes bulge | Neville Rigby

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  With cases of obesity-related type 2 diabetes due to double by 2030, we must – and can – do better than drug therapy We often hear about diabetes as one of the downsides of obesity – and now the United Nations even has chosen to highlight the issue by endorsing World Diabetes Day , marked every year on 14 ...
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• Fallujas babies: The difficulties of pinning the blame

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Wars effects on health can be much harder to identify than death and horrendous physical injuries. The US department of veterans affairs recently accepted that Vietnam war veterans may have developed B cell leukaemias, Parkinsons disease and ischemic heart disease as a result of exposure to a blend of herbicides known ...
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• Suppression of Clinical Trials of Sumatriptan

  
  Health Care Renewal — Authority: 514
  Correspondence to the Lancet two weeks ago revealed another instance in which clinical research studies that failed to provide results favorable to a sponsors product were suppressed. [Tfeft-Hansen  PC. Unpublished clinical trials of sumatriptan. Lancet 2009; 374: 1501-2.  Link here .] Sumatriptan, sold as Imitrex ...
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• Support for Addictions Prevention and Treatment in Africa (SAPTA) Jobs.

  
  MY AFRICAN CAREER — Authority: 159
  Support for Addictions Prevention and Treatment in Africa (SAPTA) is an internationalnon-governmental organization registered in Kenya and operating country wide.SAPTA’s focus is to ensure the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://myafricancareer.blogspot.com/ for Vacancies, Career Tips and Resume ...
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• Breast cancer: Survivors view

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Hilary Lennon, 66, underwent reconstructive surgery in November 2004, a month after being diagnosed with breast cancer. "My tumour was 2.2cm long. The first thing the surgeon said was, Big tumour, small breast mastectomy. I was in shock. But Id seen a friend who had lost a breast and I was determined there was no way ...
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• Breast regrowth procedure trialled

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Human trials to begin of surgical treatment that could allow women to regrow their breasts after a mastectomy Scientists have developed a revolutionary surgical treatment that could allow women with cancer to regrow their breasts after a mastectomy. Human trials for the procedure, which scientists hope could replace ...
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• Implantable Silicon-Silk electronics could mean LED tattoos

  
  Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — Authority: 709
  Tattooing dates back to at least Neolithic times and has experienced a resurgence in popularity in many parts of the world in recent years. Advancements in tattoo pigments and the refinement of tattooing equipment has seen an improvement in the quality of tattoos being produced. Today it’s possible to get ink that ...
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• Why is there an epidemic of short-sightedness?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Increasing numbers of children are suffering from myopia. One sufferer looks for the reasons behind it The day the optician told me I needed glasses, I burst into tears. I was 10 years old – gawky, bookish, rubbish at sport – and the chalk-marks on the school blackboard were looking increasingly blurry. Now, the ...
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• New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  Scientists report that dark chocolate may help ease emotional stress.
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• 3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students a View Inside the Body

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  An accurate, 3-D view inside a patient’s body accessible with a personal computer. A view doctors can shift, adjust, turn, zoom and replay at will
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• Boston Scientific to Plead Guilty (of Suppressing Information about Failure-Prone Defibrillators)

  
  Health Care Renewal — Authority: 514
  In the early days of Health Care Renewal (2005-2006) we posted several times about allegations that Guidant hid information about defects in the implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) the company manufactured.  As we noted in early 2005 here , Guidant executives allegedly knew that ICDs made from 2000-2002 were ...
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• Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research....Why Not Americans?

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  I just dont understand it. Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? They have drug companies that are just as powerful as those here. Is public outcry greater? Are animal rights organizations more effective? Are politicians more willing to act? What gives? From Cordis News... At a conference ...
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• New Imagining Technique Could Lead to Better Antibiotics and Cancer Drugs

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
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• People With Less Education Could Be More Susceptible to the Flu

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows.
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• Close encounters of the faked kind

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Psychologist Chris French explains why he believes The Fourth Kind is dangerously misleading twaddle The Fourth Kind is, in so many ways, a really awful film. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and released in the UK over the weekend, it purports to be a dramatic reconstruction of events that took place in the city ...
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• Ribbons, Bracelets, and Disease

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
    A recent trip to a breast health clinic for my yearly mammogram made me think about the different subcultures of healthcare in the U.S. My mammogram experience was perhaps the best medical encounter I have ever had. The staff, professional women dressed in pink scrubs, were kind, patient and thoughtful--they ...
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• Call for ban on drinks industry sponsoring sporting events

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • Journal says practice may encourage alcohol abuse • Debate echoes struggle over tobacco advertising The government should ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring any sporting event in the interest of preventing harm, international medical experts say today. In an editorial in the journal Addiction , they say ...
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• Computerized Support Keeps Prominence of Name Brand Drugs at Bay

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  Electronic alerts persuade clinicians to switch from costly drugs to generic brands.
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• Yoga Exercises Boost Heart Health

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.
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