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Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they are the first to provide pre-clinical evidence that pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia may be an autoimmune disease. Their research could provide novel diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for this intractable disease. Findings appear online in Nature Medicine on July 27. Scientists in the laboratory of Yang Xia, M.D., Ph.D.

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The Lancet on Saturday published an editorial, profile piece and viewpoint about HIV/AIDS in Latin America, the Caribbean and U.S. blacks. Summaries appear below. “HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean”: Approximately “20,000 people are expected to attend” the

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While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don’t get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine might have an answer, at least in fruit flies. In a recent study of fruit flies, they identified a gene that controls sleep.

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An aerosol mass spectrometer developed by chemists from Aerodyne Research Inc. and Boston College is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols - such as soot - and their impact on issues ranging from climate change to public health. BC Chemistry Professor Paul Davidovits and Aerodyne Principal Scientist Timothy B.

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PARIS, FRANCE (UroToday.com) - Dr. Brubaker began by noting the scarcity of new RCTs since the previous consultation in this field. She noted the quick adoption of new technologies and procedures that are not evidence based. She conveyed the committee’s disappointment that pressing questions remain unanswered, such as proper indication for prolapse surgery and valid, universally accepted outcome measures.

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With increasing pressure on workers and businesses it’s probably not a great surprise that one in five of us miss a planned session at the gym because of work commitments. But the fact that nearly one in ten who DO get to the gym actually check their mobile phones and devices for email and text DURING a workout shows that the gym treadmill is a seamless extension of the work treadmill for many.

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Over 5,000 of the world’s leading scientific and medical experts will visit the UK this summer for the World Congress on Pain, an event which is expected to bring over £10m of economic benefit to the tourism industry.

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The Medical Protection Society welcomes the GMC guidance for medical expert witnesses published following a number of high profile court cases. MPS provides professional support and expert advice to doctors and dentists for the ethical and legal issues arising from their professional practice. This includes their work as expert witnesses.

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Have a cookie before breast-feeding, mom? Eating special cookies enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can increase the level of these potentially healthful fatty acids in breast milk, reports a recent study in the journal Nutrition Research. Led by Athena A. Moutsioulis of University of New Hampshire, the researchers designed a study to find out how long it takes for CLA that mothers eat in foods to appear in breast milk.

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“Understanding and Responding to Disparities in HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in African-Americans,” Lancet: Sevgi Aral, Adaora Adimora and Kevin Fenton of CDC in this viewpoint piece examine how rates of “infection with HIV and some other sexually transmitted infections are higher among African-Americans than among European Americans.

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