Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of specific musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions compared to male athletes, according to exercise physiologist Vicki Harber in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta…
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Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have found one reason that pancreatic cancer tumors are so difficult to treat with drugs. They have shown how a molecular switch steps up pancreatic cancer cell survival as well as resistance to a standard chemotherapy drug, and have identified alternate routes […]
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Jim Cunningham, MP for Coventry South, and the Right Honourable Kevin Barron, MP for Rother Valley, were announced as winners of the Diabetes UK Parliamentary Champion Award at the House of Commons on Wednesday 27 January. The eight nominations for the award were announced throughout 2009 and the winners were chosen by Diabetes UK […]
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Half of GPs believe the UK’s libel laws are stifling debate about drug safety, according to a Pulse survey. Asked if libel laws were ‘restricting open discussion of the potential risks of drug treatment’, 48% of GPs polled agreed and just 12% disagreed. The rest were undecided. The survey, of […]
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced today its newest conference, the Livestock Biotech Summit, scheduled for September 28-30, 2010, in Sioux Falls, S.D…
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A unique programme to support a UK-wide network of hospital organ donation “champions” is to be launched next week. The programme is designed for the growing number of Clinical Leads for Organ Donation and the Donation Committee Chairs who work along side them…
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A study published this month finds doctors delay talking about end-of-life care, which often proves very costly. The Los Angeles Times reports: “Most doctors don’t talk about end-of-life issues with their cancer patients when those patients are feeling well, a new survey has found.” Physicians also tended to delay these conversations “until treatments have […]
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The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury today jointly issued new rules providing parity for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders…
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UroToday.com - Psychosocial conditions including depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have been identified as risk factors for overactive bladder and incontinence. Could psychosocial factors and emotional influences play a role in the production or perception of lower urinary tract symptoms? Davilla has reported that 72% of sexual abuse survivors reported incontinence […]
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RTI Biologics Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq:RTIX), the Florida-based processor of orthopedic, dental, hernia and other biologic implants, has donated a sterilized dermis allograft, Matrix HD?, to treat an eight-year old patient with a rare skin disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB)…
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