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The Eyes Have It, Thanks to the Ophthalmoscope
German physician Hermann von Helmholtz, who devoted much of his career to studying the eye and the physics of vision and perception, demonstrates his ophthalmoscope to the Berlin Physical Society. The invention revolutionizes ophthalmology.
German physician Hermann von Helmholtz, who devoted much of his career to studying the eye and the physics of vision and perception, demonstrates his ophthalmoscope to the Berlin Physical Society. The invention revolutionizes ophthalmology.
Healthcare
Source: Wired
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:46am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:46am
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Study: Steroids Found in Supplements
Pro and amateur athletes and weekend warriors who consume supplements to get in shape or stay there might be getting more than what they paid for — such as small amounts of steroids and illegal stimulants including ephedrine.
Pro and amateur athletes and weekend warriors who consume supplements to get in shape or stay there might be getting more than what they paid for — such as small amounts of steroids and illegal stimulants including ephedrine.
Healthcare
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Even Minimal Fitness Can Stave Off Death
If you favor the spectator's seat over the playing field, take note: Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds even a minimal level of fitness cuts the risk of premature death.
If you favor the spectator's seat over the playing field, take note: Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds even a minimal level of fitness cuts the risk of premature death.
Healthcare
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Most sinus infections not helped by antibiotics
Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed.
Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed.
Healthcare
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Promising Approach To A More Effective Sunscreen
Chronic exposure to the sun increases the risk of an individual developing skin cancer because UV light from the sun can cause genetic mutations that enable cells in the skin to grow in an uncontrolled manner.
Chronic exposure to the sun increases the risk of an individual developing skin cancer because UV light from the sun can cause genetic mutations that enable cells in the skin to grow in an uncontrolled manner.
Healthcare
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Anorexia is linked to prenatal estrogen
A study of opposite-sex twins finds that those males' risk factor is the same as the risk for females in general. In the population at large, women are 10 times as likely as men to have the eating disorder.
A study of opposite-sex twins finds that those males' risk factor is the same as the risk for females in general. In the population at large, women are 10 times as likely as men to have the eating disorder.
Healthcare
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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The health pros and cons of drinking
When you toast the New Year with a flute of champagne or down a glass of your favorite red wine on the weekends, it can actually be good news for your body: One glass a day (or less) can make your heart stronger and may boost your memory.
When you toast the New Year with a flute of champagne or down a glass of your favorite red wine on the weekends, it can actually be good news for your body: One glass a day (or less) can make your heart stronger and may boost your memory.
Healthcare
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Can We Cure Aging?
The main enemy may be the same thing that protects us from all kinds of bodily harm throughout our lives: inflammation. And controlling inflammation could be the key to a healthy old age.
The main enemy may be the same thing that protects us from all kinds of bodily harm throughout our lives: inflammation. And controlling inflammation could be the key to a healthy old age.
Healthcare
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Elite Athletes More Susceptible To Common Illnesses
Elite athletes -- often perceived as the epitome of health and fitness -- may be more susceptible to common illness and are therefore proving useful in helping scientists understand more about the immune system.
Elite athletes -- often perceived as the epitome of health and fitness -- may be more susceptible to common illness and are therefore proving useful in helping scientists understand more about the immune system.
Healthcare
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Quick Fixes to Bring Back Damaged Voices
Injections of biodegradable gels to provide a quick, but temporary, repair to the loss of voice from vocal chord paralysis are gaining ground.
Injections of biodegradable gels to provide a quick, but temporary, repair to the loss of voice from vocal chord paralysis are gaining ground.
When It Comes to Squelching a Cough, Grandma Knew Best
A teaspoon of honey, rather than cough syrup or some other medicine, proves most effective in helping to suppress a child's cough, one study finds.
A teaspoon of honey, rather than cough syrup or some other medicine, proves most effective in helping to suppress a child's cough, one study finds.
Healthcare
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:20am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:20am
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Growing Trend: Hospice for Pets
The healthcare option that eased the end of life for Uncle Bill or Aunt Mary is now widely available for Fido and Mittens.
The healthcare option that eased the end of life for Uncle Bill or Aunt Mary is now widely available for Fido and Mittens.
Healthcare
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 8:53am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 8:53am
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Online with your doctor
Can you e-mail your MD? Check lab results online? Some lucky patients say 'Yes!' -- and maybe you can too
Can you e-mail your MD? Check lab results online? Some lucky patients say 'Yes!' -- and maybe you can too
Healthcare
Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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UK scientists use DNA "decoy" to fight superbugs
A new genetic "decoy" system could revolutionize development of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA and speed their path to market
A new genetic "decoy" system could revolutionize development of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA and speed their path to market
Healthcare
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:29am
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Humans not the major target of Shiga toxin
If you’ve survived Shiga toxin and the after-effects of food poisoning, you may have been the innocent victim of a battle for survival between predator and prey. Bacteria that carry a virus (a bacteriophage) that packs the Shiga toxin gene (Stx) may depend on it for protection from bacterial predators like the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena.
If you’ve survived Shiga toxin and the after-effects of food poisoning, you may have been the innocent victim of a battle for survival between predator and prey. Bacteria that carry a virus (a bacteriophage) that packs the Shiga toxin gene (Stx) may depend on it for protection from bacterial predators like the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena.
Healthcare
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles
Federal lawmakers are considering the broadest effort ever to limit what children eat: a national ban on selling candy, sugary soda and salty, fatty food in school snack bars, vending machines and a la carte cafeteria lines.
Federal lawmakers are considering the broadest effort ever to limit what children eat: a national ban on selling candy, sugary soda and salty, fatty food in school snack bars, vending machines and a la carte cafeteria lines.
Newly-identified exercise gene could help with depression
Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.
Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.
Healthcare
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Glaxo's Avandia may increase bone thinning
New research raises the possibility that long-term treatment with the diabetes drug could lead to osteoporosis
New research raises the possibility that long-term treatment with the diabetes drug could lead to osteoporosis
Healthcare
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Landmark Heart Study Expands to Genetics
60 Years Later, Landmark Heart Study Expanding to Genetic Factors Behind Health and Disease
60 Years Later, Landmark Heart Study Expanding to Genetic Factors Behind Health and Disease
Healthcare
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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All-Nighters Equal Lower Grades
With end-of-semester finals looming, here's an exam question: Will pulling an all-nighter actually help you score well?
With end-of-semester finals looming, here's an exam question: Will pulling an all-nighter actually help you score well?
Healthcare
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Surgery Complication Feels Like 'Living Death'
Victims Are Conscious They're Being Operated on, but Can't Act
Victims Are Conscious They're Being Operated on, but Can't Act
Healthcare
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Napping A More Effective Countermeasure To Sleepiness In Younger People
Coffee is an effective countermeasure to sleepiness for both young and middle-aged people. However, napping is more efficient in young than in middle-aged people
Coffee is an effective countermeasure to sleepiness for both young and middle-aged people. However, napping is more efficient in young than in middle-aged people
Healthcare
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Many gene tests a waste of money: experts
Genetic tests to assess disease risk are proliferating but many are a waste of money and tell people little more than they would know from studying family history
Genetic tests to assess disease risk are proliferating but many are a waste of money and tell people little more than they would know from studying family history
Healthcare
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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22-Year-Old Virgin? Watch Your Health
Those who enter the sexual ring later may be at more risk of sexual dysfunction.
Those who enter the sexual ring later may be at more risk of sexual dysfunction.
Healthcare
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 1:01pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 1:01pm
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Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage
Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care.
Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care.
FDA contemplating crackdown on salt
Healthcare
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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New models of the human liver will help uncover toxicity problems before drugs reach the clinic
Healthcare
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 7:38am
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For the first time in more than 25 years, Americans aren't getting any fatter
Healthcare
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 1:09pm
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 1:09pm
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