News: FDA to Parents: Do Not Give Tots Cough and Cold Meds
Scientific American: Health :
January 18, 2008, 2:00 am
The Food and Drug Administration this week issued a stern health advisory once again warning parents not to give babies under two years of age over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough medicine because |
Scientific American Magazine: Maverick Against the Mendelians
Scientific American: Health :
January 17, 2008, 12:00 pm
Ask Michael Wigler about the genetic basis of autism, and he will tell you that the standard genetic methods of tracing disease-causing mutations in families with multiple affected members are not working. |
Scientific American Magazine: Disease for Darwinism
Scientific American: Health :
January 17, 2008, 12:00 pm
Over the past 35 years, scientists have made several curious discoveries about Huntington’s disease. First, individuals with the neurological disorder are less likely than others to suffer from cancer; second, they tend |
Scientific American Magazine: Turning a Blind Eye
Scientific American: Health :
January 17, 2008, 12:00 pm
In revamping Medicare, one of the first preventive practices President George W. Bush put under the national health care policy was glaucoma testing, beginning in 2002. After all, screening people at high |
Scientific American Magazine: Letters
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 17, 2008, 12:00 pm
Drug Dilemma
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Scientific American Magazine: Reviews
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 17, 2008, 12:00 pm
ZOOM: THE GLOBAL RACE TO FUEL THE CAR OF THE FUTURE
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Army: Some troops don't recognize brain injury
CNN Health :
January 17, 2008, 6:17 am
Up to 20 percent of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may have suffered mild concussions but were unaware of them and did not get treatment, an Army study released Thursday |
Gene combo may raise prostate cancer risk
CNN Health :
January 17, 2008, 4:05 am
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Fact or Fiction: Are Urban Vermin the Most Disease-Ridden Animals?
Scientific American: Health :
January 17, 2008, 2:00 am
In many cities, pigeons--to take one urban animal--are reviled as flying vermin. They whitewash ledges and pick at filthy crumbs in the gutter. And, yes, these, dubbed by some as "rats with |
News: Monkey Think, Robot Do
Scientific American: Health :
January 15, 2008, 12:00 pm
In a major step toward helping victims of paralysis walk again, researchers at Duke University Medical Center today announced that they had proved monkeys can use their brainpower to control the walking |
Stryker Gets Warned Over Implants
Wall Street Journal :
January 15, 2008, 9:10 am
The FDA warned Stryker for failure to properly identify and correct recurring problems with some of its hip implants.
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NitroMed Halts Sale of Drug
Wall Street Journal :
January 15, 2008, 7:37 am
NitroMed is shutting down its effort to market and sell BiDil, a treatment for congestive heart failure and the first drug approved for use in a single racial group.
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News: Father of Breakthrough Cancer Therapy Dies
Scientific American: Health :
January 15, 2008, 6:00 am
Judah Folkman, "the father of antiangiogenesis," a way to starve tumors of their blood supplies, died yesterday from an apparent heart attack. He was 74 years old.
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Vytorin Study Disappoints
Wall Street Journal :
January 14, 2008, 8:11 am
Merck and Schering-Plough said a trial showed their cholesterol drug Vytorin failed to slow progression of heart disease better than a cheaper medication.
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News: E-noses Could Make Diseases Something to Sniff at
Scientific American: Health :
January 11, 2008, 4:00 am
Ancient medical practitioners plied their trade by trusting their noses. They knew that diabetes could make a patient's breath smell sweet and that a wound emitting a foul odor was infected. These |
Strange but True: Looking at the Sun Can Trigger a Sneeze
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 10, 2008, 12:00 pm
Have you ever emerged from a matinee movie, squinted into the sudden burst of sunlight and sneezed uncontrollably? Up to a third of the population will answer this question with an emphatic |
2008 International CES: Video: CES: Day Two Coverage
Scientific American: Health :
January 9, 2008, 12:00 pm
Click here for a full list of our coverage of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.
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2008 International CES: Video: CES: Day Two Coverage
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 9, 2008, 12:00 pm
Click here for a full list of our coverage of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.
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News: New Diet Drug in Battle of the Bulge
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 9, 2008, 5:00 am
Want to lose weight but lack the willpower to just say no to fatty foods and sweets? Help may be on the way. The first clinical trials of an experimental weight-loss drug |
Mind Matters Blog: Stressing the Hippocampus: Why It Matters
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 8, 2008, 6:26 am
A vital part of your brain is named after the animal that itsodd, twisting shape resembles: the seahorse, genus Hippocampus._____________________ J Douglas BremnerClinical Neuroscience Research UnitEmory University, AtlantaThe hippocampus is a brain |
Mind Matters Blog: Selective Vision: The Brain's Spin Machine Starts Early
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
January 2, 2008, 8:50 am
Welcome to Mind MattersWith the election season hard upon us and the spin machines working overtime, we thought it sensible to rerun a post from last year about a sort of |
Scientific American Mind: Bored?
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
December 27, 2007, 4:30 am
In a quiet, darkened lecture room, you begin a frustrating fight against fatigue. The overhead projector hums, and you cannot concentrate on the slides. You stop absorbing information and doodle mindlessly. The |
News: Signaling Neurons Make Neighbor Cells "Want In"
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
December 20, 2007, 2:00 am
A new discovery about the function of neurons could help scientists understand how the brain assembles information during learning and memory formation.
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Scientific American Magazine: Reviews
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
December 16, 2007, 6:00 am
THE SOUL OF THE RHINO:
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News: Researcher: Cause and Treatment for Parkinson's "In Our Sights"
Scientific American: Mind and Brain :
December 13, 2007, 4:00 am
A successful treatment for Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 1 percent of the world's population and (an estimated 500,000 people in the U.S.) aged 60 years and over, may be |
Welcome to Medical Web Times … Bite Size Medical News!
Medical Web Times :
August 18, 2007, 1:50 am
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Providing Bite Size Medical News for medical professionals who are on the go. Quickly digest the latest medical news from select resources. Medical Professionals, sales reps and medical |
Trans Ocean Products Recalls Cracked Pepper Style Smoked Salmon LOT No 54933-2 Because of Possible Health Risks (August 29)
Recalls :
December 31, 1969, 7:00 am
Trans-Ocean Products, Inc. of Bellingham, Washington is recalling its 4 ounce Cracked Pepper Style Smoked Salmon Lot No 54933-2 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism, |
Natural Organics, Inc. Issues Precautionary Nationwide Voluntary Recall on Several Lots of Nature's Plus Nutritional Bars (February 3)
Recalls :
December 31, 1969, 7:00 am
Natural Organics, Inc. as a precautionary measure is voluntarily recalling several of its nutritional bar products listed below that contain peanut based ingredients manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). |
In-Room Plus, Inc. And In-Room West, Inc. Issue Nationwide Voluntary Recall On In-Shell Roasted Salted Pistachios And Pistachio Berry Granola (Energy Boost)
Recalls :
December 31, 1969, 7:00 am
In-Room Plus, Inc. of Buffalo, NY and In-Room West, Inc. of San Francisco, CA are recalling all in-shell roasted salted Pistachios and Pistachio Berry Granola because they have the potential to be |
Azar Nut Company Announces Voluntary Recall on Raw Pistachios
Recalls :
December 31, 1969, 7:00 am
Azar Nut Company has issued a voluntary recall for raw shelled pistachios sold under the Azar, Baker's Select, Sysco, and Katy's Kitchen Brands. Although Azar Nut Company has negative salmonella lab results |
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