01.31.08

New breast imager spots smaller tumors

Posted in Health at 4:55 am by heaven

A medical imager that detects and guides the biopsy of breast cancer lesions can spot tumors half the size detected by current imagers, a U.S. study found. The PEM/PET system -- designed and constructed by scientists at the Thomas Jefferson National Acce...

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Mental screenings suggested for juveniles

Posted in Health at 3:58 am by heaven

Children who have been arrested and are depressed are more likely to use drugs, alcohol and engage in unsafe sexual activity, a U.S. study found. Lead author Marina Tolou-Shams of the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center in Providence, R.I., suggest...

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Severe asthma can be a different form

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U.S. and British researchers found a physiological difference between severe and non-severe forms of asthma. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, compared lung function measurements from 287 people with severe asthma and 382 people ...

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01.30.08

Study explains why smoking ups SIDS risk

Posted in Health at 11:14 pm by heaven

Canadian researchers found a relationship between women who smoke while pregnant or are exposed to second-hand smoke, and sudden infant death syndrome. Researchers at McMaster University found a mechanism that explains why an infant's ability to respond t...

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UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - January 30, 2008

Posted in Health at 10:48 pm by heaven

Mercury: Far different than Earth's moon WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. space agency said its Messenger spacecraft showed that the planet Mercury appears to be surprisingly different from Earth's moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administrat...