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Antibiotic Resistance Can Be Starved Out Of Bacteria
Date: Feb-12-2013The ability of bacteria to carry and pass on genes that give them survival advantages, such as resistance to antibiotics, depends on there being a plentiful supply of oxygen and nutrients. If you starve them of these essential resources, the bacteria sacrifice some of their metabolic burden in order to survive. This was the conclusion of a US team of researchers led by environmental engineer Pedro Alvarez of Rice University in Houston, Texas, who report their study in a paper published online on 5 February in Environmental Science and Technology...
Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives
Date: Feb-12-2013Reducing the amount of salt the U.S. population consumes could save hundreds of thousands of American lives, according to recent research published in the journal Hypertension. Salt is a chemical compound, called sodium chloride. Its chemical formula is NaCL. NA = sodium and CL = chlorine. Sodium chloride consists of 60% chlorine and 40% sodium. Sodium is the part that affects our health. A high sodium intake can be very detrimental to one's health, leading to a series of negative health effects...
Conflict Policies For Medicaid Differ Among Drug Panels
Date: Feb-12-2013There are significant variations among conflict-of-interest policies for state Medicaid drug selection committees, researchers now reveal. A new examination of policy documents from Medicaid programs shows that current policies to handle conflicts of interest (COIs) are not crystal clear and differ greatly. The findings were published in JAMA Internal Medicine...
SMi's Inaugural Freeze-Drying For Pharmaceuticals And Biopharmaceuticals, 25-26 February 2013, London
Date: Feb-12-2013SMi is proud to present their inaugural conference on Lyophilisation: Freeze-drying in pharmaceuticals & Biopharmaceuticals held on the 25-26 February in London. This conference will provide the perfect platform to bring together both buyers and suppliers as well as experienced Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals professionals who will share their experiences and best practices...
Novartis Has Been Confirmed As Key Speaker For SMi Group's 9th Asthma & COPD Event, 15-16 April 2013, London
Date: Feb-12-2013SMi's highly respected Asthma & COPD conference returns to London on the 15th & 16th April 2013 to bring you an esteemed panel of speakers from industry and academia with a packed agenda bursting with detail and insights from within the platforms of both Asthma & COPD. The 9th Annual Asthma & COPD event comes at a perfect time to discuss latest developments and challenges alongside strategies to improve patient outcomes...
What Is The Best Therapy For Children After Trauma? Nobody Is Sure
Date: Feb-12-2013Little evidence is available to determine the best treatment options for children suffering from post-traumatic stress. Traumas such as school shootings, car accidents, and man-made disasters can cause serious long-term negative consequences which can be very difficult to treat. An estimated 66 percent of children and teenagers under the age of 18 experience some sort of traumatic event during their childhood. A recent evidence review of 22 studies, published in Pediatrics, tried to identify the most effective form of treating kids who experienced trauma...
In Ovarian Cancer MiR-506 Works By Blocking Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Cell Transition
Date: Feb-12-2013Researchers employed an extensive analysis of genomic information to identify a new, high-risk cohort of ovarian cancer patients, characterize their tumors, find a potential treatment and test it in mouse models of the disease. The exhaustive analysis that led to micro RNA 506 (miR-506) as a potential therapeutic candidate for advanced or metastatic ovarian cancer is the cover article in the Feb. 11 edition of Cancer Cell...
Would You Know What To Do If You Came Across Someone Having An Epileptic Seizure?
Date: Feb-12-2013A new study by Young Epilepsy shows that the majority of us would have no idea what to do if we came across someone having a seizure, potentially endangering thousands of lives. Today (12 February 2013) the leading epilepsy charity launches a new campaign, 'Everyone Knows Someone', to educate the public. Epilepsy is a tendency to have repeated seizures caused by a sudden excessive burst of electrical activity in the brain, and around 600,000 people in the UK live with the condition, including over 112,000 people aged 25 and under...
Prices For Hip Replacement In US Vary Hugely
Date: Feb-12-2013A study that used "secret shopper" techniques to find out the price of a hip replacement in hospitals across the US finds a huge variation in price, by as much as a factor of ten, with many hospitals contacted not able to give an estimated price. Reporting in the 11 Feburary online issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and Iowa City VA Medical Center say their findings highlight the difficulties American consumers face when trying to obtain prices for a common surgical procedure...
With Valentine's Day In Mind, How You Treat Others May Depend On Whether You're Single Or Attached
Date: Feb-12-2013With Valentine's Day looming, many married couples will wish marital bliss for their single friends. At the same time, many singles will pity their coupled friends' loss of freedom. People like to believe that their way of life - whether single or coupled - is the best for everyone, especially if they think their relationship status is unlikely to change, according to a study forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science...
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