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Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

November 7, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis -- the narrowing of the carotid artery -- is associated

AIBS publishes Darwin articles open access

November 7, 2009

To celebrate the 150th anniversary this month of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is publishing open access two peer-reviewed articl

Ants are friendly to some trees, but not others

November 7, 2009

Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts.

1930s drug slows tumor growth

November 6, 2009

Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease.

'Dropouts' pinpoint earliest galaxies

November 6, 2009

Pasadena, CA -- Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its cha

Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular informs global warming debate

November 6, 2009

The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 yea

DNA molecules in moss open door to new biotechnology

November 6, 2009

Plasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology.

Carnegie Mellon researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

November 6, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- The current health care debate in the United States is complicated.

Less than 1 in 3 Toronto bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest try to help: Study

November 6, 2009

TORONTO, On -- November 6, 2009 -- Researchers at St.

Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance for health care workers

November 6, 2009

(Arlington, VA)--Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current fed

Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) Showcases the Austrian Nano Initiative

November 6, 2009

"NANO: Wissenschaft. Wirtschaft. Wirkung. 09" on 9 November at Tech Gate Vienna

Magnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat

November 6, 2009

Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve c

Journal special edition outlines rotavirus burden and need for vaccines

November 5, 2009

Seattle, WA -- The Journal of Infectious Diseases has released a special edition, Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines.

Dartmouth professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked

November 5, 2009

Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.



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