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Severe stroke patients recover better with prompt stent action

Mar 10, 2015 by barry

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Study co-author John Kauwe, associate professor of biology at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and colleagues publish their findings in the journal PLOS Medicine. In the US, it is estimated that around 5.3 million people of all ages have [...]

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High fitness levels reduce hypertension risk

Mar 10, 2015 by barry

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The news follows a study led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany (LMU) that demonstrated the vaccine's protective effect in the lab and in mice. Writing in the Journal of Virology, the researchers conclude that the vaccine - called MVA-MERS-S - [...]

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What i learned from the next generation of doctors

Mar 10, 2015 by barry

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Identified in 1967 among laboratory workers in Uganda who had handled infected animals, Marburg virus was the first of the class of viruses known as filoviruses - which also includes Ebola - to be identified. The most lethal strain of [...]

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The difficulty of coordinating primary care

Mar 10, 2015 by barry

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The study, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, is the first to use brain connectivity to predict the progression of a condition after treatment, as well as being the first to assess the impact of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on brain [...]

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Asking the right questions when meeting your family doctor

Mar 10, 2015 by barry

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For health workers to currently diagnose the presence of Ebola virus, a full vial of venous blood must be shipped to a laboratory with a high level of both biosafety and staff expertise. There, the blood sample is tested using [...]

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