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Study: African Americans Have Better Stroke Survival Rates A study published today shows that African Americans have a better survival rate compared to whites after being hospitalized for a stroke. This conclusion contradicts prevailing wisdom and is one piece in a growing body of evidence that points to the important role that patients – and […]
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FDA to Monitor Breast Implants for Cancer Risk Last week, U.S. health officials announced plans to investigate a possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma – a rare but treatable cancer. According to the FDA, the cancer risk – if it exists – is very small. Five to 10 million women have received […]
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USDA and HHS Announce New Dietary Guidelines to Help Americans Make Healthier Food Choices and Confront Obesity Epidemic WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary TomVilsack and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government’s evidence-based nutritional […]
Cardiologists Set Valentine’s Day Heart Screening at Strong Memorial Hospital Young women and girls will show off their talents and support people with brain tumors during the Twin Tiers Winter Ball Benefit Pageant Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Ramada Inn in Painted Post. Organized by brain tumor survivor Brandi-Lyn Morse, funds raised will benefit brain […]
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A Mix of Tiny Gold and Viral Particles – and the DNA Ties that Bind Them Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure – a distinctive mix of hard, metallic nanoparticles and organic viral pieces known as […]
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Ronald Ferguson to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Noted scholar Ronald Ferguson will deliver the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Brown University on Feb. 8, 2011. His talk, titled “Pursuing Excellence with Racial Equity: A Social Movement for the 21st Century,” is free and open to the public. It begins at 4 […]
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DNA caught rock ‘n rollin’ DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life … ANN ARBOR, Mich.—DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine reveals. On rare occasions, its building blocks “rock and roll,” deforming the familiar double helix into a […]
Get Moving for a Cause with Cycle for Hope Spinning Event Benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital and Camp Good Days Toss aside the sedentary lifestyle that usually accompanies this season’s arctic temperatures and get those endorphins flowing at the Cycle for Hope spinning fundraiser. The seventh annual indoor exercise event, which runs from 8 a.m. to […]
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Finding means C. elegans may aid studies of human infections Biologists’ favorite worm gets viruses A workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn’t be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Jacques Monod Institute in France and Cambridge University have found that the nematode C. elegans, a millimeter-long […]
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Study raises Safety Concerns About Experimental Cancer Approach: Widespread Vascular Tumors, Massive Hemorrhage and Death Reported in Mice A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has raised safety concerns about an investigational approach to treating cancer. Washington University in St. Louis … Anti-Notch therapies are being evaluated […]
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