Displaying items by tag: Medicine
Monday, 22 June 2009 12:39
Panasonic scrubs up for hospital use with Toughbook H1
Panasonic's latest Toughbook mobile computer is designed specifically for the health industry. Features of the Toughbook H1 include an easily sanitised shell.
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 18:39
Aspirins help with heart attacks, but which type is better?
Aspirin is commonly known to help heart attack victims, but a new U.S. study from the University of California finds that one of three ways to take aspirin is the most effective way to help people suffering heart attacks.
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 10:32
Tasmania to get first bite of the NBN apple
The Federal and Tasmanian governments have confirmed that the build-out of the National Broadband Network will begin in Tasmania. Construction is expected to begin in July.
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Saturday, 13 December 2008 02:04
U.S. FDA warns about asthma drugs Serevent, Foradil
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Thursday, December 11, 2008, that the risks of the two prescription drugs Serevent and Foradil outweigh their benefits. However, the FDA considers the asthma drugs Advair and Symbicort safer to use.
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:53
The buzz is that honey may bee a solution to sinusitis
Canadian-American research shows that honey may relieve inflammation of the sinuses. If their research works, then it could be a sweet solution for long-time sinusitis sufferers.
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Friday, 15 August 2008 08:29
Green supercomputer heading to Canada
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Energy
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 05:55
NICTA picks Parker to pilot prosthetic push
NICTA, Australia's information and communications technology research centre of excellence, has appointed John Parker as its chief technology officer, implant technologies.
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:17
Could RFID mean RIP for hospital patients?
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 17:56
Top Sneeze cities in U.S. for spring allergies
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, AAFA, announced its annual “Allergy Capitals” list of the one hundred worst cities in the United States for spring allergy sufferers in 2008. Is your city on the list?
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Health
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 19:32
Smells like rotten eggs? You may be in suspended animation
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that small amounts of smelly hydrogen sulfide can be safety applied to laboratory rodents to quickly place them in a suspended animation-like state.
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Monday, 10 March 2008 19:27
AP finds drugs in 13.5% of U.S. water supplies
The Associated Press article “AP probe finds drugs in drinking water” reveals that its five-month study found prescription and OTC drugs such as antibiotics, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen in the drinking water of at least forty-one million Americans.
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Health
Monday, 18 February 2008 02:05
National Academy of Engineering lists top 14 engineering projects
A committee selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced on February 15, 2008, a list of the most important engineering projects for the future, what its members are calling the Grand Challenges For Engineering.
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 21:11
Smokers found 4X more likely to be sleepy than nonsmokers
According to Johns Hopkins University researchers, smokers have more trouble getting asleep and have more sleep problems during the night. Overall, smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to feel “unrested” after waking up in the morning.
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Health
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 20:57
Major British study links work stress to heart disease
A comprehensive twelve-year study has provided very definite evidence that stress in the work environment can lead directly or indirectly to coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 15:09
Swiss-Canadian study: Strong evidence for type 2 diabetes from smoking
A study conducted by researchers from Switzerland and Canada looked at the results of twenty-five other studies and concluded there is “strong evidence” that active smoking causes type 2 diabetes.
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Friday, 18 January 2008 16:33
Diseases being watched from space
Members of NASA’s National Space Science and Technology Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB’s) School of Public Health are teaming up to identify human health concerns on Earth from satellites circling above the planet.
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Health
Wednesday, 16 January 2008 11:56
Melbourne, San Diego researchers link via video wall
The University of Melbourne's new OptiPortal visualisation wall was demonstrated to senior politicians and other invited guests today.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 21:06
Stem cell research: Where does your U.S. state stand?
Do you favor or reject embryonic stem cell research? And, just as important: does your state favor or reject the researching and funding of stem cells in the United States?
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Monday, 14 January 2008 21:16
And the beat goes on: Dead rat hearts get second chance
Minnesota researchers have found a way to grow new functioning heart tissue from tissue taken off of dead rats. The procedure called whole organ decellularization could some day allow scientists to grow specialized organs so they can be transplanted into human bodies matched for just the right organs.
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Biology
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 20:35
Stem cells produced without destroying embryo
U.S. researchers at Advanced Cell Technology have developed a method to make embryonic stem cells that do not harm mice embryos. It is likely that the method can be applied to human embryos.
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Biology
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