The FDA is warning that there is a possibility of health care-related infections caused by the antiseptics, which are supposed to prevent infections, used to disinfect skin before health care procedures.
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Antiseptics Used By Health Care Workers Might Cause Infections
Published January 4, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: antiseptics, blogs, epidemiology, health, science, SciTechDaily, technology, virology
Compound in Panda Blood Could Fight Superbugs
Published January 3, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: blogs, blood, epidemiology, health, panda, popular, science, SciTechDaily, technology, vaccine, virology, wildlife
Researchers have discovered a potent antibody in panda blood, which could help fight increasingly prevalent drug-resistant strains of infections.
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Lower Mortality Risk for Overweight People
Published January 3, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: blogs, BMI, health, mortality, nutrition, overweight, science, SciTechDaily, technology
A new report on nearly three million people found that people whose BMI ranked them as overweight had less risk of dying than people of normal weight. Obese people had the greater mortality risk over all, but those at the lowest obesity level, a BMI of 30 to 34.9, were not more likely to die than normal-weight people.
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Drug Resistant Tuberculosis On The Rise
Published January 3, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: blogs, disease, epidemiology, health, science, SciTechDaily, technology, tuberculosis, virology
Back in 2005, doctors at a remote hospital in the village of Tugela Ferry, South Africa, were puzzled when patients with HIV, who were initially responding well to antiretroviral drugs, began rapidly dying from tuberculosis.
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3D Printing Using DNA Could Make Drugs
Published January 2, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: 3D printing, blogs, health, nanotechnology, pharmacology, science, SciTechDaily, synthetic chemistry, technology, vaccine
New technology that combines the computer-aided design software inSequio with nanoscale fabrication technology could allow for the 3D printing of drugs using DNA.
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UK to Sequence Genome of 100,000 Patients
Published January 2, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: biobank, blogs, disease, DNA, genome, genomics, health, science, SciTechDaily, technology, UK
The UK has planned to fully sequence the genome of 100,000 Britons with cancer and rare diseases in an effort to decode their DNA, and hopefully find a cure for diseases. The project is unusual because it will decode the entire genome, not just parts of it.
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LED Lights May Help Prevent Astronaut Insomnia Aboard the ISS
Published January 2, 2013 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: blogs, health, ISS, NASA, Neuroscience, science, SciTechDaily, sleep science, technology
By investing $11.4 million to change out aging fluorescent lights in the ISS’s U.S. Orbital Segment, NASA hopes to prevent astronaut insomnia and to help space station crews sleep better aboard the International Space Station.
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Garbled Text Messages Could Indicate Stroke
Published December 29, 2012 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: health, Neuroscience, stroke, texting
Dystextia is when a person sends garbled messages, it could simply be that the auto-correct is turned off or that there is something else is going on. Scientists have discovered that dystextia could indicate some kind of a stroke, if taken in context with other symptoms.
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BubR1 Protein Could Fight Cancer & Aging
Published December 28, 2012 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: aging, blogs, Cancer, disease, genetics, health, oncology, popular, science, SciTechDaily, technology
Scientists have discovered a protein that seems to protect animals from cancer and other deficiencies of old age, with no downsides. The research on protein BubR1 could offer clues on how protecting chromosomes can enhance health.
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Olympians Will Live Longer Than the Average Person
Published December 27, 2012 blogs , science , technology Leave a CommentTags: blogs, health, life expectancy, longevity, morbidity, science, SciTechDaily, technology
Most medal-winning athletes returning home from the Olympic Games can look forward to a longer life than most of us. A new study has found that Olympic medalists live an average of 2.8 years longer than everyone else, whether they’re gymnasts, golfers, runners, or athletes in any other event.
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