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One method of identifying which organisms are involved in cases of corneal eye infections is to look at the cultures of contact lenses, according to an article in Archives of Ophthalmology (JAMA/Archives), September issue. The authors of the articles say "Contact lens wear is associated with a sign read more »
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It is well established that a child's brain has a remarkable capacity for change, but controversy continues about the extent to which such plasticity exists in the adult human primary sensory cortex. Now, neuroscientists from MIT and Johns Hopkins University have used converging evidence from brain read more »
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There are disparities in the treatment and outcome between older black and white patients who have renal cell cancer, with blacks having significantly lower survival rates, according to a new study.rnrn rn read more »
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In an interview in the September issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, Dr. Leo Maguire says there are extra considerations for women in their 50s and 60s who are considering the eye correction surgery. read more »
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In Medicine, paracetamol is used to soothe every kind of pain, from simple molar pain to pain produced by bone fractures. This medicine is one of the most used nowadays. However, research carried out at the Department of Nursing of the University of Granada [http://www.ugr. [click link for full art read more »
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Gamma globulin, a type of antibody isolated from blood samples that used to be routinely given to health care workers and international travelers to protect them from infectious diseases, is a highly effective treatment for pinkeye with little apparent toxicity, according to a study by researchers read more »
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Surgeons leading a study on a form of gastric bypass for people with Type 2 diabetes have found that some of their patients no longer had diabetes after the operation.

The operation is called a duodenal exclusion. In this study the procedure was carried out on people with Type 2 diabetes aged be read more »
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For the first time ever, surgeons in the U.S. have performed weight loss surgery without making a single incision. It's a ground-breaking method used to revisit gastric bypass operations. It could not only help patients maintain their weight loss, it could also reduce risks in the operating room. read more »
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A landmark study by University of Western Sydney researchers has found people over 50 who take calcium supplements suffer fewer fractures and enjoy a better quality of life.The meta-analysis of over 63,000 people taking calcium or calcium and vitamin D supplements, conducted by the UWS Centre for C read more »
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