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New Approach To Nursing Education Gives Students The Chance To ‘Live Like A Nurse’

December 22, 2011
Since they were pre-teens, Kathrine McKay and Kathryn Lito had aspirations of pursuing a nursing career. So when they applied to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing, they decided to take an accelerated approach ...

Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth

December 4, 2011
Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia, a report said Saturday.

Cloudy with a chance of sudden death: Doctors using ‘law of biology’ to forecast patient-specific health events

October 20, 2011
Bioengineers from Rice University and physicians from Emory University are going to test whether a new "law of biology" can predict when a critically ill patient is about to worsen, and more importantly, which treatment is likely to prevent it.

Cloudy with a chance of sudden death

October 20, 2011
HOUSTON -- (Oct. 20, 2011) -- Bioengineers from Rice University and physicians from Emory University are going to test whether a new "law of biology" can predict when a critically ill patient is about to worsen, and more importantly, which treatment is likely to prevent it. "We ...

Cloudy with a chance of sudden death

October 20, 2011
(Rice University) Researchers from Rice University and Emory University plan to test whether a new "law of biology" can predict when the health of critically ill patients is about to worsen, and which treatments can prevent it. In a preliminary study, the researchers identified a subtle signal within EKG data ...

More than chance determines future for baby fish

October 18, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) -- Baby fish may be able to resist ocean currents and influence how and where they move, says a Victoria University researcher, although he is yet to work out how they do it.

Mother With Two Wombs Has Twins, Defying One In Five Million Chance

September 20, 2011
A mother has given birth to two babies, delivered from two separate uteruses, at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida in the US. Fraternal twins, Nathan and Natalie Barbosa, born on 15 September, are doing well, and delighting their parents Andreea Barbosa, 24, of Clearwater, and husband, ...

Radioembolization Improves Chance Of Survival For Liver Cancer Patients

August 23, 2011
Analysis revealed survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is achievable using 90Y-resin microsphere radioembolization. The analysis conducted at multiple centers across Europe showed that the procedure is likely to provide survival benefit across different tumor stages, including patients with advanced liver cancer and with limited treatment options. Findings of ...

Radioembolization improves chance of survival for liver cancer patients

August 22, 2011
Analysis revealed survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is achievable using 90Y-resin microsphere radioembolization. The analysis conducted at multiple centers across Europe showed that the procedure is likely to provide survival benefit across different tumor stages, including patients with advanced liver cancer and with limited treatment options. Findings of ...

Radioembolization improves chance of survival for liver cancer patients

August 22, 2011
Analysis revealed survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is achievable using 90Y-resin microsphere radioembolization. The analysis conducted at multiple centers across Europe showed that the procedure is likely to provide survival benefit across different tumor stages, including patients with advanced liver cancer and with limited treatment options. Findings of ...

Egg’s movements predict embryo’s chance of survival, study suggests

August 10, 2011
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new technique which could significantly increase success rates of pregnancies and reduce the frequency of multiple pregnancies associated with in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Cutting down on salt doesn’t reduce your chance of dying

July 6, 2011
Moderate reductions in the amount of salt people eat doesn't reduce their likelihood of dying or experiencing cardiovascular disease. This is the main conclusion from a systematic review published in the latest edition of The Cochrane Library.