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Astrophysicists look inside heart of an exploding star
Times of India LONDON: Astrophysicists have for the first time ever been able to look inside the heart of an exploding star to document exactly how shock waves rip apart massive dying stars and ultimately end their lives. Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope … |
Rituximab Doesn't Alleviate Sjögren Symptoms at Week 24 – Doctors Lounge
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Rituximab Doesn’t Alleviate Sjögren Symptoms at Week 24
Doctors Lounge FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) — For patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS), rituximab does not improve symptoms or disease activity at 24 weeks, according to a study published in the Feb. 18 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. |
Red Cross blood donation shortfall linked to winter weather – KAIT
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Red Cross blood donation shortfall linked to winter weather
KAIT “Especially with the winter months and all the increment weather we have seen with the ice and the snow, we are drastically low,” said Kathy Barber who works at the Blood Donation Center in Jonesboro. “We need to get it back up at least a little bit to … |
Giant snowman seeking organ donor for little boy – KTTC
Giant snowman seeking organ donor for little boyKTTCROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) — Cathy Santiago and her two sons decided to take on the challenge of building their first ever snowman on Wednesday, but what they built became much more than a source of win…
Local Digest: Barry still recovering, will be at event to promote organ … – Washington Post
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Local Digest: Barry still recovering, will be at event to promote organ …
Washington Post A crowd is expected to gather Saturday at Howard University to promote organ donation — without the District’s most well-known organ-donation recipient. Former mayor and current D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has been organizing the … |
Marker May Flag MS Prior to Symptom Onset – MedPage Today
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Marker May Flag MS Prior to Symptom Onset
MedPage Today In seven of 16 individuals who developed MS, plasma samples taken when they were still considered healthy, 2 to 9 months before a first clinical attack, had high levels of antibodies against KIR4.1, according to Bernhard Hemmer, MD, of Munich Technical … MS could be detectable years before symptoms showScotsman MS Symptoms May Be Predicted By Antibody Detected In Your Blood Years …Medical Daily Antibody may be detectable in blood years before MS symptoms appearEurekAlert (press release) |
Barry Norman: 'My wife died of heart failure in her sleep. We were married for … – Daily Mail
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Barry Norman: ‘My wife died of heart failure in her sleep. We were married for …
Daily Mail We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly probing questions – and only accept THE definitive answer. This week: legendary film critic Barry Norman. The prized possession you value above all others… A wall tapestry my late wife Diana commissioned about 25 … |
EU Panel Recommends Approval for 6 COPD, Asthma Drugs – Medscape
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EU Panel Recommends Approval for 6 COPD, Asthma Drugs
Medscape The budesonide/formoterol fixed dose combination (160/4.5 µg or 320/9 ug per dose) is recommended for patients whose condition is not adequately controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and “as needed” inhaled short-acting β2 adrenoceptor agonists, or … |
Some Asthma Patients May Be Overmedicated, Doctors Say – LiveScience.com
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Some Asthma Patients May Be Overmedicated, Doctors Say
LiveScience.com To control asthma, patients typically take drugs called inhaled corticosteroids, to reduce inflammation in the lungs, and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs), to open the airways. Doctors adjust the medication dose based on the patient’s symptoms and … |
Secondhand Smoke Can Hurt Kids With Asthma More – dailyRx
Secondhand Smoke Can Hurt Kids With Asthma MoredailyRxThese cells were studied in the lab to determine the amount and activity of several proteins needed for corticosteroids to work properly. The researchers noted which children came from homes where t…