Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 20 July 2008

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Sunday 20 July 2008

Liver Unit Reports Higher Than Average Success Rate For Children Receiving Living Donor Transplants
Ninety-six per cent of children who have received liver transplants from living relations are still alive five years after surgery, according to research published in the July issue of the British Journal of Surgery...
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Cancer Researchers Call For Ethnicity To Be Taken Into Account
Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in The Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial College London...
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Could Arthritis Wonder Drugs Provide Clues For All Disease?
Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis - a leading cause of heart disease - says the researcher who jointly invented and developed them...
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Other Medical and Health News for 20 July*

Study Finds Environmentally Friendly, Economical Method To Keep Grapes Fresh

Ischemic Risk In Postmenopausal Women Increased By Too Much, Too Little Sleep

Shelf Life Of Lettuce Increased By Good Breeding

Convictions In Child Abuse Trials And Complex Questions Asked By Defense Lawyers Linked

Scientists In A Virtual World

Government-Sanctioned Torture

A New System For Better Handling Of Lab Samples

Children's Early Cognitive Development Influenced By Family Resources, Parenting Quality

American Society For Microbiology Honors Rosenberg, Baselsk, De Lorenzo And Clapham

Aggressive Preschoolers Found To Have Fewer Friends Than Others

Merck Responds To Questions About Adverse Events Reported Following Vaccination With GARDASIL®

Amgen Announces Positive Top-Line Results For Denosumab Treatment Of Bone Loss In Men With Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NASONEX(R) Now Approved In Japan For The Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis In Adult Patients

European Approval For Roche's Pegasys Personalises Treatment For A Subgroup Of Hepatitis C Patients

American Society For Microbiology Honors Presented at the 108th General Meeting

In Marfan Syndrome The Aorta Is Torn Apart

Improving Traditional Psychiatric Diagnoses With Genetics

Partially Shared Genetic Profile Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder Discovered

Heart Attack Rehab Patients Walking With Mini ECG

Promising Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Revealed By Early Study

New Signaling Mechanism Discovered Which May Lead To Novel Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 17, 2008

Unveiling The Buried Secrets Of The Nanoworld With Super-Resolution X-Ray Microscopy

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Linked To Brain Activity

Remnant Of An Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered By Yale Researchers

New Approach To Studying Cancer

New Hope For Adults With 'Lazy Eye'

Good News For Veggies: Personal Values Deceive Taste Buds

Human Cytomegalovirus Employs A Viral Cloaking Device To Evade The Immune System

Study Showed Half Of Patients Treated With Enbrel(R) (etanercept) Plus Methotrexate Can Achieve DAS Clinical Remission

American Society For Microbiology Honors David J. Lipman

Reconstructing The Brain Morphology Of Homo Liujiang Cranium Fossil

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle To Receive Regional Policy Award From ESA

European Urology

Safety In Accredited Facilities Confirmed By Largest Review Of Office-Based Plastic Surgery

FSU Becomes 1 Of World's Top Imaging Centers

American Society For Microbiology Honors Edberg, Van Brakle, Moran, Whiteley, Mashburn-Warren And Handelsman

Far Too Few Using Improved Sanitation; More People Using Drinking-Water From Safe Sources - UNICEF/WHO

Bosentan Improves Quality Of Life For Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

HyperMed's New Technology Predicts Healing Potential Of Diabetic Ulcers - May Prevent Devastating Diabetic Limb Amputations

People With Dementia Still At Risk Of Exclusion From End Of Life And Palliative Care Services, UK

Valuing The Contribution Of Our Overseas Doctors, The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners

Medicexchange.com Launches A New Dedicated Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging Community For Medical Imaging Professionals

Uninsured With Mental Illness And Addiction Disorders Not Covered By State Healthcare Initiatives, USA

Heart Scan With Lower Dosage Possible Using Dual-Source Computed Tomography - New Study

MRSA Down Over 49 Per Cent In Last Three Years, UK

UK Government Announces £50 Million To Fight Malaria

Proellex® Administered As Cyclic Therapy For Uterine Fibroids Symptoms For Up To 30 Months Shows No Adverse Effects On The Endometrium

MIT Grad Student's Invention Could One Day Prevent Falls For Those With Balance Problems

Nearly Nine Out Of Ten Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Achieve QoF HbA1c Targets With Repaglinide And Metformin

American Optometric Association Applauds Override Of Medicare Cuts

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