Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 17 August 2008

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Sunday 17 August 2008

Helping Tumor Cells Not To Stick To The Wound During Surgical Removal
Sometimes during surgery to remove a tumor, cells become detached from the bulk of the tumor. In a small number of cases, these tumor cells stick to cells at the site of the surgical wound and go on to form a secondary...
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Beating Of The Heart: Differentially Regulated In The Upper And Lower Chambers
Rodolphe Fischmeister and colleagues, at INSERM UMR-S 769, France, have provided evidence that the contraction of the two regions of the heart, the atria and the ventricles, is differentially regulated...
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Northwestern Chemists Take Gold, Mass-produce Beijing Olympic Logo
Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space...
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Other Medical and Health News for 17 August*

Leishmaniasis Parasites Evade Death By Exploiting The Immune Response To Sand Fly Bites

Peers Versus Parents In Modern China

URMC And NIH Partner To Expand, Accelerate Clinical Research In Neurological Diseases

Self-Assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential

Study Shows Continued Spread Of 'Dead Zones'

Wake Forest Baptist Is Renewed As A 'Pepper Center'

Rush University Medical Center And Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Collaborate To Provide Parkinson's Patients With New Outlet Through Dance

Sleep Disorders Program - Brigham And Women's Hospital

New Research Highlights How And When Errors In Inpatient Medication Reconciliation Occur

Consistent PSA Screening Results In Better Prognosis

Spellex Releases New Edition Of Comprehensive Medical And Pharmaceutical Spelling Software

New Mothers Speak Out Report Paints A Troubling Picture Of American Women In Postpartum Period

Separate Submission Of Standard Lymphadenectomy In 6 Packets Versus En Bloc Lymphadenectomy In Bladder Cancer

The Influence Of Serial Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening On The PSA Velocity At Diagnosis

Alternative Nonsteroidal Antiandrogen Therapy For Advanced Prostate Cancer That Relapsed After Initial Maximum Androgen Blockade

Conditions That Affect The Elderly Do Not Get Such High Priority In UK Healthcare, Says Help The Aged

Skeleton Summer Staff May Lead To Businesses Falling Foul Of Health And Safety Guidelines, UK

Epilepsy Scotland Press Release: Fairer Form For Epilepsy Travelers

Full Reality Of Care Is Misunderstood, Says Help The Aged, UK

Statistical Press Notice: Accident And Emergency Statistics - Quarterly Update, UK

Industry Experts And Global Regulators To Discuss Oligonucleotide-Based Therapeutics Issues

New Report Examines How To Launch A Medicine Or A Product In French Pharmacies

224,000 Californians Sign Petition Urging The Governor And Legislature To Rescind Medi-Cal Cuts

NASCAR Driver Races Against Patients At Children's Hospital

An In-depth Insight Into The Partnering Interests And Activities Of Takeda Partnering Guide 2008

Johns Hopkins University And Axela Enter Into Cardiac Research Agreement

Analysis Suggests Menu Labeling Could Help Average California Adult Avoid Over 2 Pounds Of Weight Gain A Year

BioSphere Medical Announces ACOG Practice Bulletin Recommendation Of Uterine Artery Embolization As Alternative To Hysterectomy

CONMED Linvatec's Bio Mini-Revo Suture Anchor Receives 510(k) FDA Clearance For Arthroscopic Hip Repair

Mckenna Long & Aldridge Assists New York's Northern Metropolitan Hospital In A Groundbreaking Filing To Be A Patient Safety Organization

30 Hospitals Across The Hudson Valley Region Of New York State Form Alliance To Ensure Patient Safety

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