Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 31 August 2008

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Sunday 31 August 2008

New DNA Technique To Help Crime Scene Forensics

Written by Peter M Crosta

A new article published on August 29th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics reveals a breakthrough in using DNA to identify possible suspects at a crime scene using DNA. Researchers at the Translational...
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How Will Recent Reforms In Dentistry Affect You? Conference, UK
Do you want to hear more about the impact of recent reforms on dentists, dental care professionals and patients? A conference exploring changes in regulation affecting dentistry will be taking place on 9 October 2008 at Woburn House in London...
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Erwin Schrodinger Prize 2008 Goes To The Max Delbrück Center In Berlin - First Map Showing Human Protein Interactions
A Berlin research team led by Professor Erich E. Wanker of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, has been awarded this year's Erwin Schrodinger Prize for creating a unique "connection...
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Other Medical and Health News for 31 August*

In SIDS, Smoking During Pregnancy A 'Double-Edged Sword'

Risk Of Death Not Reduced By Flu Shot

Cervical Cancer Control In Developing World Feasible For First Time

Visually Mediated Motor Planning In The Escape Response Of Drosophila

Family Behaviors, Not Just War Jeopardizes Health Of Afghan Children

Rapid Changes In Key Alzheimer's Protein Described In Humans

Solution To World's Worst Mass Poisoning Case

Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reduce Mortality And Hospital Admission In Patients With Heart Failure, Statins Show No Effect

Ivabradine Reduces Incidence Of Coronary Artery Disease Outcomes In Patients With High Heart Rate (Beautiful Study)

Telmisartan Modestly Reduces Major Cardiovascular Events In Patients Unable To Tolerate Ace Inhibitors (Transcend Study)

Research Shows That Engineered Proteins Can 'Bypass' The Genetic Defect In Cystic Fibrosis

Binocular Vision Allows Animals To 'See Through' The Clutter In The World

Breastfeeding And Socioeconomic Status

Effect Of Coaching And Retesting On Selection Tests Used For Admission To An Australian Medical School

TV's Influence On Going Under The Knife

International Journal Of Behavioral Medicine To Be Published By Springer

Bristol-Myers Squibb Welcomes NICE Guidance Recommending Baraclude As Chronic Hepatitis B Treatment Option, UK

Fingerprint Breakthrough Hope In US Double Murder Probe

UMAT Training Courses Slammed By The Australian Medical Students' Association

Research Ethics Committees Identify And Correct Problems In Applications To Do Cancer Trials, UK

Vitrolife: Approval For STEEN Solution™ Study - Functional Testing And Preservation Of Lungs Outside The Body

Enrollment Complete In 15-Year Long-Term Follow-Up Study Evaluating Impact Of AVONEX(R) In Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

Curis Announces Nature Publication Elucidating A Paracrine Mechanism Of Action In Hedgehog-Expressing Tumors

U.S. Market For Artificial Disc Replacement Products To Grow By Over 40% Through 2013 Reaching $440 Million

FDA Grants CLIA Waiver To ABMC For Its Drug Test

Cell Genesys Halts VITAL-2 GVAX Trial In Advanced Prostate Cancer

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

Elekta Receives CE Mark Clearance For 'Everyday Radiation Therapy' Accelerator, Elekta Compact

Amylin Pharmaceuticals And Eli Lilly Provide Context For FDA Alert For BYETTA

General Optical Council Meets Required Standards Of Performance, Say CHRE - UK

Cancer Waiting Times Statistics - 2008/09 Quarter 1, UK

NHS Inpatient And Outpatient Waiting Times Figures, 31 July 2008 - UK

Practice Based Commissioning GP Practice Survey, UK

Why Strawberry Jam Is More Regulated Than Cigarettes

Siemens' New Ultrasound Platform Revolutionizes The Paradigm Of Echocardiography

London Doctors Surgery Goes Green By Using Car Club For House Visits, UK

Inequities Are Killing People On A "Grand Scale" Reports WHO's Commission

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