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... as moreindividuals purchase private insurance and opt out of government health systems.In addition, the HealthCast 2010 survey showed that Americans believe definedcontribution systems, which have become popular with corporate pension programs,are a likely possibility for employer-sponsored healthcare a...Scientists report the first live births in large mammals after using frozen ovarian tissue
... ovaries (e.g. chemotherapy or radiotherapy) could opt to have ovarian tissue removed before their treatment and then grafted back again afterwards when they wished to have babies. Abstract no: O-014...Faculty of 1000 - Highlighting quality scientific research
...le to customize the service to their interests and opt for weekly (or monthly) updates by email. Faculty of 1000 is the newest brainchild of Vitek Tracz, Chairman of the Current Science Group, creator of the Current Opinion series, Current Biology, BioMedNet (HMS Beagle), and the new online site BioMed C...Scientists developing strategies for upcoming phosphorus mandates
...ilizer and seed dealers. The UI expects the EPA to opt for standards on total phosphorus, Hoeft said. If so, farmers will be urged to convert more of their cropland into a no-till soil-conservation strategy to reduce erosion and runoff. The UI also would suggest the injection of liquid manure and ferti...Hormone therapy may boost quality of life, say Stanford researchers
...s, lowered libido and trouble sleeping. Many women opt to replace lost estrogen through hormone replacement therapy - as much to reduce these symptoms as for achieving health benefits. However, contradictory reports about long-term effects have left women in a quandary about whether replacement therapy i...Predictive testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: its effect on women
...y have made a difference. The fact that women who opt for predictive genetic testing may be worried abou...ion, it may be that a self-selected group of women opt for predictive testing, namely those who can cope in some way with the genetic risk and who already ...Genetic testing, computer risk-assessment software prove effective in predicting breast cancer
... is a vital step. Some women at very high risk may opt for preventive surgical removal of their breasts or ovaries and fallopian tubes before cancer can form. Such surgeries dramatically reduce cancer risk, but the decision is difficult to make. Euhus said the results show that BRCAPRO and possibly other...National Institutes of Health green lights additional research into new breast imaging system
...ce of a definitive screening tool, most physicians opt for invasive tools like biopsies to rule out malignancies. "Billions of dollars are spent each year for unnecessary biopsies," said Jiang. "If we could eliminate even half of the them, it would be an enormous savings in money, not to mention human p...Nationwide organic standards to be launched Monday
...he United States Department of Agriculture and may opt to use a new national label. Most Vermont farmers are going to continue to use the Vermont logo, says Cleary. NOFA-Vermont learned in September from USDA that Vermont's certification program met the new national standards....Stanford receives funding for unique cancer and stem cell biology institute
...am of the School of Medicine, allowing students to opt for a five-year medical degree program in cancer and/or stem cell research and training. These trainees ultimately could be the seed for novel cancer and stem cell research and clinical programs around the country, Weissman said. The institute will h...Why we are what we eat: New links between our biology and food choices
...e, the food world is just slashing bright and they opt out from many food choices," Bartoshuk said. Supertasters also tend to avoid very sweet, high fat foods, according to Bartoshuk, but are also generally averse to vegetables, which taste unpleasantly bitter to them. As a group, supertasters tend to b...CNRS use F1000 Biology to evaluate researchers
...s can customize the service to their interests and opt for regular updates by email. Dave Weedon, Managing Director of Biology Reports Ltd is delighted by the move: "We are delighted that the CNRS, along with a growing number of other funding agencies, recognises the value of Faculty of 1000 as a means o...Sex selection for social reasons unlikely to skew gender balance in Germany and UK
...ir first born Given a situation where they could opt for a sex selection technique such as MicroSort and pay 2,000 per attempt for up to five cycles of intrauterine insemination, only 6% said they would take advantage of preconception sex selection: 92% rejected it out of hand. Even in a hypothetical s...Gene therapy with growth factor seems promising therapy for incurable muscle disorder ALS
...ly untreatable, because of which many ALS patients opt for euthanasia, a very controversial solution. Previously, genetic research by Peter Carmeliet and his team at K.U.Leuven has already led to the surprising insight that the vascular endothelium growth factor (VEGF) plays a major role in this process....Assisted reproduction can't compensate for waiting too long to start a family
...e better if women aged 35 to 40 were encouraged to opt for ART faster than assumed in the computer model. "The take home message if you are under 35 is 'be patient'. Even if you fail to conceive within a year your chances of conceiving subsequently are still substantial. More than half of you who are chi...