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...htly flattened hind legs which, when combined with abdominal movements, might allow the ants to reorient in midair. They also have an unusual flattened head with flanges that could act as a rudder, Dudley said. "My guess is that, by gliding backwards and using their legs and also their flat head with flanges, ...MRI 'excellent choice' for overcoming challenges of diagnosing pregnant women with abdominal pain
... pregnant patients who had been experiencing acute abdominal pain. In 28 of those cases, the correct diagnosis ... patients. A total of 14 different causes for the abdominal pain were diagnosed on MRI, including appendicitis, ovarian cysts, hemorrhage and pancreatitis. Acco...Celebrex prevents adhesions after surgery
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...f blood fat disorders, insulin-resistance and more abdominal fat than high-capacity rats all consistent with metabolic syndrome," says Sonia M. Najjar, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmacology at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, and co-first author of the paper. "In addition, we found evidence of m...Research turning up the heat on fowl bacteria
... people sick. Symptoms include diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain and fever; in the worst-case scenarios, which are fortunately rare, people develop Guillain-Barre' syndrome, a paralysis-inducing autoimmune response to a bacterial or viral infection. Drs. Burns and Thompson hope their studies will help identif...Genome comparison of four campylobacter strains yields new genetic markers and clues to virulence
...days, with symptoms that include diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain and fever. Infrequently, the infection can be more serious or even fatal when victims develop Guillain-Barr syndrome, which involves damage to the nerves that link the spinal cord and brain to the rest of the body. Campylobacteriosis is us...UT Southwestern initiating trials in humans for ricin vaccine
...is administered, victims develop fever, nausea and abdominal pain or lung damage before dying within a few days of exposure. There is no antidote after the first few hours of exposure, and because symptoms do not appear until later and often mimic other illnesses, individuals often do not know if they have bee...New pheromone creates buzz about the clout of older bees
...ther load of a chemical called ethyl oleate in the abdominal reservoir in which they store nectar. That, Huang said, led them to identify ethyl oleate as another kind of pheromone called primer pheromone. Forager bees load up on ethyl oleate when they're buzzing about gathering food, but don't digest it. T...Study links polycystic ovary syndrome with early vascular changes of heart disease
...ron beam tomography scanning of their coronary and abdominal arteries. Results for the 61 women with PCOS were ...even greater risk of calcification in coronary and abdominal arteries, the study found. PCOS-affected women were more than four times more likely to have MCS tha...Experimental lupus drug may also work against atherosclerosis
...uction in total and free cholesterol levels in the abdominal aorta, the lower portion of the aorta, the body's largest blood vessel. These mice had a three-fold reduction in the gathering of macrophages, a type of white blood cell. Scientists increasingly are viewing the depositing of cho...NEW ORLEANS When it comes to abdominal aortic aneurysms life-threatening bulges or weak ...0 people in the United States died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eighty percent of these aneurysms, which doctors call AAAs for short, occur in men....