Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
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...deputy director. "We are entering an era in which insight into complex problems will be more readily garnered." This is an age of global intellectual and commercial environments "in which knowledge will be available to anyone, located anywhere, at any time." KDI will help keep the "information age" from b...University Of Florida Researchers Hope To Ease Asthma Pains And Provide A Sigh Of Relief
...n enter the lung." The research may provide insight into how to refine asthma drugs soasthmasufferers do not have to use an inhaler as often as with current treatments. Other collaborators on the research project include Stephen Baker, a UFprofessor and chair of the pharmacology and therapeuti...Low Socio-Economic Status Heart Patients Need More Than Just Aggressive Cardiac Procedures
...the results of these two tools give researchers an insight intoa patient's quality of life, Tung said. The study was funded by a grant from the National Heart Lung BloodInstitute. Dr. Daniel Mark was the senior Duke cardiologist on the study....An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
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...mputer environments hasbecome essential to gaining insight and new discoveries. To help meet thesechallenges, Silicon Graphics is advancing its commitment to bring the fastest,most expandable, most flexible computing systems to the world's bioinformaticsteams. On behalf of the employees of Silicon Graphics C...Novel Biological Interaction Found To Explain Blood Vessel Growth To Tumors
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...ation of those previous patients,hopefully gaining insight into the current patient's situation. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation and the NationalInstitutes of Health....American Heart Association honors two volunteers with top award
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...st in cognitiveadaptation theory, which gives some insight into how people adjust to chronicillness," Helgeson said. "I am interested, specifically, in how people'sattitudes might influence their psychological adjustment to illness as well asthe recurrence of physical events. "Our study certainly suggests t...Healtheon founder among featured speakers at disease management leadership conference
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...ps the cellular skeleton assemble, it now provides insight into adisease-related problem, said Dr. Richard Ikeda, a biochemist at the NationalInstitute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the NIH that partiallyfunded the work. "In this case, basic research revealed unexpectedrelationships between no...