UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
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...as the first option for a larger group of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) than before. Recen... can be safely and effectively applied to patients with various types of coronary lesions and patients with and without myocardial infarction. The ESC Guide...Abuse and HIV status linked to suicide risk
... in Toronto, Canada. The Hopkins study, consistent with previous research, sheds new light on the extent t...e-half of the study participants reported problems with depression and 26 percent reported problems with anxiety. Twenty-four percent of non-abused, HIV-neg...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
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...2005 New data indicated that earlier intervention with once-daily budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid delivered by dry powder inhaler to children with mild persistent asthma, significantly reduced the long-term risk and frequency of severe asthma-rela...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
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