Medical text takes on an Aussie style
...inical practice in Australia and New Zealand. Drug names now reflect the terminology used in Australia." Ms Nicol said there were many critical differences between American and Australian medical terminology. "For example epinephrine is widely referred to as adrenaline outside of the United States. In ...Binghamton University researcher to study declining US fertility rates
... the naming pool. Three-quarters of all children's names had biblical origins in 1800, while by 1920 just a...Hacker said, "is that parents who rely on biblical names for their children have much larger families than parents who rely on secular names, controlling for...New research brings initial find of Alois Alzheimer to fore once again
... symptom of Alzheimer's may be a person forgetting names or faces, the very first physical change is actually a decline in the amount of blood that flows in the brain. Doctors have found that not only is blood flow within the brain reduced, but that the body's capacity to allocate blood to different areas ...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
... Western European background One of HDs earliest names was chorea, the Greek word for dance ...Row over study puts Korea's scientific community under scrutiny again
...ife as his PhD thesis and that there were just two names on it when it was published by Korea University in May 2003. He then submitted this as a paper to the Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in July 2003 with five additional names, including Sook Hwan Lee. But his surprise turned to shock wh...Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug
...ia annua plant, an herb also known by a variety of names including sweet wormwood. The oxygen-oxygen unit in the peroxides causes malaria parasites essentially to self-destruct. The parasites digest hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells, and, in the process, release a substance calle...A drug's brand name skews patient treatment choices
...d finding regarding the strong influence that drug names have on treatment choices emerged from a study undertaken by Dr. Anne Holbrook and McMaster colleagues who wanted to see if certain features of a decision aid i.e., format and graphic presentation of data on benefits and harms of treatment options ...Hepatitis B patients' understanding of infection and treatment deficient
... about a year. 31 percent said they knew specific names of hepatitis B virus tests, but only half knew what the tests measured. 85 percent felt that measuring virus levels was important, though 27 percent didnt know if their physicians took those measurements. 37 percent did not discuss treatment goals...University hospitals wins multiple national IT awards for electronic patient data bank
...atory results, diagnosis information, PACS images, names of physicians involved in the care of each patient and medical transcriptions. The portal also provides clinicians with news and information, continuing medical education (CME), research, library resources, e-mail, medical staff administrative appli...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, energy, environmental breakthroughs
...f the companies' products and achievements and the names of the 22 people selected as this year's Heroes of Chemistry: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The Woodlands, Texas, developed the Selective 1-Hexene Process (S1H), a revolutionary process used to manufacture hexene, a critical component use...