Discovery Opens The Way To Clinical Development Of The First Safe Clot Busting Agent For Treating Heart Attacks And Strokes A team of researchers at Oregon
Health & Science University and Washington University in St. Louis have described for the first time the mechanism that gives a mutant enzyme molecule that they have engineered - and patented - the potential to become a breakthrough drug for treating heart attacks and strokes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities Of A Child Today's video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your height, and your hazel eyes, your avatar is still little more than just a pretty face.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Orleans Hosting Largest Physics Meeting Of 2008 The March Meeting of American Physical Society is taking place March 10-14, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 7,000 scientists are on hand. The principal topic areas are condensed matter physics, industrial applications, new materials, chemical and biological physics, fluids, polymers, and computation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIowa Senate To Debate Legislation That Would Extend Health Coverage To Nearly All Uninsured Children The Iowa Senate Human Resources Committee on Thursday voted 11-2 to approve a bill that would require nearly all families in the state obtain
health coverage for their children by 2011, the Des Moines Register reports. The bill would provide coverage to children in low-income families through Hawk-I, the state's version of SCHIP. According to state Sen.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKey To Tackling Men's Obesity May Be Their Sexual Performance Men's pride in sexual performance may help the fight against increasing obesity, according to internationally regarded expert on obesity, men's
health and ageing Professor Gary Wittert."It's becoming well known that there are high levels of obesity in Australian men and that this has significant consequences for chronic diseases, both physical and psychological," Professor Wittert says.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStroke Rehabilitation Improved By Virtual Reality And Computer Technology Israeli hospitals have recently started to use virtual reality therapy for stroke patients. One commonly used program has the patient watch his virtual image on a screen. For example, tennis balls are virtually thrown at the patient from all directions and the patients' actual hand motions are recorded on screen. In the first stage of development of this new program, computer scientists Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoll Call Examines Prospects For Health Care Legislation This Year In Congress As presidential candidates debate their
health care proposals, Congress is "unlikely to pass any major
health bill," this year preferring instead "a bite-sized approach," Roll Call reports.
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