Lloyds Pharmacy Launch Online Store, UK Lloyds Pharmacy, the leading community pharmacy chain in the UK, has recently launched a new online store via its already established website. The new Lloyds Pharmacy online store allows customers to order
health products via the internet, and have them delivered to their homes, eliminating the need to visit the pharmacy in person.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGeneral Dental Council Meeting - Wednesday 5 March 2008, UK This document gives a summary of the decisions taken at the Council's meeting on Wednesday 5 March. The meeting papers are available on the General Dental Council website, click here.The next Council meeting is on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 June 2008 in the Council Chamber, 37 Wimpole Street.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comYale Scientists Show That A MicroRNA Can Reduce Lung Cancer Growth A small RNA molecule, known as let-7 microRNA (miRNA), substantially reduced cancer growth in multiple mouse models of lung cancer, according to work by researchers at Yale University and Asuragen, Inc., published in the journal Cell Cycle. Cancer afflicts 1.5 million people a year in the United States alone, and lung cancer is the most common and deadly form of cancer worldwide.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comElementary School Girls Who Are Hyperactive Need Intensive Prevention Programs Young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, under-perform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults, according to a joint study by researchers from the Universite de Montreal and the University College London (UCL).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Tool To Study The Link Between Body Temperature And Severity Of MS Symptoms A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, is providing multiple sclerosis researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center with a new tool to study the mysterious link between body temperature and severity of MS symptoms.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAsthma Risk In Women Reduced By Aspirin A study published in the journal Thorax found thatwomen who take a small dose ofaspirin on alternate days can reduce the risk of developing asthma.Asthma is a condition concerning the respiratory system in which theairway constricts, becomes inflamed, and is lined with copious amountsof mucous.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLaunch Of The SIAM Journal On Imaging Sciences Imaging science will soon be getting more exposure as the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) launches its newest journal, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIIMS). This all-electronic, groundbreaking journal provides a broad, authoritative source for fundamental results in imaging sciences with a unique combination of mathematics and applications.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCholesterol-Associated Gene Variants Can Predict Cardiovascular Events A study appearing in this week's New England Journal of
Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients' cholesterol levels and can signify increased risk of heart attack, stroke or sudden cardiac death.
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