Advisers To Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Positions On Reimportation, Generics, Biotechnology Medications Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIs Local Anesthetic Wound Infusion Following Laparotomy Effective For Colorectal Surgery? Although suboptimal postoperative pain control is associated with cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal complications, many multimodal regimens for analgesia following major colorectal laparotomy provide inadequate pain relief. Continuous wound infusions of local anaesthetics are a promising development as an adjunct to existing multimodal postoperative analgesic regimens.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGender Selection Ads On Google, Microsoft Pulled In India In response to a petition filed by advocates in India, Google and Microsoft have pulled ads from their Web sites for gender selection products and techniques considered illegal in the country, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 9/18).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCaveolin-1 Contributes To Regulation Of Radiation Survival Via The B1 Integrin/AKT Signaling Axis The integral membrane protein Caveolin-1 forms small invaginations of the plasma membrane, so-called caveolae, for serving in endo-exocytosis and is involved in regulating signaling from integrins and receptor-tyrosine kinases. Both, integrins and receptor-tyrosine kinases, are considered to confer radioresistance and chemoresistance of tumours.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRobot Wheelchair Finds Its Own Way - MIT Invention Responds To User's Spoken Commands MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMaking The Internet Safer For Children - European Parliament Children and teenagers are keen internet users - 12 to 15-year-olds spend at least three hours a day on screen - but they are not always aware of the dangers of certain sites or content: not only material containing child pornography or violence but also the risk of harassment by individuals with harmful intentions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCycle Of Fatigue Must Be Cured For Hospital Staff, Queensland University Of Technology Doctors and nurses are putting their own
health, and that of their patients, at risk by working too many hours and more research needs to be done to find out how the cycle can be stopped, according to a Queensland University of Technology researcher.
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