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Medical Research Revolution?

Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on the Public Library of Science, an organization working to put medical research and scientific studies online -- for free. Currently, most of the 50,000-plus studies published yearly based ...READ»

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Can This Game Help Cure Diseases?

Jane McGonigal's Breakthroughs to Cures is an online idea-generating game designed to change the way we think about medical research.READ»

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Distinguished medical speaking

Research doctors do good and fascinating work.  A friend in medical research once told me that a third of the people alive on the planet today would not be here were it not for the miracle of modern medicine. To spread the ...READ»

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Will Obama's $5 Billion Pledge to NIH Boost Manufacturing and Construction Too?

Yesterday Obama pledged $5 billion toward biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next two years. Ostensibly, this is in addition to the $10.4 billion that was allocated to NIH when the American ...READ»

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I am marygardner working as a medical consultant in Memphis, I am specializing in Fitness and weight loss. I am currently workingin major hospital and also interested in developing websites retalted to medical science. Now i am ...READ»

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Rest in Peace

William H. Dobelle, a researcher who broke new ground in artificial vision, died early this month. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine last year, Dobelle worked to develop a vision system in which a camera attached to special ...READ»

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Measuring Life

The other week we traveled to San Diego to attend the memorial for a dear friend of ours. I met John while in college, and he and his wife were the host family for the cute exchange student who was later to becomemy husband.I have to ...READ»

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Pseudo Research: Extreme Laziness

"Extreme laziness may have a medical basis, says a group of high-profile Australian scientists, describing a new condition called 'motivational deficiency disorder' (MoDeD). The condition is claimed to affect up to one in five ...READ»

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Poetic Justice: Viagra May Cause Blindness

Like some old wives' tale being borne out by medical science, it seems that drugs for erectile dysfunction may have been found to, ahem, stiffen one's chances of going blind. Call me a lefty (please), but in a world where an ...READ»

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My Blog

Hi - my name is Ali and am a health researcher and freelance writer. I write on women's health issues and personal hygiene issues. Some of my most recent articles: home remedies for yeast infections and treating yeast infections.I ...READ»

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Eight More Experts on Why Darwin Still Matters

On the two hundredth anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth his theories published as On the Origin of Species are still relevant. Several experts have already chimed in, but here are some additional voices on evolution and Darwin. ...READ»

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The Future of Health Care Is Social

Too many of us are too busy to be healthy--not because we lack awareness. It's finding the time to do it that's the problem. In an age of 24/7 connectivity, time feels more pressed than ever. Yet, it may be that the very technology allowing us this around-the-clock connection can transform how we manage our health.READ»

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Brownfields 2009

There are more than 400,000 brownfields in the United States. (Brownfield, n., a property abandoned because of the presence of a contaminant.) That's nearly $2 trillion of underused or undervalued land. The investors, developers, ...READ»

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John Davidson - Fast 50 2002

45. Walk the WalkREAD»