IBM is spending $1 billion to give Watson its own New York City–based business division as it seeks commercial applications for its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer in healthcare and other fields. But will medical companies truly find a ...
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A new combination of drugs might prolong life in certain older leukemia patients, a new study suggests. The research, led by German scientists, included nearly 800 older people (average age 73) who had been diagnosed with chronic ...
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Hypothyroidism, a condition that causes low or no thyroid hormone production, is not linked to mild dementia or impaired brain function, a new study suggests. Although more research is needed, the scientists said their findings add to ...
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How can the tiny marmoset – a New World monkey – regularly successfully bear twins and sometimes triplets and quadruplets when much larger humans often face a difficult pregnancy and delivery? The answer, said researchers led ...
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Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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Exercise might help treat sexual problems in women taking antidepressants, especially if their workouts occur right before sex, new research reveals. The study included 52 women who had reduced desire and other sexual side effects while ...
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over $7m in funding for projects that bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster. This investment will be used for four projects in Georgia, Kansas, ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
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US-based research and development biotechnology firm Boston Strategics has entered into a new drug development partnership with Fujifilm Pharmaceuticals USA (FPHU), a global pharmaceutical development center of Japan's Fujifilm Corporation. ...
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Men are more likely to regret not taking action on a potential liaison, while women are more regretful for engaging in one-time liaisons, U.S. researchers say. Evolutionary psychologist David Buss of the University of Texas at Austin; ...
Women who consistently take fish oil supplements are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not take fish oil, according to a 2010 study conducted by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ...
Giving adult trauma patients transfusions of plasma or red blood cells en route to the hospital improves outcomes, U.S. researchers say. A study, led by Dr. John Holcomb of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, found ...
As cholesterol is metabolized, a potent stimulant of breast cancer is created -- one that fuels estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Philip Shaul, professor and vice chair for research in ...
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Corporate Floors has announced the addition of Clark Jackson as A&D Flooring Solutionist. Jackson, a graduate of The University of Texas at Dallas, brings extensive experience working in Healthcare and Corporate end use development, and ...
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, and Director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care, Brookings Institution, will join the Board of ...
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