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Topical Use of Arthritis Drug Provides Relief for Dry Eye Disease, Study Suggests
April 18, 2013 An estimated nine million people in the United State alone suffer from significant dry eye disorder. Researchers have shown that topical anakinra (Kineret; Amgen Inc.), a recombinant version of human ... > full story -
New Research Holds Promise for Treatments for a Range of Women's Health Issues
April 18, 2013 Natural lubricants play an important role in health, including helping prevent osteoarthritis in joints. Much is still unknown about their role and function in other areas of the body. Researchers ... > full story -
Helpful for Robotics: Brain Uses Old Information for New Movements
April 18, 2013 Information from the senses has an important influence on how we move. For instance, you can see and feel when a mug is filled with hot coffee, and you lift it in a different way than if the mug were ... > full story -
Half of Americans Would Consider Donating a Kidney to a Stranger
April 18, 2013 A new survey shows that support for organ donation is increasing. Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would be very or somewhat likely to consider donating a kidney or a portion of their ... > full story -
Patients With Surgical Complications Provide Greater Hospital Profit-Margins
April 16, 2013 Privately insured surgical patients with a complication provided hospitals with a 330 percent higher profit margin than those without a complication, report researchers. Medicare patients with a ... > full story -
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Medical Researchers Implant Telescope for Macular Degeneration
April 15, 2013 Physicians have successfully implanted a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular ... > full story -
Alternative Way to Explain Life's Complexity Proposed
April 12, 2013 Evolution skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the eye, are too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have proposed various ways that so-called "irreducibly complex" ... > full story -
Predicting the Next Eye Pathogen: Analysis of a Novel Adenovirus
April 10, 2013 Researchers used a combined genomic, bioinformatics and biological analysis to identify a unique deletion in a key protein of the viral capsid and further suggested the potential of the virus to ... > full story -
One-Two Punch Could Be Key in Treating Blindness
April 9, 2013 Researchers have discovered that using two kinds of therapy in tandem may be a knockout combo against inherited disorders that cause blindness. While their study focused on man's best friend, the ... > full story -
Moving Cells With Light Holds Medical Promise
April 8, 2013 Scientists have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion or heart rate using ... > full story
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