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  Cancer Biologists Develop More Accurate Blood Test for Prostate Cancer

  A new blood test is more reliable at finding prostate cancer in its early stages by detecting a protein marker in blood plasma. Doctors say the new test, now in clinical trials, will have an accuracy ... > more
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  Cardiologists Discover New Enzyme that Predicts Risk of Heart Attack

  MPO, or myeloperoxidase,is an enzyme produced by white blood cells. High levels of MPO predict a heart attack, the need for invasive intervention, or cardiac death within the next six months with ... > more
• Lung Disease
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  Pulmonologists Extend Lung-Transplant Patients' Lives with Inhaled Anti-Rejection Drug

  Half of all lung transplant patients don't live past the fifth year after the procedure, due in part to chronic rejection of the new organs. A new, inhaled form of a commonly used anti-rejection drug ... > more
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  Otolaryngologists Can Now Remove Growths on Outpatients

  New endoscopic techniques allow doctors to operate patient's throats in the office, without putting them to sleep. Operating with several types of lasers through fiber optics, doctors can now remove ... > more
• Sleep Disorders
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  Orthodontists Diagnose Sleep Apnea More Easily with X-Rays

  Diagnosing sleep apnea -- a chronic condition that causes teen-agers to stop breathing during sleep -- is difficult and often means staying at an overnight sleep lab. A new test can spot with problem ... > more
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  Neurosurgeon Devises MRI-Based Technique to Diagnose Sciatica

  Up to 40 million American suffer from sciatica pains, but the condition is often not diagnosed correctly. A new imaging technique uses a specially tuned MRI scan to image nerves and highlight them ... > more
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  Meteorologists Can Now Issue Precise Local Excessive-Heat Warnings

  Heat kills more people than tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning and flash floods -- combined. The National Weather Service now gives heat-wave warnings to better forecast local conditions for 16 ... > more
• Heart Disease
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  Cardiologists Treat Leg Pain with Balloon Angioplasty

  Doctors now use cold angioplasty to restore blood flow to the legs and relieve chronic leg pain. The procedure, where cold nitrous oxide inflates a balloon inside arteries to unclog them, is similar ... > more
• Teen Health
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  Neuroendocrinologists Unlock Chemical Trigger to Puberty

  Researchers have discovered the precise chemical chain reaction that could be the much-sought-after puberty trigger: The KiSS-1 gene, which produces a protein in the hypothalamus, a part of the ... > more
• Heart Disease
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  Today's Healthcare
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  Cardiothoracic Surgeons Develop New Treatment for Fibrillation

  Researchers have developed a method to quiet atrial fibrillations without having to perform open-heart surgery. In a technique called Mini-Maze, doctors insert a bi-polar-radio-frequency clamp on the ... > more

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