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Cancer mortality has declined since initiation of 'war on cancer'
23:01 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A new American Cancer Society study finds progress in reducing cancer death rates is evident whether measured against baseline rates in 1970 or in 1990. The study finds a downturn in cancer death rates since 1990 results mostly from reductions in tobacco use, increased screening allowing early detection of several cancers, and modest to large improvements in treatment for specific cancers.
Future of broadband: Where data is broadcast using desk lamps
22:43 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
In the future, getting a broadband connection might be as simple as flipping on a light switch. In fact, according to a group of researchers from Germany, the light coming from the lamps in your home could one day encode a wireless broadband signal.
Future of broadband: Where data is broadcast using desk lamps
22:25 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
In the future, getting a broadband connection might be as simple as flipping on a light switch. In fact, according to a group of researchers from Germany, the light coming from the lamps in your home could one day encode a wireless broadband signal.
Skin transplant offers new hope to vitiligo patients
22:01 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A new study finds that skin transplant surgery is safe and effective for treating vitiligo. Researchers followed 23 patients for up to six months after surgery and found that the treated area regained on average 52 percent of its natural skin color. In eight patients with a specific type of vitiligo, the treated area regained on average 74 percent of its natural skin color.
Grandfathered drug for high potassium has no proven benefit, study finds
22:01 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
For more than half a century, products containing ion exchange resins have been used in patients with dangerously high levels of potassium. However, there is no convincing evidence that these products are actually effective, according to a new study.
Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners, study finds
21:01 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is by two or three times, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days.
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