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Diabetes :: Accurate coding is key to preventing potentially serious health complications associated with insulin overdose

Significant errors in insulin dose can result when blood glucose meters are miscoded according to new clinical study. When persons with diabetes use miscoded blood glucose meters to determine how much insulin to take, significant errors in insulin dose can result that may potentially lead to short- and long-term health complications, according to findings of a new study presented at the Sixth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Osteoarthritis :: Prexige in the European Union as a new treatment option for osteoarthritic pain

Novartis announced today that Prexige? (lumiracoxib), an oral selective COX-2 inhibitor anti-inflammatory drug, has been cleared for approval in the European Union as a new treatment option for patients suffering from osteoarthritis. This is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of chronic pain[2].

Ecology :: Team moves toward silent, eco-friendly plane

MIT and Cambridge University researchers will unveil the conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane at a press conference Monday, Nov. 6, at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London.

Anxiety :: FSU study links anxiety sensitivity to future psychological disorders

People who experience a pounding heart, sweaty palms or dizziness — even if the cause is something as mundane as stress, exercise or caffeine — are more likely to develop a clinical case of anxiety or panic disorder, according to a Florida State University researcher in Tallahassee, Fla.

Nutrition :: Dried plums act as antioxidant in some meats

To help satisfy consumer demand for more natural food products, researchers at Texas A&M University are investigating dried plums as a meat preservative. They are finding that dried plums, when pureed, have a good antioxidant capacity.

Cystic Fibrosis :: Researchers identify molecule that causes destructive lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients

Scientists at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a protein that is critical to the development of inflammation during lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. The identification of this protein, called interleukin-23, is an important finding that gives researchers a specific target for developing new therapies.

Heart Disease :: Genetic ‘missing link’ sheds light on sudden cardiac death

An electrical imbalance caused by a malfunctioning gene triggers long QT syndrome, a potentially fatal heart rhythm disorder. A mutation in the gene Caveolin-3 can disrupt the heart’s electrical-muscular impulses and increase the risk of sudden cardiac death.

Health :: Green plants share bacterial toxin

A toxin that can make bacterial infections turn deadly is also found in higher plants, researchers at UC Davis, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. and the University of Nebraska have found. Lipid A, the core of endotoxin, is located in the chloroplasts, structures that carry out photosynthesis within plant cells.

Health :: Why do we stick to our bad habits?

Why do we ignore public warnings and advertisements about the dangers of smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, stressing out and otherwise persist in habits and behaviours that we know aren’t good for us?

Ecology :: UCLA engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation.