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Archive for May 26th, 2008

Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — A new laser treatment for early
vocal-cord cancer targets tumor blood vessels while preserving and
restoring patients’ voices, according to Massachusetts General Hospital
researchers, who noted that radiotherapy or surgery can permanently damage
vocal quality.
Oryginal: HealthDay

Senator Kennedy in sailing regatta week after cancer biopsy (AFP)

AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his yacht Monday in a sailing regatta just a week after doctors performed a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

Oryginal: AFP

Dutch claim first sequencing of female DNA (AP)

AP - Dutch scientists claim they have completed the first sequencing of an individual woman’s DNA.
Oryginal: AP

Scientists test brain pacemakers for depression (AP)

AP - It’s a new frontier for psychiatric illness: Brain pacemakers that promise to act as antidepressants by changing how patients’ nerve circuitry fires.

Oryginal: AP

Evolution of flu strains points to higher risk of pandemic: study (AFP)

AFP - Some strains of bird flu are coming ever closer to developing the traits they need to cause a human pandemic, a study released Monday said.

Oryginal: AFP