Acupuncture reduces pain after surgery, study finds. For the record. As though we didn’t already know this!

Acupuncture reduces pain after surgery, study finds
5:00AM Thursday October 18, 2007
The use of acupuncture before and during surgery reduces patients’ post-operative pain and the need for pain-killing medication, American researchers said yesterday.
Duke University Medical Centre in North Carolina analysed the results of 15 clinical trials on the effectiveness of acupuncture, a practice that [...]

Outbreak Notice Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus:

Outbreak Notice
Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus: Advice for Travelers
This information is current as of today, October 18, 2007 at 03:57
Updated: February 02, 2007
Current Situation
Visit the official U.S. government website for pandemic influenza
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) (hereafter referred to as “H5N1”) virus has caused serious disease among wild birds and [...]

Lidocaine lollipop effective for endoscopy

Lidocaine lollipop effective for endoscopy

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 17 (UPI) — A lidocaine lollipop. gives a single-agent anesthetic for patients undergoing an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, researchers in Lebanon say.
Upper endoscopy, used to examine the lining of the upper part of the GI tract including the esophagus, stomach and duodenum — first part of the small intestine [...]

Vanderbilt student being treated for bacterial meningitis. What do you think of this?

Vanderbilt student being treated for bacterial meningitis  10-15-2007    [...]

Vanderbilt Investigators testing vaccine to slow malaria’s global march 3-12-2007

Vanderbilt Investigators testing vaccine to slow malaria’s global march  3-12-2007     

Infectious diseases researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center are seeking healthy adults to [...]

Vanderbilt university phase 111 clinical trail of creaine for parkinsons disease> Share your thoughts.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Conduct Phase III Clinical Trial of Creatine for Parkinson’s Disease  3-22-2007     

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will participate [...]

Vanderbilt university at it again with more amazing research. Modular nanoparticle drug delivery. wow , what do you think of this?

Developing a modular, nanoparticle drug delivery system  10-5-2007    [...]

wired. The inconvenient science of radical dna profiling. What do you think of this?

The Inconvenient Science of Racial DNA Profiling
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B Cell self tolerance in humans abstract. What do you think of this?

B-Cell Self-Tolerance in Humans
Hedda Wardemann* and Michel C. Nussenzweig†
*Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Campus Charite Mitte, Schumannstrasse 21/22, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
†Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Available online 14 September 2007.
Abstract
Two mechanisms account for generation of the human antibody repertoire; V(D)J recombination during the early [...]

Australian Centre of Complimentary medicine

ACCMER is the shortened name used for the Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education & Research. ACCMER is a joint venture between the [...]