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Can Mom’s Medicine Hurt the Baby?

Posted by: admin on: October 4, 2011

The list of medications that women shouldn’t take in pregnancy keeps getting longer. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration strengthened warnings that expectant mothers who take topiramate (brand name Topamax), for migraines or to control seizures, have an increased risk of giving birth to babies with cleft lips or cleft palates.

Lab-on-a-chip may be game-changer in disease detection

Posted by: admin on: September 23, 2011

A cheap, highly portable blood test has proven as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases, according to a study released Sunday. -Team@CMHF

Early PSA Predicts Prostate Cancer Risk — But Then What?

Posted by: admin on: August 18, 2011

In October 2010, an article was published in Cancer Online that looked at more than 20,000 men from Sweden who had their blood drawn and stored when they were between the ages of 33 and 50. Over time, through 2006, more than 1400 of the men were diagnosed with prostate cancer. The investigators went back […]

Doctors can improve treating LDL cholesterol

Posted by: admin on: July 21, 2011

Identification and treatment of individuals with high LDL or “bad” cholesterol has improved in recent years, but patients are still slipping through the cracks If too much LDL cholesterol is circulating in the blood, it can begin to build up on the walls of blood vessels Buildup of cholesterol contributes to the development of plaque […]

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test

Posted by: admin on: June 2, 2011

A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test detects antibodies to HIV or the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of HIV in the blood or another type of sample. This determines whether an HIV infection is present (HIV-positive). HIV infects white blood cells called CD4+ cells, which are part of the body’s immune system that help fight […]


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