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MedImmune presents data at AAP National Conference & Exhibition demonstrating burden of RSV disease
MedImmune announced today it will present four abstracts at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2008 National Conference & Exhibition that add to the company's growing body of research into the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus, a leading cause of viral respiratory infection among preterm infants.
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Just a numbers game? Making sense of health statistics
Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they require to make such decisions effectively. A major new report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest shows that statistical illiteracy is a significant problem having widespread negative impact on healthcare and society.
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New instrument puts new spin on superconductors
The race to understand the latest superconducting iron-arsenic compounds has taken another step forward. Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and collaborators have used a brand new instrument that indicates the compound's superconducting properties could be related to magnetic spins rather than lattice vibrations.
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Fat-regenerating 'stem cells' found in mice
Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat. Although they have yet to show that the cells can renew themselves, transplants of the progenitor cells isolated from the fat tissue of normal mice can restore normal fat tissue in animals that are otherwise lacking it.The findings may yield insight into the causes of obesity, a condition characterized by an increase in both the size and number of fat cells.
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Americans and the economy: Angry feelings, fear exceeds terrorism risk
In the first three days of the country's economic meltdown that began Sept. 29, 81 percent of Americans surveyed in a national poll agreed or strongly agreed that the financial crisis "poses a greater threat to the quality of my life than does the threat of terrorism." And researchers found little trust in the government and even less in business leaders.
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