January 2009 - News - emrupdate.com

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/30

Premature birth and autism linked (Ottawa) Premature babies are already at risk of serious health problems, now it appears they are at risk of developing autism also. There are already serious health risks for...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 8:22 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/29

Can stem cells be changed into sex cells? Research team explained that cells, as skin cells, from an infertile person could be extracted and reprogrammed to become iPS cells. These iPS cells, in turn can be converted to any cell-type in the body...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 8:33 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/28

What to expect from early stem cell trials Thomas Okarma, chief executive of the Geron Corporation, which developed the treatment, said: “This marks the beginning of what is potentially a new chapter in medical therapeutics — one that reaches beyond...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 9:15 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/27

Personalized stem cells just around the corner? Researchers from Harvard and Columbia Universities used skin cells from two patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, to create stem cells and then...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 8:47 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/26

Brazilian Model Who Lost Both Hands and Feet Dies In this undated photo released by NOROCK, Brazilian model Mariana Bridi poses during a photo session in Vitoria, Brazil. According to Espirito Santo Health Secretariat, 20-year-old Bridi is fighting...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 8:35 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/23

Follow-up Photo: Polio on the run Huge strides have been made in pushing annual cases of the crippling disease down to 1,618 worldwide. But polio persists in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, and there are fears that if it not eradicated...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 8:31 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/22

Gym offers human counterweights to encourage exercise "Experts in sports psychology agree that visualisation is a significant factor in improving performance and human weights are as visual as it can get. "Our human weights will, at the...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 8:53 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/21

Can men really suppress hunger better than women? Seattle - A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that women have a harder time saying no to food. Brain scans...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2009 8:12 AM by Robert Gleeman

Stars and Stripes over London City Hall

Marking Barack Obama's Inauguration, the man who put a portrait of The Queen up in City Hall , has the Stars & Stripes flying outside today. Mayor Boris issued this statement: "This is a momentous day and I'm proud to raise the...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 3:46 PM by Nick Harrington

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/20

NASA device used to predict cataracts This undated handout photo provided by NASA, Dr. Manuel Datiles of the National Eye Institute, left, tests an eye device on NASA scientist Rafat Ansari. Ansari developed a device originally used in space-shuttle experiments...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 8:36 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—01/19

Arizona: Conjoined twins get lives of their own Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic Dr. Stuart Lacey, left, and Dr. Michael Dimler operate on conjoined twins Alex and Angel Mendoza during separation surgery at Phoenix Children's Hospital Thursday. Alex...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2009 8:39 AM by Robert Gleeman

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