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TB or Not TB?: Novel Detector Could Shorten Testing Times, Aid Treatment Efforts

Tuberculosis is a serious public health challenge in the developing world, where the infection claims roughly two million lives each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) . Yet the disease, which is a leading killer of patients with HIV/AIDS, is cumbersome to detect, resulting in delayed or inappropriate treatment, greater spread of the infection and preventable deaths.
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Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
Despite a growing interest in comparative effectiveness research, little medical study is being done to improve this aspect of patient care
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If 2012 marks the start of the apocalypse, it will be our own fault, not natures or God's
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One's Enough: People Who Donate a Kidney Live Just as Long as Those Who Don't
Sixty years after the first documented kidney transplant in the U.S., a study shows the procedure carries little long-term medical risk for the donor
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Seeing the Little Picture: Novel Nanocoating Gives Atomic Force Microscope Users a Better Look at Individual Molecules
The coating material, called NanoCone, when added to the microscope's probe lets researchers lift and separate molecules, promising greater precision for disease diagnosis

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