Health care overhaul needn’t break bank: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of proposals to overhaul U.S. health care by President-elect Barack Obama and members of Congress suggests it is possible to insure all Americans without significantly raising total health spending.

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Ecologists go holistic to measure ecosystem health

When it comes to measuring an area’s biodiversity, top predators such as tigers get all the ink, but smaller species may give a better overall picture

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US wasted billions on ineffective cholesterol drugs

Public marketing campaigns boosted sales of a combination drug later found to have little effect on heart disease

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Vaccine for Ebola virus

One of the world’s deadliest diseases, caused by the Ebola virus, may finally be preventable thanks to US and Canadian researchers, who have successfully tested several Ebola vaccines in primates and are now looking to adapt them for human use.

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MedINRIA 1.7.0

About MedINRIA
Allows to process and analyze a wide range of magnetic resonance (MR) images including anatomical MRI, functional MRI (fMRI), and diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI). MedINRIA is intended to be used by anyone curious about medical images!

MedINRIA is a suite of softwares, each of them targeting a specific clinical application. Main features include:
- 3D image visualization by tab-browsing (firefox-like);
- Neural fibers reconstruction and visualization from DT-MRI;
- Diffusion tensor field visualization using 3D ellipsoids;
- Manual segmentation slice by slice to define regions of interest;
- Compatibility with DICOM and Analyze 7.5 formats (and a lot more).

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Rainy outlook? Blame it on the bacteria

The next time that it rains, blame it on bacteria, writes Roger Highfield, Science Editor.

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Motor neuron disease breakthrough

A breakthrough in understanding motor neuron disease, the incurable degenerative disorder, has been made by scientists, writes Roger Highfield.

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Babies faces ‘make us want to care for them’

Humans are hard-wired to care for babies, scientists say.

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Structure of protein collagen seen at unprecedented level of detail

The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research performed at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

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Biochemists solve structure of TGF-beta and its receptor– key molecules in cancer and development

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have determined the atomic-level structure of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), offering clues as to how it interlocks with cell receptors with which it has special affinity. This interaction plays an important role in normal cells but is especially important in cancer.

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