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• Ketamine may help treat migraine pain unresponsive to other therapies

  21-10-2017 20:39
  Ketamine may help alleviate migraine pain in patients who have not been helped by other treatments, suggests a new study.
  
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• Acetaminophen may help reduce postoperative shivering

  21-10-2017 20:39
  Administering acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, during surgery may reduce the incidence of postoperative shivering, suggests a new study.
  
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• How mixed-up cell lines are contaminating science

  21-10-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The scientific literature is littered with cell line mix-ups but there's nothing to alert scientists that conclusions might be faulty. New glimpses at the way scientists might identify and treat cancer in the future. And the origins of those quirky names for human anatomy.
  
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• Discredited vaccine paper from UBC researchers highlights issue in retraction process, experts say

  21-10-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Canadian researchers say retraction should be 'instantaneous,' but note that's not always the case, and that flawed studies continue to live online.
  
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• Loosening offshore drilling rules is a risky proposal

  21-10-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The Trump administration is proposing a bill to roll back restrictions on oil drilling in offshore waters along its coast. That includes the Arctic, where a spill could be devastating, Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald warns.
  
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• Perioperative Surgical Home reduces death, ER visits in elderly hip fracture patients

  21-10-2017 06:00
  (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Elderly patients who had emergency repair of a fractured hip were much less likely to die or make a return visit to the emergency room (ER) after discharge if they received care under the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model of care, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2017 annual meeting.
  
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• The place spacecraft go to die

  21-10-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk.
  
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• Ocean graveyard

  21-10-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk.
  
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• When stars collide: How 4,000 scientists converged for an epic kilonova cram session

  21-10-2017 01:00 via cbc.ca
  The never-before-seen collision of two dead stars led to an unprecedented astronomical collaboration and interrupted a day at the spa.
  
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• Pollution responsible for 16 percent of early deaths globally

  21-10-2017 00:25
  Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths -- 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report.
  
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• Mountain glaciers shrinking across Western U.S.

  21-10-2017 00:25
  A technique using satellites to create twice-yearly elevation maps of US mountain glaciers provides new insight into thinning of glaciers in the lower 48 states.
  
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• Exploring how herpes simplex virus changes when passed between family members

  21-10-2017 00:25
  A new study offers a rare glimpse into the genetics of a herpes simplex virus transmission event -- information that may prove useful in future development of therapeutics and vaccines. The study reveals nearly perfect genetic transmission of the virus from a father to his son and lays the foundation for future studies exploring the genetic diversity of this virus.
  
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• Breast cancer risk quantified based on rare variants and background risk

  21-10-2017 00:25
  Rare variants combined with background genetic risk factors may account for many unexplained cases of familial breast cancer, and knowing the specific genes involved could inform choice of prevention and treatment strategies, according to new findings.
  
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