The use of ultraviolet light-sensitive markers reveals that the toilets of patients with Clostridium difficile diarrhea are cleaned less well than other patients; and that the C. difficile persists on the toilet even after adequate cleaning.
Young Europeans are using alcohol to promote sexual encounters and drugs to enhance their sexual experiences, but this is leading to increased risk taking behavior and underage sex, particularly among girls.
Women are reluctant to disclose their sexual histories as part of a chlamydia screening program and prefer an inclusive age-based approach to screening rather than targeted screening based on risk factors.
Motivational abnormalities, measured using reward-based reaction times, are present in first-episode psychosis and could be associated with dopamine dysfunction rather than underlying cognitive impairment or the effects of antipsychotic medication.
A new model which can estimate the growth rate of breast cancer, as well as the proportion of tumors detected at screening, shows slower growth rates with increasing age.
Correction
(Caroline Hering, 13May2008)
An incorrect FACS plot for CD44 expression of mClone-3 was inadvertently used in the final version of the paper. This has now been corrected. ...
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Spread of avian flu by drinking water:
(Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Soddemann, 12May2008)
Spread of avian flu by drinking water can explain small clusters in households Proved awareness to ecology and transmission is necessary to understand the spread of avian...
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