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16.01.2010 Avatar 3 D Images Help To Identify Vision Problems

With Avatar now heading into its fifth week as a box office hit, many people are headed to movie theaters to see what the excitement over 3-D is all about. Unfortunately, many of them may be disappointed because they didn't know they can't see 3-D.

15.01.2010 How Polar Bear Droppings Might Help Us Understand Superbugs

Scientists from Norway and Italy have found scarecely any signs of superbugs in feces dropped by polar bears in the Arctic, and suggest that since these animals have little or no contact with humans, the spread of bacterial genes resistant to antibiotics could be due to our influence.

15.01.2010 Adjustments In Dosage Of Antibiotics And Other Antimicrobial Agents According To Patient's Bodyweight Are Necessary

An article in this week's edition of The Lancet reports that doses of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents should take into account the patient's bodyweight, to maximize their potential effectiveness. The viewpoint is the work of Dr Matthew E Falagas, Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA; and Dr Drosos Karageorgopoulos, Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece

14.01.2010 Chronic Sleep Loss Not Easy To Recoup, Impairs Performance

Researchers in the US found that chronic sleep loss is not easy to recoup and severely impairs performance later in the day, particularly late at night when performance is naturally low.

14.01.2010 End Of Life Care Falls Short For Kidney Disease Patients
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often do not receive adequate end-of-life care and are unhappy with the medical decisions made as their conditions worsen, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of theClinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that end-of-life care should be improved to meet the needs of CKD patients.

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