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Karen N. Peart Women who used a new method of sterilization called hysteroscopic sterilization had a 10 times greater risk of pregnancy after one year than those who used the older laparoscopic sterilization method. This new finding by Yale School of Medicine researchers is published in the 21 April issue of the journal Contraception. Read more >> | The second international conference of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), which will be held in Cape Town from 30 November - 4 December 2014, will serve to highlight the society's pan-African efforts to improve quality patient care and disease control through improved laboratory systems and networks in Africa. Read more >> | Helen Dodson Researchers from Yale School of Medicine and Celera Diagnostics have confirmed and extended the significance of a genetic variant that substantially increases the risk of a frequently fatal thoracic aortic dissection or full rupture. The study appears online in PLOS ONE. Read more >> |
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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy. Read more >>
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 | This year, National Epilepsy Week will be held from 16-22 June to raise awareness about this most common neurological condition, characterised by unusual electrical activity in the brain, which is still very much misunderstood. Read more >>
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 | Bill Hathaway Over the last two years, Yale psychologist David Rand and colleagues have investigated what makes people willing to help each other. Their latest research shows that while initial reactions are shaped by daily experience, deliberation consistently favors selfishness. Read more >>
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 | Leading Midas-owned truck parts distributor, AfintaPart, has donated 150 booster car seats to the Wheel Well store, a road safety NPO, in Brightwater Commons Shopping Centre, Randburg. The donation is equal to R200,000. Read more >>
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 | Despite reports that scores of people died on the roads over the Easter weekend, the number of fatalities was probably nothing out of the ordinary. Read more >>
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|  | NEW YORK, USA: It walks and runs, even up and down stairs. It can open a bottle and serve a drink, and politely tries to shake hands with a stranger. Meet the latest ASIMO, Honda's humanoid robot. Read more >>
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| The South to South Programme in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University seeks a suitably qualified and experienced clinical programme director on a three year contract. Read more >>
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