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Written by Dr. H. P. Bustami
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
 Quick aide is essential when accidents happen. A traumatic shock can lead to death if not treated (courtesy: photocase.com) Worlds leading shock researchers meet at the University of Witten/Herdecke from 28. June - 2. Juli 2008. The meeting with some 800-1000 scientists from all over the world is conducted by the International Federation of Shock Societies (IFSS). At the same time the American Shock Society will meet there, for the first time holding the annual meeting outside the USA. Traumatic shocks caused by severe accidents are often underestimated and can lead to death.
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Written by Dr. H. P. Bustami
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
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 Loosing eyesight; a tragic fate hard to imagine, mostly avoidable (Courtesy: photocase.com) Eye injuries are often the cause for blindness. For humans it is the most feared and tragic loss of a sensory capacitiy because we are highly visual beings. In the US alone 750.000 persons have lost their eyesight due to an eye injury. Some 90% of blindness cases would be avoidable. Reason enough for international scientists and ophthalmologists to meet in Wuerzbuerg, Germany.
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Written by Dr. H. P. Bustami
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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 Eyes are our most important sense organs. (Courtesy: Photocase) Smelling, hearing, vision, degustation are sensory systems of the body which usually are considered differently. With the coming congress "Molecular Medicine of Sensory Systems" at the university of Tuebingen, Germany, this will change. Scientists from all over the world will join this meeting from 18 - 20th may 2008 to bring together their findings.
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
 breast cancer often affects young women (Courtesy: photocase.com) Breast cancer is still one of the most dangerous and deadly cancer types for women. It is a malignant tumor of the mammary glands of women. Around half a million women died in 2007 from breast cancer world wide according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In Germany with 25% it is among women the most frequent cancer type. But also men can sicken from breast cancer in rare cases.
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Written by Dr. H. P. Bustami
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
 Controlling overweight is a way to improve public health Scientists from the university of Manchester (England) and Bern (Switzerland) investigated the coherence between overweight and cancer risk. They compared people with normal weight with persons with overweight. The study also considered different ethnic backgrounds. An alarming boost in breast cancer, cancer of kidney, cancer of the colon, skin cancer and uterine cancer could directly be correlated to overweigt.
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