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• Q & A: Boundaries for Malaria
  ...Why don't Alaskan mosquitoes spread malaria?...
  New York Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:30 EST
  
• Q & A: Eye on the Sky
  ...Since dark matter is invisible, how can an optical telescope see it?...
  New York Times - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:29 EST
  
• Q & A: Fruit Bowl Safety
  ...Fruit Bowl Safety....
  New York Times - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Q & A: The Food Speedway
  ...How long does it take for food to move through the body?...
  New York Times - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Q Chip helps make cures more effective - next generation of microspheres
  ...Cancer and fibroid treatments are likely to be early beneficiaries of Q Chip's work... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:00 EST
  
• Q&A About Bird Flu Vaccine For Poultry
  ...As the UK Government takes precautionary measures and places an order for over 2 million doses of Nobilis Influenza, the vaccine licensed in the UK to protect birds against the H5N1 avian flu strain, Intervet UK sets out the argument for vaccines. General manager of Intervet UK, Jim Hungerford, answers some of the topical questions... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Q&A: Defining a New Deficit Disorder
  ...TIME''s Senior Correspondent Sonja Steptoe talks with Dr. Edward Hallowell about the differences between Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Trait...
  Time Magazine - Sun, 08 Jan 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Q&A: Defining a New Deficit Disorder
  ...TIME''s Senior Correspondent Sonja Steptoe talks with Dr. Edward Hallowell about the differences between Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Trait...
  Time Magazine - Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Q&A: How Serious Is the Risk of Avian Flu?
  ...Researchers say a human pandemic caused by the bird flu virus is by no means inevitable....
  New York Times - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:02 EST
  
• Q&A: How Serious Is the Risk?
  ...Researchers say a human pandemic caused by the bird flu virus is by no means inevitable....
  New York Times - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:02 EST
  
• Q&A: Sex and the sleepy guy
  ...Dr. Billy Goldberg and Mark Leyner answer questions about their new book, "Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?"...
  MSNBC - Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:11 EST
  
• Q&A: Is This the 'Mother of All Bird Flu Clusters'?
  ...Dr. William Schaffner Answers Our Questions...
  ABC News - Thu, 25 May 2006 05:29 EST
  
• Q+A: From Back Pain to Arthritis
  ...Answers To Your Questions From a Pain Specialist...
  ABC News - Wed, 11 May 2005 09:18 EST
  
• Q-Ray bracelet buyers were misled: U.S. judge
  ... CHICAGO (Reuters) - Put the Q-Ray bracelet on the shelf along with purported baldness cures and feel-good tonics, according to a federal judge who ruled on Friday the jewelry did not relief pain as advertised....
  Reuters - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:31 EST
  
• Q.P. Announces Egg-white Peptide Antioxidant Function
  ...Q.P. has discovered that egg-white peptide has the ability to inoxidize an egg yolk and therefore retain the flavor of foods. This is because, Q.P. argues, egg-white peptide can contain iron ions that promote oxidization. This discovery will be presented on August 29 at the 53rd meeting of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology in Kanagawa. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Q3 profits spike 11%: gas firm BG
  ...LONDON: A new oilfield in Trinidad and Tobago helped raise production while higher prices boosted earnings by 11 percent in the 3rd quarter for UK gas company BG Group Plc....
  The Earth Times - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:58 EST
  
• Q: What Scares Doctors? A: Being the Patient
  ...What insiders know about our health-care system that the rest of us need to learn...
  Time Magazine - Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
  
• QB Thanks Donor Who Changed at Least 35 Lives
  ...Woman's Organs and Tissue Helped Dozens of Recipients, Including NFL Quarterback Carson Palmer -- Two Years Later...
  ABC News - Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:15 EST
  
• QIOs Should No Longer Handle Medicare Beneficiary Complaints, IOM Report Says
  ...The responsibility for investigating complaints from Medicare beneficiaries should be shifted from Quality Improvement Organizations to a few national or regional contractors, the Institute of Medicine said in a report on Thursday, the Washington Post reports. CMS pays about $300 million annually to 53 private contractors to investigate beneficiary complaints, evaluate quality and work with physicians and hospitals to improve care... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:00 EST
  
• QRS Diagnostic Launches New And Improved Website
  ...QRS Diagnostic, leader in innovative design and development of PC and PDA-based portable medical devices, has launched a new comprehensive website. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Quad sons birth to woman on pill
  ...A 24-year-old woman who was on a course of contraceptive pills gives birth to identical quads....
  BBC - Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:54 EST
  
• Quadriceps Strength Benefits Those With Knee Osteoarthritis
  ...A stronger quadricep, the muscle responsible for straightening the leg at the knee joint, does not lead to damage in the knee and helps prevent the deterioration of cartilage behind the knee cap among those with knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Quadriplegic coughs with help from implant
  ...Just five weeks ago, Ronnie Moore could not do what most people take for granted — cough and clear his lungs. Now Moore, a quadriplegic, coughs by simply pressing a button on a control box on the tray of his wheelchair....
  MSNBC - Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:02 EST
  
• Quadriplegic Coughs With Help of Implant
  ...Quadriplegic Coughs With Help of Implanted Electrodes...
  ABC News - Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:15 EST
  
• Quadriplegic Coughs With Help of Implant
  ...With Help of Implanted Electrodes, Quadriplegic Coughs and Clears His Lungs...
  ABC News - Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:00 EST
  
• Quads follow triplets for LA mom
  ...Read full story for latest details....
  CNN - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:06 EST
  
• Quake Survivors Line Up for Medical Care
  ...Hundreds of Pakistan Quake Survivors Line Up for Medical Care After Winter Blast Hits Pakistan...
  ABC News - Tue, 03 Jan 2006 03:12 EST
  
• Qualitative Review Of Chronic Lower Back Pain Clinical Studies Finds Minimally Invasive Procedure Spares Patients From Spine Surgery
  ...A systematicliterature review of outcomes from 51 clinical studies and case seriesfinds that the Intradiscal ELECTROTHERMAL(TM) Therapy (IDET(TM)) procedurewould spare up to 65 percent of patients with chronic lower back pain fromspinal fusion surgery. In addition, the study also found that IDET patientsexperienced similar outcome benefits when compared against spinal fusion. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Qualitative Review Of Chronic Lower Back Pain Clinical Studies Finds Minimally Invasive Procedure Spares Patients From Spine Surgery
  ...A systematic literature review of outcomes from 51 clinical studies and case series finds that the Intradiscal ELECTROTHERMAL* Therapy (IDET*) procedure would spare up to 65 percent of patients with chronic lower back pain from spinal fusion surgery. In addition, the study also found that IDET patients experienced similar outcome benefits when compared against spinal fusion. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Quality advocates back computer orders, despite flaws
  ...They said studies showing problems with systems will provide valuable lessons....
  American Medical News - Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:00 EST