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Invasive Bladder Testing Before Incontinence Surgery May Be Unnecessary

Invasive and costly tests commonly performed on women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may not be necessary, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.  The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be released online May 2 by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

May 02, 2012General, Health, Science and Engineering

Study Shows Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change

This spring’s warmer than normal temperatures brought early blooming throughout much of the Eastern United States. Biologists discovered in a new study that plant warming experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants respond to future increases in temperatures from global warming.

May 02, 2012Science and Engineering

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