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Humans 'hear' through their skin
Sensations on the skin, such as a puff of air, can alter how people hear speech, say Canadian researchers.
Stanford scientists identify 2 molecules that affect brain plasticity in mice
You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set...
Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?
Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find...
News brief: Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects
Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with...
News brief: Estrogen receptor-alpha, breast cancer patients and tamoxifen response
Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118 (ER-alpha...
Swine flu linked to serious respiratory disease
Such infections are usually linked to flu, but this year's rate is higher than normal. Also: A drop in flu cases is reported at colleges, and side effects for the vaccine are...
Some patients diagnosed with HIV experience improved outlook on life
A new study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center reaffirms that some patients with HIV experience an improved quality...
Engineers, doctors at UCLA develop novel material that could help fight arterial disease
A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.
Physicians Explore Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drs. William White and Pooja Luthra at the University of Connecticut Health Center are investigating a possible link between vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure.
Erectile product lacks drug warning
Health Canada is warning people not to use Herblex Once More, an unauthorized product promoted to enhance male sexual performance, because it may pose serious health risks.
Preventing Spread of HIV in Jails: Best Window of Opportunity Early in Incarceration
(PhysOrg.com) -- With World AIDS Day less than a week away, two new studies from Yale School of Medicine show that jail inmates, one of the highest risk groups for...
Vanderbilt scientists report first effective medical therapy for rare stomach disorder
A drug used to treat colorectal cancer also can reverse a rare stomach disorder and should be considered first-line therapy for the disease, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report...
Bone regulators moonlight in the brain as fever inducers
Study in mice suggests proteins could be source of post-menopausal hot flashes
Inhaling Bacteria with Cigarette Smoke
Cigarettes contain hundreds of different strains of bacteria , including many human pathogens that may play a role in lung diseases and respiratory infections, new research shows. ...
Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal Science...
Medical students regularly stuck by needles, often fail to report injuries
Medical students are commonly stuck by needles — putting them at risk of contracting potentially dangerous blood-borne diseases — and many of them fail to report the injuries to hospital...
Doctors group calls for patient charter
The president of the Canadian Medical Association is calling for a national debate on what health services should be covered by public funds and at what level.
A RANK insider resolving the enigma of the fever chart
The so-called RANK protein and the molecule that binds to it, the RANK ligand or RANKL, form a focus of the work of Josef Penninger, director of the Institute of...
Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease
Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study...
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from...
The FDA: A tough tonic
The new head of the US Food and Drug Administration has inherited an agency battered by crises. Meredith Wadman asks whether Peggy Hamburg can concoct a cure.
Vibrating Technology Promises to Replace Biopsies in Diagnosing Diseased Tissue
Biopsies , although invasive and unpleasant, are typically the best way to diagnose the health of human tissue, especially the liver. A group of researchers and physicians at the Mayo...
Heparanase-specific shRNA: A novel therapeutic strategy in human gastric cancer
Previous studies have indicated that the heparanase (HPA) is correlated with histopathological parameters and poor prognosis of gastric cancers. Although their efficiencies in inhibiting the expression of HPA, the traditional...
Famous brain set to go under the knife
Slices from the brain of H.M., a key patient in pioneering memory studies, will be immortalized online.
Medical isotope shortage concerns in US
DOE panel calls for US to build two major isotope production facilities, House passes bill to promote domestic production of key medical isotope
Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality
An innovative treatment for HIV patients developed by McGill University Health Centre researchers has passed its first clinical trial with flying colours. The new approach is an immunotherapy customized for...
Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan
The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in...
New genetic cause of cardiac failure discovered
Over the course of a lifetime, the heart pumps some 250 million liters of blood through the body. In the order to do this, the muscle fibers of the heart...