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Consumer alert: new health care markets on the way
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buying your own health insurance will never be the same....
Familial Gene Mutation Immortalizes Malignant Melanoma
About ten percent of all cases of malignant melanoma are familial cases. The genome of affected families tells scientists a lot about how the disease develops. Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar...
News in Brief: Signs of trauma documented in living brains
Protein accumulation seen in scans of retired NFL players
New norovirus strain turning more stomachs
A new strain of stomach bug sweeping the globe is taking over in the U.S., health officials say.
Immune cell suicide alarm helps destroy escaping bacteria
A new study may have implications for thwarting the effects of bio-terrorism attack with lethal microbes, as well as finding a way to save people in septic shock, an overwhelming...
Female mice exposed to BPA by mothers show unexpected characteristics
Female mice exposed to Bisphenol A through their mother's diet during gestation and lactation were found to be hyperactive, exhibit spontaneous activity and had leaner body mass than those not...
Fetal exposure to tributyltin linked to obesity
Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin -- which was used in marine antifouling paints and is used as an antifungal agent in some paints, certain plastics...
Genes provide clues to gender disparity in human hearts
Healthy men and women show little difference in their hearts, except for small electrocardiographic disparities. But new genetic differences found in hearts with disease could ultimately lead to personalized treatment...
Does Lightning Cause Headaches?
Head Case Wikimedia Commons A new study finds a link between lightning and migraines. Some people say they can feel storms coming. New research indicates chronic headache suffers might be able to sense...
Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain
Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse. Instead, he wanted to see how...
Texas women sue website, host over "revenge porn"
A group of women fight back against the practice of scorned ex-lovers posting explicit photos and identifying information
Cholesterol-lowering statins increase diabetes risk
Labels on all cholesterol-lowering statins will be updated to warn of a small increased risk of diabetes, Health Canada says.
Ractopamine is safe for use in Brazilian pork
Animal scientists in Brazil have found that a small dose of the feed additive ractopamine can boost pork production without changing how pork looks or tastes.
Robot Avatar for Physicians Gets FDA Approval
A robot avatar for physicians that can drive itself to patients' rooms has received FDA approval.
Letters of Alfred Russel Wallace go online
Near-complete archive allows overlooked naturalist to emerge from Darwin’s shadow.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12300
Prenatal Inflammation Linked to Autism Risk
Maternal inflammation during early pregnancy may be related to an increased risk of autism in children, according to new findings supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),...
FOR KIDS: Learning language before birth
Scientists find that newborns can recognize vowel sounds similar to those spoken by their parents
Catastrophic drug plan advocate dies
John Philippe, Saint John man who had spent the last year fighting brain cancer and then the provincial government for coverage of an experimental, died on Wednesday. He was 42.
Don’t ignore the snore: Snoring may be early sign of future health risks
Snoring may be more than a common bedtime nuisance, say researchers. According to their new study, snoring, even without sleep apnea, causes thickening and abnormalities the carotid artery - a...
Synthetic corkscrew peptide kills antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria
A prototype drug stabs membranes to kill microbes that cause pneumonia, sepsis, other infections.
Medical cannabis provides dramatic relief for sufferers of chronic ailments, Israeli study finds
Though still controversial, medical cannabis has been gaining ground as a valid therapy for cancer, PTSD, and chronic pain. Now a specialist says that residents of an Israel nursing home...
Dearth of research on disability hampers poverty goals
The complex relationship between disability and poverty needs more research, which could lead to more inclusive aid and health policies.
Well: Living With Cancer: The Good Patient Syndrome
Being a submissive or dutiful patient doesn't always pay off. Who exactly was I being good for? Sometimes it's good to be bad.
2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) -- A second western New York hospital is notifying patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C...
Any defence of sugar is pure confection | Aseem Malhotra
More and more people are challenging the food industry's PR machine. The evidence shows that sugar, not fat, is the enemyThe public health minister, Anna Soubry, has commented that the poor are more...
New York police get X-ray vision
The New York Police Department already has the long arm of the law. Now it gets X-ray eyes.
Midwives to run new Ottawa birthing centre
Parents who want to give birth outside of hospitals will soon have a new centre to do just that, with details to be officially announced this afternoon by Ontario's health...
Content-focused literacy coaching markedly more effective in improving student reading comprehension, study finds
(Phys.org)—The language and reading comprehension skills of low-income upper elementary-school students—especially English-language learners—can improve markedly if trained literacy coaches engage teachers in conducting interactive text discussions with students, according to...