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Atlas Can't Shrug Scientists; Publisher Issues Apology and Promises Corrections
The new The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World that had glaciologists in a...
Leaders vow to cut deaths from chronic disease
(AP) -- World leaders have pledged to take wide-ranging action to prevent millions of deaths from cancer, diabetes, and heart and lung disease by tackling the key causes -...
Genetic ‘overlap’ between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Knowledge about the biological origin of diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions is critical to improving diagnosis and treatment. In an effort to push the...
Video: Conjoined twins successfully separated in London
British doctors have successfully separated twin girls who were born joined at the head. The sisters shared blood supply to their brains - giving surgeons a difficult challenge. CBS News...
Toxins linked to Gulf War illnesses
WACO, Texas, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Gulf War veterans suffering illnesses linked to their deployments were exposed to different toxins depending on where they served, a U.S. report says.
U.K. Scientists Challenge Creationism in Schools
Thirty prominent U.K. scientists today released a statement raising concern about the teaching of...
‘Community Paramedics’ Seek to Prevent Emergencies, Too
Under a pilot program aimed at heading off 911 calls and trips to the hospital, some paramedics visit chronically ill patients at their homes to check their vital signs and...
New data from studies bolsters case for using aldosterone antagonists in heart failure
Roughly 5 million people in the United States live with heart failure, a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood around the body effectively. The causes and...
Abnormal activation of a protein may explain deadly link between high salt intake and obesity
Dietary salt intake and obesity are two important risk factors in the development of high blood pressure. Each packs its own punch, but when combined, they deliver more damage to...
Catching a breath -- wirelessly: Noninvasive method to watch for SIDS, help surgery patients
Engineers who built wireless networks that see through walls now are aiming the technology at a new goal: noninvasively measuring the breathing of surgery patients, adults with sleep apnea and...
Cancer detection from an implantable, flexible LED
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new concept in cancer detection: a biocompatible, flexible gallium nitride (GaN) LED that can detect prostate cancer.
UBC journalism project documents global pain crisis
In advance of a United Nations conference today on the global challenges of treating cancer and other diseases, the UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site,...
After-cancer treatment program starts
A new project put on by Health PEI and the Canadian Cancer Society is making life a little easier for cancer survivors.
We need to know the truth about vCJD numbers | Frank Dobson
It's estimated that one in 4,000 people are unknowingly infected. The government must authorise trials of a new blood testThe government's expert advisers assume that as many as 15,000 people in this country...
Nurse practitioners 'critical link' in meeting new care demands sparked by health reform
One of the nation's leading voices in patient care and safety says that the key to successfully navigating the challenges and changes that health care reform will bring is the...
Schizophrenia 'link' to epilepsy
People with schizophrenia are six times more likely to develop epilepsy, says a study from Taiwan, which found a strong relationship between the two diseases.
S. Korea to revive stem cell research after scandal
President Lee Myung-Bak promised Monday to spend some $89 million restoring South Korea's reputation as a leader in stem cell research, five years after a scandal tarnished its reputation.
Growing concern over drugs fed to animals
Drugs fed to animals to promote growth and prevent diseases may play a key role in the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, microbiologists said Sunday.
UFO reports spiked over the summer
Either we'we on the cusp of an alien invasion or people just have more time on their hands these days
As U.N. Meets, a Battle Over Generic Biotech Drugs
With the United Nations set to meet on the urgency of diseases, brand-name makers and the Obama administration are fighting potential sales of cheaper medicines to poorer countries.
Reassurance for dementia sufferers on impact of common drugs
Researchers whose findings on the detrimental impact of some common medicines on elderly people were widely reported earlier in the summer have found that taking a few of these medicines...
World cancer toll is on the rise, says research
World Health Organisation report reveals 7.5m annual death toll around the world is on the rise as populations increaseAt least 12.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer around the world every year, and...
Adjunctive antiepileptic drug treatment can lower risk of dying from a sudden unexpected death
New research published Online First in The Lancet Neurology, has found that epilepsy patients who receive additional treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have about a seven times lower risk of...
Glowing cells guide cancer surgeons
Glowing cells guide cancer surgeonsNature News , 18092011 doi: 10.1038/news.2011.544Zoe CormierTumour-specific label pinpoints malignant cells.
Baruj Benacerraf obituary
Immunologist and geneticist who shared the Nobel prizeBaruj Benacerraf, who has died aged 90, won the Nobel prize for his contribution to identifying the gene groups, called major histocompatibility complexes, that determine a...
OPINION: Monday’s medical myth: a diet high in antioxidants slows the aging process
The idea of loading up on antioxidants to prolong our vitality should be re-examined, Michael Vagg writes.
Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show
Fueling the surge are prescription pain and anxiety drugs that are potent, highly addictive and especially dangerous when combined with one another or with other drugs or alcohol.Propelled by an...
AIDS Cases Drop Again
The number of adults in New York City with newly diagnosed AIDS dropped to 2,225 in the 2011 fiscal year, which ended on June 30.