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Vitamin A supplements for infants could save thousands of lives a year
An international study suggests that giving vitamin A supplements to children in low and middle income countries could significantly cut rates of mortality, illnesses and blindness amongst those below the...
Ozone in smog damages health even at current level
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health experts lamented a move by U.S. President Barack Obama to halt rules on limiting smog pollution, saying the decision could endanger many people already susceptible to...
Taiwan prosecutors probe HIV organ transplants
(AP) -- Physicians at a hospital in Taiwan that mistakenly transplanted four patients with HIV-infected organs may face criminal prosecution, an official said Friday.
CDC: 2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain
(AP) -- Health officials say a novel strain of swine flu has sickened two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
Low-dose naltrexone (LDN): Tricking the body to heal itself
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered the mechanism by which a low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone (LDN), an agent used clinically (off-label) to treat...
Why cancer cells change their appearance?
Like snakes, tumor cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defenses adapting to new environmental circumstances,...
Simulation training in obstetric clerkship improves medical students' examination scores
Medical students who practiced on a high-fidelity patient simulator before assisting in real-life vaginal deliveries scored significantly higher on their final obstetric clerkship examinations than did students receiving a lecture...
Here's how new corpse-dissolver works...
Since the dawn of civilization, we have disposed of our dead primarily in two ways: burial and burning. Now, there's another option: liquefaction.
New center could offer equine therapy to disabled veterans
UCF medical school, Osceola County may partner on projectAn emerging partnership between UCF's College of Medicine and Osceola County could result in an unusual center that uses horses to help...
Exercise counteracts aging effects
Keeping active won't let you live forever, but it can stave off the ravages of time.As we age, our bodies change in ways that challenge athletic ability. But exercise also...
Too few with arthritis are exercising
Numbers lower than expected even though research has shown that exercise can reduce painThough research has shown that exercise can reduce pain, ease stiff joints, fight depression and help with...
Venus Williams and Sjogren's syndrome
Sjogren's (pronounced "show-grins") is caused when white blood cells, the body's natural defenders against foreign invaders, start attacking the body's moisture-producing glands as well. This often leaves the mouth parched...
Male circumcision rates at hospitals dip
The number of baby boys getting circumcised in hospitals has dropped slightly in the past decade. CDC researchers noted three recent studies that have shown that male circumcision decreases transmission...
Lighten the pack, save the back
Medical WatchBackpacks, breaking kids' backs! If you have a school age child, there's no doubt you've heard them complain of the weight of their books. Now find a way to...
To treat rare immune deficiency disease, scientists repurpose bone marrow transplant drug
A new study reports that a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in patients undergoing a bone marrow transplant may also have promise for...
Study linking gut microbe type with diet has implications for fighting GI disorders
“You are what you eat” is familiar enough, but how deep do the implications go? An interdisciplinary group of investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
Wooden rattle recalled in Canada, U.S.
Health officials in Canada and the U.S. are advising consumers to stop allowing children to use the Twirlla Wooden Rattle because of a possible choking hazard.
No Progress On Nitrosamine Levels In U.S. Cigarettes
ACS Meeting News: Amounts of two cancer-causing chemicals remain high in U.S. cigarettes, despite a longstanding ability to reduce them.
Trauma experts criticize BBC's Holby City for 'peddling dangerous drugs'
According to Dr Ian Roberts, Head of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Injury Control at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the recent episode ("Big Lies,...
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Chair to Give Keynote Address at 2011 Pathology Visions Conference
Mahul B. Amin, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will offer his perspectives and expertise on personalized medicine and digital pathology at...
Treating Young Athletes with Hip Pain Early May be Key to Preventing Hip Arthritis
Treating young athletes with chronic hip pain may be the key to slowing or halting the progression of degenerative hip disease. A Hospital for Special Surgery doctor shares tips to...
VIDEO: Charity tackles sealpox outbreak
A seal rescue charity is increasing its monitoring of a local seal colony after an outbreak of sealpox virus.
Glucocorticoid treatment may prevent long-term damage to joints
Joint injury can result in irreversible damage of cartilage which, despite treatment and surgery, often eventually leads to osteoarthritis (OA) in later life. New research published in BioMed Central's open...
Researchers overcome barrier to cancer immunotherapy
(Medical Xpress) -- In lab studies, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have effectively reprogrammed cells of the innate and adaptive immune system to overcome a key cancer...
Researchers enlist symptom-specific exercise in battle against Parkinson's Disease
The Parkinsons Disease Exercise Initiative, a new collaboration between the Gardner Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute and the Cincinnati YMCA, is taking aim at a progressive...
Treating epilepsy in cats
Cats are known to have types of epileptic seizures in which consciousness is usually impaired although not all of the body is affected. Researchers in Austria now show that cats...
Endogenous approach to the prevention of allergies: How the immune system can develop tolerance to allergens
Scientists in Germany have clarified an endogenous mechanism that can prevent the development of allergies. They were able to show that certain cells of the immune system, so-called killer dendritic...
Researchers studying Boogaard's brain
Researchers at Boston University are studying the brain of deceased NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard to determine whether he suffered from a degenerative brain condition associated with repeated hits to the...