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Smoking soon after waking raises risk of lung and head and neck cancers
Smokers who tend to take their first cigarette soon after they wake up in the morning may have a higher risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers than...
Recipes for Health: Lentil and Bulgur Pilaf
Red lentils have a refreshing flavor and a sprout-like crunch.
Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied
The F.D.A. received more than 5,000 reports since January about several artificial hip devices, more than it received about those devices in the last four years.
Poverty and national parks: Decade-long study finds surprising relationship
If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty? Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but...
Researchers explore treatments for breast and colon cancers
Researchers are working to develop possible new treatments for breast and colon cancer. They are now exploring the role of estrogen hormones. More specifically, they have examined regulatory molecules called...
Personal Health: Doctors Hone Message on Kidney Disease
Twenty-six million Americans have chronic kidney disease, and avoiding complications depends heavily on how well patients care for themselves.
Well Blog: A Validation for Bisexual Men
Two new studies document the unique patterns of arousal for bisexual men.
The Consumer: Circumcise or Don’t? Quandary for Parents
Guidance from many leading medical organizations on the subject of routine, nontherapeutic circumcision of infant boys has been equivocal.
New target for treatment of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes identified
Researchers have shown that an enzyme found in the mitochondria of cells is decreased in the skeletal muscle of those with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, a finding that could...
Most U.S. heart attack patients needing angioplasty treated within recommended time, study finds
More than 90 percent of U.S. heart attack patients who require an emergency artery-opening procedure known as angioplasty, are treated within the recommended 90 minutes, compared to less than half...
Toxicity of aromatase inhibitors may explain lack of overall survival improvement
The toxicities associated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) may explain the lack of overall survival improvement compared with tamoxifen, according to a new study.
American Chemical Society National Meeting Press Conference Schedule
American Chemical Society National Meeting Press Conference Schedule
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to Co-Lead One of Five NCI-Funded Proteomics Research Centers
The National Cancer Institute today announced that a team co-led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., has been selected to participate in a...
Dr Dillner's health dilemmas: should I give up fizzy drinks?
Sugary drinks are linked to obesity - but are diet drinks worse for you or not?The problemOn a hot day do you reach for a cool can of Coke or a glass...
Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot?...
Layton tells people with cancer not to lose hope
Jack Layton has left an optimistic message for Canadians facing cancer.
Study: Only one in five Medicaid-covered kids in Ohio finish antidepressant treatment
About half of Medicaid-covered children and adolescents in Ohio who are in treatment for depression complete their first three months of prescribed antidepressants, and only one-fifth complete the recommended minimum...
Hyenas' ability to count helps them decide to fight or flee
Being able to count helps spotted hyenas decide to fight or flee, according to research at Michigan State University.
Grace off the table as future long-term care site
The former Grace Hospital will not be the home of a new long-term care facility, CBC News has learned.
Well Blog: Asthma More Likely Among Children of Overweight Mothers
Teenagers whose mothers had been overweight or obese just before they became pregnant were 20 to 30 percent more likely to have asthma or a history of wheezing.
Antidepressants show signs of countering Alzheimer’s
Mice and human data link treatment to fewer plaques in the brain
Ontario cancer clinical trials get $12.6 M
The search for new approaches to treat cancer has gained $12.6 million in funding in Ontario.
Measurement tools for traffic crash injury severity improving
Efforts to improve traffic safety have been aided by mathematical models that allow researchers to better assess those factors that impact the degree of injury suffered as a result of...
Human guinea pigs lend their courage to a golden era of cancer research
Cancer sufferers test drugs fresh from the laboratory in the hope of saving their own life and advancing knowledge of the diseaseDavid Cox is a human guinea pig. He is also a...
Incisionless surgery now available as an investigational treatment for esophageal disorder
POEM is one of a growing number of surgeries to use the body's natural orifices for entry, thus eliminating the need for traditional incisions.
Did Mozart die of a lack of sunlight?
There are endless theories about why Mozart died at the age of 35, but the reality could be quite simpleWolfgang Amadeus Mozart has died a hundred deaths, more or less. Here's a...
Cancer research in 'golden era', says charity chief
Harpal Kumar believes 'explosion' in understanding of the disease could revolutionise treatment and reduce cost of drugsThe head of the UK's leading cancer charity has said understanding of the disease is advancing "exponentially",...
Extreme negative anti-smoking ads can backfire, experts find
Health communicators have long searched for the most effective ways to convince smokers to quit. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that using a combination of disturbing images and...