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If fat dogs are cool, could fat people be, too?
Fat dogs are cool. And obese people may be, too. That's what new research suggests.
How You Read the Bible is Linked to Whether Your Fellow Worshippers Went to College
Baylor University doctoral student Samuel Stroope, a researcher in the department of sociology, has been named recipient of a prestigious award given by the Association for the Sociology of Religion...
Drugs - Where Gender Discrimination Makes Sense
The metabolic profiles of blood serum have revealed significant differences in metabolites between men and women, say scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München who have concluded that there is a...
Alcohol consumption in relation to acute pancreatitis
A study on the effect of different alcoholic beverages and drinking behavior on the risk of acute pancreatitis was conducted to study the association between consumption of spirits, wine and...
Contrary to earlier findings, excess body fat in elderly decreases life expectancy
New research has shown that men over 75 with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.3 had a 3.7-year shorter life expectancy, and women over 75 with a BMI...
Pregnant women in Vancouver may not be getting enough vitamin D
Pregnant women taking prenatal supplements may not be getting enough vitamin D, shows a new Vancouver-based study.
How estrogen could help protect women from cardiovascular disease
The sex hormone estrogen could help protect women from cardiovascular disease by keeping the body's immune system in check, new research has revealed. The study has shown that the female...
Common class of pain drugs reduces severity of postpartum breast cancers
During involution -- the process during which milk-producing cells are killed and replaced by fat cells -- the breast is especially susceptible to the development of aggressive cancers. This study...
Route for eliciting HIV-neutralizing antibodies mapped
Researchers have traced in detail how certain powerful HIV neutralizing antibodies evolve, a finding that generates vital clues to guide the design of a preventive HIV vaccine, according to a...
'Good fat' most prevalent in thin children
Researchers have shown that a type of "good" fat known as brown fat occurs in varying amounts in children -- increasing until puberty and then declining -- and is most...
Common themes emerge in hospitals' anti-MRSA efforts
Researchers from the Indiana University have identified common barriers and strategies for successfully implementing practice changes in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The study, published in the August issue of Infection...
Software predicted risk in California West Nile virus epidemic
A computerized epidemiological model of the spread of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in 17 counties of California in 2005 successfully predicted where 81.6 percent of human cases of the...
New TB vaccine enters proof-of-concept trial in people living with HIV
Aeras and the Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium (OETC) announce today the start of a Phase IIb proof-of-concept efficacy trial of a new investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine that involves people living with...
First death by vampire bat in US
A teenager from Mexico became the first person in the United States to die after being bitten by a vampire bat and infected with rabies, US health authorities said on...
Scientists explain unique activity of TB drug pyrazinamide
Pyrazinamide has been used in combination with other drugs as a first-line treatment for people with tuberculosis (TB) since the 1950s, but exactly how the drug works has not been...
Face transplants becoming more common, accepted
(AP) -- More face transplant recipients and donor families are going public. They are boosting acceptance of an operation that six years ago was just daredevil theory.
Stick-on patch proposed for patient monitoring
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One day monitoring a patient's vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch,...
Stem cell mobilization therapy safe for bone marrow donors, study suggests
Researchers have reported that administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, a drug that releases stem cells from the bone marrow into the blood, is unlikely to put healthy stem cell donors...
Climate change 'to increase malaria' in Indian Himalayas
Climate researchers are predicting new and intensifying malaria threats in north-eastern India, but a declining impact in other areas.
Disgraced MD rehired in N.L.
A doctor who lost medical licences in the U.S. and Canada after he prescribed potentially dangerous drugs over the Internet has been rehired by Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority.
Researcher links diet during pregnancy to reducing breast cancer in offspring
(Medical Xpress) -- NDSU animal sciences professor Chung S. Park is among the researchers who presented at the Era of Hope scientific conference in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2-5, hosted by...
Meat recall: Cook bird thoroughly and wash your hands, expert warns
Its grilling season. Do you know if your turkey burgers are safe to eat?
Want Better Wine? Grow Grapes Biodynamically
When Benzinger Wines acquired their 85-acre vineyard, they used pesticides and pulled up weeds. But the soil – and the wine – lost its “oomph.” Switching to biodynamic growing practices...
Well Blog: More Children Hospitalized With Skin Infections
Severe skin infections that resist antibiotics have become one of the most common reasons children are hospitalized, new data show.
Biomarker may signal whether common back pain treatment will work, doctor finds
A new study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a unique protein complex that can be used to predict whether an epidural steroid injection will...
BYU statistician calculates uncertainty of aging U.S. nukes
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you test a not-so-young nuclear stockpile for the effects of age when you cant detonate any for the sake of finding out?
OPINION: Sitting nine to five (and beyond): the perils of sedentary lifestyles
David Dunstan details the health risks of sitting and being inactive for long periods.
Antibody linked to infertility
Having a certain antibody in the system can lead to ovarian damage and infertility in women, a new study shows.