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Tips for protecting your family from Salmonella in ground turkey
As officials track a recent salmonella outbreak from ground turkey, consumers can take some simple precautions to protect their families, advises a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural...
Predicting spinal disc degeneration
About 80 percent of the active population suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. Researchers now show that overloading on already degenerated discs is less damaging...
Hormone reduces risk of heart failure from chemotherapy, study suggests
A new study utilizing a heart failure model is providing insight into one way to coax the cardiac stem cells into repairing the damaged heart. The research finds that low...
For Smokers, Vitamins Don't Cancel Out Harmful Habit
Smokers who take vitamins allow themselves to smoke more, incorrectly assuming that the pills will cancel out the harmful effects of cigarettes.
Combo therapies tested to overcome drug resistance in melanoma patients
Scientists tested a combination of small molecules that may, when used with the BRAF inhibitors, help overcome this drug resistance and extend the lives of those with advanced melanoma.
National policy change reduces racial disparity in kidney transplants
A national transplant policy change designed to give African-American patients greater access to donor kidneys has sliced in half the racial disparities that have long characterized the allocation of lifesaving...
Heart attack survivors from poorer neighborhoods get less exercise
Engaging in physical activity after a heart attack is known to increase the odds of survival. Researchers have found that myocardial infarction survivors who lived in low socioeconomic status neighborhoods...
Desperate, sick Indonesians use railroad 'therapy'
(AP) -- Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.
Brain chemical may explain why heavy smokers feel sad after quitting
Heavy smokers may experience sadness after quitting because early withdrawal leads to an increase in the mood-related brain protein monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), a new study has shown. This finding...
Abnormal liver tests associated with increased death rates in people over 75
One in six people over 75 are likely to have at least one abnormal liver test and those that have two or more are twice as likely to die from...
Bedwetting: What Causes It And What To Do About It
What is Bedwetting?The medical name for not being able to control urination is Enuresis (pronounced: en-yuh-ree-sis). It is sometimes also called involuntary urination. Nocturnal enuresis is involuntary urination that occurs...
FEATURE: Hunters and collectors in a vicious cycle
Compulsive buying and hoarding need to be taken seriously as community health and safety issues, Swinburne research indicates.
Kids not exercising enough
Children are spending more screen time after school instead of being physically active, a new study shows.
Picturing mastectomies
Montreal photographer Phil Carpenter is working on a book of photographs of Canadian women who have had mastectomies as a result of breast cancer.
Even with regular exercise, people with inactive lifestyles more at risk for chronic diseases
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 percent of Americans have inactive lifestyles (they take fewer than 5,000 steps a day) and 75 percent do not meet...
1 in 3 meth users reports sex with an HIV-infected person
A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere shows that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with...
Promising drug for those with Down syndrome
A University of Colorado School of Medicine scientist is completing a major clinical trial on a drug that could boost cognitive function in those with Down syndrome, significantly improving their...
Fasting may not be needed for children's cholesterol tests
Physicians usually ask children to fast overnight before a cholesterol test. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine shows that this may not...
Managing communication around cancer diagnosis gives patients sense of control in an otherwise uncontrollable situation
Asserting control over how to communicate or not communicate about their illness helps cancer patients overcome feelings of helplessness in a traumatic situation, according to researchers at The...
Protein synthesis hijacked to turn out cyclic peptides
A new technique that can make libraries of cyclic peptides will enable researchers to probe their therapeutic benefits
Smoke-free laws don't impact rural or urban economies
A recent study shows that smoke-free laws have no impact on the economy in rural or urban communities.
Vital Signs: Screening: Mammograms Seen Ineffective in Europe
An analysis of data from six European countries suggests that mammography screening has had no effect on breast cancer mortality.
Self-medication of anxiety symptoms with drugs or alcohol associated with increased risk of developing substance use disorders
Self-medicating with alcohol or other drugs appears to be associated with an increased risk of substance use disorders and social phobia in patients with anxiety-related symptoms, according to a new...
Inpatient hospitalization rates appear to have increased among children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders, but decreased among elderly
Over a 10-year period, rates of short-stay inpatient hospitalizations increased for children and adolescents but decreased for elderly who had a primary psychiatric diagnosis, according to new study. The article...
Childhood adversities and early-onset mental disorders associated with higher rates of chronic physical problems in adulthood
Children who experience psychosocial adversities and early-onset mental disorders appear to be at increased risk of developing chronic physical conditions later in life, according to a new study.
Majority of adolescents with prescriptions for pain, stimulant, sleeping and antianxiety medications take them appropriately, study finds
Adolescents who misuse controlled medications (e.g., pain, stimulant, sleeping and antianxiety medications) for which they have a legitimate prescription may be more likely to abuse other substances and to sell,...
Global Update: Europe: Increase in Tropical Diseases Is Aided by Migration and Weak Economies
A compendium of dozens of case reports from 1999 to 2010, published last month, showed that the problems were worst in Eastern Europe, Turkey, former Soviet states and the Balkans.
Mannan oligosaccharides offer health benefits to pigs
Feeding mannan oligosaccharides can fine-tune the immune system of pigs, suggests a new study.