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'Superbugs' found in Canadian hotel rooms
OTTAWA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An examination at six hotel chains in Canada found antibiotic-resistant "superbug" bacteria in tested rooms, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Banning Cellphones in Cars Only Helps in Cities
Laws against cellphone use while driving decrease car-accident rates in cities.
Step Taken Toward Ebola Vaccine
Canadian scientist finds key information to help design protection against the horrifying hemorrhagic fever.
Fetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C
Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the fetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth.
Arginine, proline enriched diet may speed wound healing in diabet
Chronic wounds such as foot ulcers are a common problem for diabetics and are the cause of more than 80 [...]
Arthritis study reveals why gender bias is all in the genes
Researchers have pieced together new genetic clues to the arthritis puzzle in a study that brings potential treatments closer to reality and could also provide insights into why more women...
Study identifies four family cultures in America
(Phys.org)—Four types of family cultures – the Faithful, the Engaged Progressives, the Detached and the American Dreamers – are molding the next generation of Americans, a three-year study by the...
Well: When the Patient Is 'Noncompliant'
As soon as a patient is described as noncompliant, doctor shorthand for patients who don't take their medication or follow medical recommendations, it's as though a black mark is branded...
Green Blog: Taxpayers at Risk As Storm Bills Come Due
Whether they live near the coast or not, state taxpayers and insurance ratepayers are likely to be on the hook when damage from hurricanes exceeds insurance policy reserves.
Netherlands Sets Model of Flood Prevention
The Netherlands has been hailed for its ideas about protecting cities from flooding, but replicating its success would require a reshaping of American approaches.
Paternity testing for tortoises
Baby tortoises have been given paternity tests to find out how sperm storage affects fertilisation.
Large-scale genomic testing feasible, impacts therapy
Targeted cancer therapy has been transforming the care of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is now standard practice for tumor specimens from NSCLC patients to be examined for...
Bone metastases treatment can improve overall survival
One of the most frequent sites of metastases is the bone, with an estimated 30 to 40 percent of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer developing bone loss. A study shows...
Parkinson's disease protein causes disease spread and neuron death in healthy animals
Understanding how any disease progresses is one of the first and most important steps towards finding treatments to stop it. This has been the case for such brain-degenerating conditions as...
Low levels of donor-specific antibodies increase risks for transplant recipients
Kidney transplant recipients who have even very low levels of preformed antibodies directed against a donated kidney have a significantly increased risk of organ rejection and kidney failure, according to...
Men in Black: The UFO Buff's Bogeymen
Do dark-garbed men visit UFO eyewitnesses and intimidate them into silence?
Probiotic worm treatment may improve symptoms of colitis by restoring gut bacteria to healthy state
A new study on monkeys with chronic diarrhea that were treated by microscopic parasite worm (helminth) eggs has provided insights on how this form of therapy may heal the intestine....
Letter from doctor boosts cholesterol medication use
Patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease are more likely to receive a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication, and to achieve lower long-term cholesterol levels, when doctors use electronic health records...
Innovative sobriety project reduces DUI and domestic violence arrests, study finds
An innovative alcohol monitoring program that requires daily testing of alcohol-involved offenders helps reduce both repeat DUI arrests and domestic violence arrests, according to a new study.
Misfolded Protein Transmits Parkinson's from Cell to Cell
The catastrophic damage wreaked by a rogue protein involved in Parkinsons' disease has been tracked by researchers, in work that might help to reinvigorate an old treatment strategy to slow...
Survival rates improve for in-hospital cardiac arrest
A new study finds that patients who have a cardiac arrest in the hospital today are more likely to survive and to avoid neurological disability than they were 10 years...
Meningitis: US lawmakers promise action to prevent further outbreaks
Tom Harkin says better federal regulation of compounders needed but industry lobby blames FDA for not enforcing lawsThe chairman of a congressional panel investigating a health scandal that has killed 32 people and...
Scientists Lobby Three E.U. Presidents to Prevent Budget Cuts
Nobel laureates and others argue research funding should be spared from pending reductions
Beyond mourning
Alma Guillermoprieto wandered a drought-stricken town in El Salvador, cattle carcasses poking from the dirt. “It was so poor, so poor, so poor,” she says with a wince, telling the story now. Guillermoprieto’s...
Movember moustaches may hold hazards
Movember men may want to be extra cautious this month with the care and hygiene of their moustaches, because microbiologists have shown that facial hair is a bacterial sponge.
How bacteria inactivate immune defenses
Scientists have identified a way in which Salmonella bacteria, which cause gastroenteritis and typhoid fever, counteract the defense mechanisms of human cells.
Simplifying heart surgery with stretchable electronics devices
A catheter made from stretchable electronics can serve triple-duty during heart surgery, researchers have found. The findings could make cardiac ablation surgeries simpler and safer.
GOP-led states start warming up to health care law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From the South to the heartland, cracks are appearing in the once-solid wall of Republican resistance to President Barack Obama's health care law....