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Fingerprint Test Tells What a Person Has Touched
A new analytical technique could be used to identify substances like drugs, explosives or poisons on fingerprints.
Arrival Method, Slow Response Often Delay Stroke Care
Most stroke patients can't recall when their symptoms started or do not arrive at the hospital in a timely manner, so they cannot be considered for time-dependent therapies such as...
Standardized Evaluation Of Antibody Response To HIV-1 Needed, According to Study
Researchers have released findings on a study of cross-clade neutralization patterns among HIV-1 strains from six major clades in the journal Virology. Broadly neutralizing antibodies are likely to play a...
Mutation Found In Dachshund Gene May Help Develop Therapies For Humans With Blindness
Cone-rod dystrophies are a group of eye diseases caused by progressive loss of the photoreceptor cells in the retina. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have identified...
People With Heart Disease Still Have Trouble Controlling Blood Lipid Levels
Despite some improvements to lower "bad" cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels.
Indonesian villagers test negative for bird flu: health ministry
Thirteen people in Indonesia suspected of having bird flu have tested negative for the feared disease, the country's health ministry said Saturday.
Beyond PTEN: Alternate Genes Linked To Breast, Thyroid And Kidney Cancer Predisposition
A new discovery may lead to more effective screening and treatment for patients with a difficult to recognize syndrome characterized by tumor-like growths and a high risk of developing specific...
B Cells Can Act Alone In Autoimmune Disease
B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon T cells for their activation and were not considered important in the initiation of autoimmune diseases...
Multi-tasking Molecule Holds Key To Allergic Reactions
As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering,...
Anthrax investigation should be investigated, congressmen say
Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Rush Holt want hearings into the Justice Department and FBI's handling of the case. ...
No-nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation And Erectile Function In Bicycling Police Officers
A new study examines if no-nose bike seats would be effective in alleviating the harm caused by using a traditional seat.
Nutrition labels don't affect consumers
New Zealand's nutrition labelling system is having little impact on consumer's product choices, a study has found.
Medical doctors who do research could be a dying breed
The road from disease research to disease cure isn't usually a smooth one. One role which bridges the laboratory and the clinic is that of the "clinician-scientist" – a doctor...
Health officials worry as gonorrhea makes comeback in North
Medical authorities in Nunavut and northern Quebec say they're concerned about the resurgence of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, across the region.
Researching the power of the placebo effect in arthritis patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- People with arthritis are to take part in new research carried out at The University of Manchester to find out more about how the placebo effect works.
Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn's disease
People with Crohn's disease (CD) are seven-fold more likely to have in their gut tissues the bacterium that causes a digestive-tract disease in cattle called Johne's disease. The role...
Study offers new insight on HIV transmission risk of men who have sex with men
Approximately half of all new HIV infections in the United States result from the sexual risk behaviors of men who have sex with men. Now, a new study led by...
Trigger for brain plasticity identified
Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain's ability to learn - and perhaps recapture the "sponge-like" quality of childhood. In the August 8 issue of...
Pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux faces several hurdles
A pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux often gets overlooked. Can the medical community do a better job intervening? Researchers from the Hutchinson-MRC Research Centre in Cambridge think so.
New Focus on Children at AIDS Seminar
The global response to the AIDS epidemic has shortchanged children, health workers at the International AIDS Conference said on Wednesday.
Researchers Halt Spread of HIV with RNAi
Using a novel method to deliver small molecules called siRNAs into T cells, researchers dramatically suppressed HIV in the first-ever animal model that mirrors progression of the disease in humans....
Dentists defend water fluoridation
Adding fluoride to drinking water is an important step to promoting public health, Canadian dentists said Thursday. Call follows release of report from an expert panel that recommended Health Canada...
Water: Still your best health bet
With all those hydration choices now available to us, water is still your best health bet. But not just any water, says naturopathic doctor Lorne Swetlikoff.
Health-care system leaves patients, medicos in the waiting room
The Australian accreditation and registration system for international medical graduates is critically ill and the country needs to create a better system to support overseas health professionals or it will...
'Edible optics' could make food safer
Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device...
ER partnership strains Gatineau mental hospital: union
A partnership that was supposed to relieve some of the pressure on an overflowing emergency ward in Gatineau, Que., has instead resulted in a nursing shortage at its partner institution,...
This Day in Science History: Nighttime dying linked to sleep apnea from brain cell loss
From August 7, 2005: Aim to grow old and die peacefully in your sleep? Be careful what you wish for. A new UCLA study suggests that some people die in their...
Test Vaccines Show Promise Against Parasite Of Cattle
An effective vaccine against a parasite-borne disease called neosporosis may be a few steps closer to development.